Fostering Student Innovation

Student Organizations

Across the university, there are a number of student organizations with an entrepreneurial focus.  These organizations belong to an informal council called the YEI Student Roundtable, whose mission is to strengthen the entrepreneurial culture across the university and help to increase communication across schools and groups.

For more information about the Student Roundtable, please contact Alena Gribskov.

Yale College Groups

• Yale Entrepreneurial Society
• Elmseed
• Yale Business Society
• YE Magazine 

SOM Groups

• SOM Entrepreneurship Club
• Yale Healthcare and Life Science Club 

Law School Groups

• Yale Law & Business Society
• Yale Law & Social Enterprise

Yale Business/Innovation Contests

• Innovation in Digital Environments Award (IDEA)
• Sabin Environmental Venture Prize 
• Yale Venture Challenge (previously Y50K Competition) 
• Yale Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Society Case Competition
• Yale Law School Entrepreneurship Challenge

Additional Contests/Info:

• Connecticut Business Plan Competition
• Business Plan Competition Guide