CASE Launch Pad Award
Awards a $10,000 grant and coaching each year to one Duke MBA student or team building a venture that addresses a social challenge.
Each year CASE selects one Duke MBA student or team to receive the Launch Pad Award: a $10,000 grant the winner can use at their own discretion for learning, founding-team time or operating expenses, plus ongoing coaching from CASE staff and its network of impact enterprise leaders and investors. Applications are generally accepted from December through February of each academic year.
CASE looks for a Duke Daytime MBA student or team working on a venture that addresses a social challenge, at any stage from an unformed idea through an already-operating business. It funds early-stage social ventures generally rather than one specific industry.
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