Ideate and Explore

We believe early resources are critical to the success of any venture. We offer two grants to Colby students. The Ideate and Explore grant helps teams do the early and critical work of finding and validating an unmet need. The subsequent Iterate and Expand grant helps teams build the product or service and test the value proposition.

The Ideate and Explore grant is for early stage teams. It is intended to help with a preliminary exploration to find and validate an unmet need. We invite both for-profit and nonprofit ventures to apply. We also welcome you to meet with Halloran Lab staff to strategize how best to conduct the research and determine key assumptions. Halloran Lab will try to match grantees with Colby alumni and industry experts to assist with the research.