Start or Grow a New Venture
Got an idea for a new product, nonprofit, or other venture? Or would you like to work with a team on developing their venture? Are you a faculty member wanting to have direct, real-world impact beyond the academy?
- Get the resources and and support you need to start a new venture through our eLab Accelerator and eLab Incubator programs
- Search Princeton startups
- Translate your faculty research into real-world impact in the Design for Impact Program
- Pitch your idea for a chance to win prize money
- Take entrepreneurship courses
- Get venture capital funding and advice (at Princeton Student Ventures)
Tackle a Societal Challenge
If you are looking to make a difference—whether on campus, in your local community, or globally—there are many ways to get started.
- Collaborate with students, community partners and advisers, and use design thinking to tackle a complex societal issue in our summer Tiger Challenge program or join a team in our Tiger Challenge year-long class during the academic year
- Apply for funding for a project to address a societal need
- Take design courses for societal impact
Competitions
Present your research or business idea to an audience of angel investors, venture capitalists, students, faculty, staff, and members of the Princeton area entrepreneurial community at our annual Innovation Forum and win up to $15,000 in prize money.
Student Project Funding
We’re looking for your original ideas! Apply for funding to support an engineering project, internship, or other innovative group project outside of the classroom.
Mentorship & Advising
The Keller Center is Princeton’s hub for entrepreneurial activity, and we offer an extensive network of alumni and professionals who would love to support student projects and goals.
- Get mentorship for a new venture as part of the eLab program
- Reach out to Keller Center faculty to start an informal mentoring relationship
- Get mentorship by experienced entrepreneurs including Princeton alumni (at Princeton Student Ventures)
- Become a mentor (for community members and alumni)
Creative & Collaborative Spaces
- Do you think of yourself as a creator, a designer, or an innovator?
- Are you bursting with ideas, but need a place to allow them to grow?
Come explore innovation, design, and creativity in the Keller Center Makerspace.
The creative classrooms in the Von Neumann wing of the Engineering School serve as design and Community Project Studio classrooms as well as enrolled student studio space. Email us with questions about the space.
Academic & Staff Positions
We regularly seek graduate students to join our team as Assistant Instructors to support our courses. This is a great opportunity to accrue vital teaching experience in an innovative and interdisciplinary field and also get a competitive stipend and paid tuition. Email Victoria Dorman with questions or to express interest.
The James Wei Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship is a key element of Princeton's broadening scope of design and entrepreneurship education. Each year, our James Wei visiting professors offer novel courses and bring fresh perspectives to their work in and out of the classroom. Be notified when the application period opens again.