MIT students can check out the resources section on Orbit to see which competitions and prizes apply to them.
In addition to resources on campus, there are also many grants and competitions that award money. Here is a partial list in no particular order.
- SBIRs / STTRs
- VentureWell E-Team
- Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
- Collegiate Inventors Competition
- NIH DEBUT
- BMEidea
- Rice Business Plan Competition
- HelloTomorrow Challenge
- Unite for Sight GHIC Innovation Prize
- Hult Prize
- MassChallenge
- USAID
- Gates Foundation grants
- ... etc
This article builds on content developed by the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship for MIT's Orbit Knowledgebase and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.