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This award celebrates students who embody ingenuity and entrepreneurial thinking in their academic and personal pursuits. Recipients demonstrate creativity, innovation, and a drive to make meaningful impact—whether through research, new approaches to complex problems, launching ventures, or building community through entrepreneurial initiatives.

Graduate applications open May 1-13.

Undergraduate applications open April 15-May 31.

The transition from student to founder is one of the most exciting — and uncertain — moments in an entrepreneurial journey. The Legacy in Action Innovation Prize exists to support founders at exactly that moment. 

Through milestone-based funding, this prize backs graduating student founders who are ready to move from idea or prototype toward a market-facing company. This prize exists to support university-born ideas as they become ventures with a genuine chance to grow and endure, recognizing the strength of the venture as well as the commitment and vision of the people building it.

Applications open April 24-May 10.