The Weiss Tech House Innovation Fund is an in-house, mini-venture capital fund, run by a student Innovation Fund Committee. It is the gateway to funding and support from the Weiss Tech House.   Each year the Committee awards approximately twenty grants of up to $5,000 to student inventors seeking funding to develop their innovative ideas, in addition to ongoing technical, legal, and business mentoring resources. All you need is an idea.

The Innovation Fund does not take equity in funded projects. Teams must consist of at least one member who is either an undergraduate student, graduate student, or faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. Applications are accepting on a rolling basis

Since its inception, the Innovation Fund has awarded grants to more than 50 student projects ranging from a new hip replacement prosthetic, to a water-distribution project in Honduras, to a system that enables football kickers to practice and enhance performance. For a list of current and past student projects funded by the Innovation Fund, visit the Student Projects Page.

If you have any questions, please contact the Innovation Fund Chairs at if@weisstechhouse.com.