The power of ideas at Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Festival
More than 80 students presented ideas to solve challenges. Four winners were selected to receive cash prizes up to $1500. The winners will then have the opportunity to progress to a subsequent national round of the Blackstone Ideas Competition for a chance to win $10,000.
Techstars global accelerators now accepting applications for spring
Six Syracuse University student startups and one alum team have gone through Techstars accelerators to build impressive success stories. Could you be next? If you are a disciplined and driven
Jack Rose ’24 named 2023-2024 LaunchPad Watson Scholar
Jack Rose ‘24, a business analytics major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, will be the Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad Watson Scholar for the 2023-24 academic year. Rose
Applications are now open for SOURCE grants and Honors Program Awards
Application for faculty-mentored independent project funding is now available through SOURCE grants and Honors Program Awards. An intent to apply by September 28, 2023, with complete applications due October 19,
Kelsey Davis ’19 G’20, takes the stage at Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Festival on Sept 15
Syracuse University LaunchPad alumni Kelsey Davis ’19 G ’20, Founder and CEO of CLLCTVE, is visiting from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and will take the stage to kick off the Ideas Festival, a 60-second fast pitch fest designed for innovative students who are just testing out first ideas.
Meet the 2023-2024 LaunchPad Team
Welcome to another exciting year of entrepreneurship and innovation brought to you by a dynamic new team at the Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad. Thanks to generous donor gifts to SU
Office Hours with Business Librarian Steph McReynolds in the LaunchPad
Interested in business research databases for your business idea, project, or paper? Starting September 13, 2023, drop by the LaunchPad in Bird Library on Wednesdays from 2:00 pm to 4:00
Karla Lellis offers data privacy office hours in the LaunchPad
The Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad is pleased to welcome Karla Lellis ’25, Doctor of Judicial Science (S.J.D) at the College of Law, as an Innovator-in-Residence. Karla will offer seven office
Applications are now open for Ideas Fest
Do you have a business idea somewhere in your notebook? Have you plotted out a great idea with a friend, but find yourself stuck on what to do next? Syracuse
Fall opportunities at the LaunchPad
We are looking forward to welcoming new and returning members to Syracuse University Blackstone LaunchPad, located on the first floor of Bird Library, this coming 2023 – 2024 academic year!
Take your innovation from the lab to the marketplace at NSF I-Corps Course
Registration is now open for the National Science Foundation I-Corps Innovation Course hosted by Syracuse University. Apply here Join this free virtual course from September 18 through October 18, 2023,
FuzeHub now accepting applications for its 2023 Commercialization Competition
Applications are now open and closes August 10, 2023 (at 4 p.m. EST). Apply on-line here: https://fuzehub.com/commercialization-competition/. As part of the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund, FuzeHub will hold a New York
See our Startup Spotlights for more at launchpad.syr.edu/news/startup-spotlights.