Events and Opportunities
Whether you're just curious to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship or even ready to launch your next business, we have events and opportunities throughout the year to help you make the real-world impact that you envision. Keep up to date on upcoming events, opportunities and deadlines with our newsletters: Sign Up Now
Signature Programs of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative
Connecting the CU Boulder campus with the Boulder community to develop innovative ideas and pitch for up to $50,000 in venture funding.
Student entrepreneurs with diverse perspectives who embrace the spirit of innovation and impact on campus and in the Boulder community.
A micro-funding opportunity for CU Boulder undergraduate and graduate students that provides up to $500 in funding for entrepreneurial ideas in the making.
A mini job fair that brings entrepreneurially-minded CU Boulder students and local Front Range startups together with a twist.
Join this campus-wide event that's all about making positive changes in the world. Whether you have an idea or are someone eager to help those ideas become real, this is the event you don't want to miss.
CU Boulder's entrepreneurial mentor network supports innovative activity on campus led by students, faculty and staff.
Off-Campus Opportunities
Events
Thursday, May 1: Bisnow | Denver-Boulder Life Sciences Summit—Navigating Colorado’s Evolving Innovation Landscape: Investment Trends, Talent Development, and Emerging Market Opportunities in CRE
Tuesday, May 6: RVC | Women’s Investor Network: Investor Roundtable—This event features a women investor-led roundtable discussion. The leaders of WIN are active investors and mentors within Colorado’s early-stage venture community.
Monday, May 12-Friday, 16: 16th Annual Boulder Startup Week—Boulder's free week-long conference for the entrepreneurial community.
Wednesday, May 21: CBSA Coffee + Connect—Engage with others in Colorado’s life sciences community and spark dynamic relationships with fellow innovators.
Thursday, June 5: The Leader Within: How Curiosity and Strong Roots Can Shape Your Dream Career with Hannah Gordon, PhD, MSCI—See innovation in action: Discover how Enveda identified 10 new chemical entities in just five years — reshaping the future of therapeutics.
Applications
Thursday, May 1 (Second-round application deadline): DemingHigh Growth Venture Fellowship–This two-year program immerses a select group of MBA candidates in academic and experiential learning unique to growth-stage companies.
Applications open: EnergyTech University Prize–Student teams compete for more than $540,000 for successfully identifying a promising energy technology, assessing its market potential, and creating a business plan for commercialization.
Rolling application: Startup Colorado Community and Entrepreneurship Grants–Grants that support rural entrepreneurs who are eager to level up their businesses but need a financial boost to get there.and delivering results.
Rolling Application: Global Business Development's 2025 Trade Shows–Apply for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade's funding and trade show participation program.