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University Fellowship Program Grant

In context

This call is open to startups and universities, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Coverage is read from the notice itself: United States.

Summary

Yearly fellowship program that sources and supports deeptech founders emerging from academic research at five leading US universities (Yale, Stanford, Skidmore, University of Michigan, University of Washington). The program targets early-stage founders building climate-tech and deeptech solutions.

Summary by Raise Lens from the official notice · 7 Sept 2026Accurate?

About this grant

This yearly fellowship programme supports early-stage founders developing climate-tech and deeptech solutions emerging from academic research. Applicants must be affiliated with or originating from one of five partner universities and working on innovations rooted in academic research environments. The programme offers grant funding and accelerator support to founders at idea, research and development, prototype, pilot or pre-seed stages. Eligible applicants are startups and university-based teams based in the United States working on climate software, data or related deeptech innovations. This is a recurring annual call. Specific opening and closing dates, funding amounts and detailed eligibility criteria are available through the programme.

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Key requirements

  • ✓Must be affiliated with or emerging from one of the five partner universities (Yale, Stanford, Skidmore, University of Michigan, University of Washington)
  • ✓Founders must be working on deeptech or climate-tech innovations
  • ✓Projects should originate from academic research environments

Frequently asked questions

Who can apply for University Fellowship Program?
Eligibility covers organisations in US; startup, university.

Relevant sectors

How this compares

  • Compared with 40 similar grants (climate data in United States) listed in the last 12 months.
  • Similar grants that state a value range from $500k to $10m, with a median of $750k (5 grants).
  • The same organisation listed 1 other similar grant here in the last 12 months.

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About this sector

Climate software and data funding supports emissions accounting, climate risk analytics, Earth observation, digital MRV and tools for planners. It is offered as innovation grants, public contracts for data services and support from technology programmes. Buyers generally look for data quality, interoperability and evidence that users rely on the tool.

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Quick facts

Sourcefunder-discovery
EligibilityUS
Org typesstartup, university
Last verified7 Sep 2026

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