Have a marketable idea?
JHU supports student entrepreneurs.

JHU Engineering students are encouraged to dream big. And with the support of peers, faculty, mentors, alumni, and student-focused centers for idea and career development, students can see those dreams become reality.

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Successful Student Startups

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Student Spotlight - CurveAssure, a promising student startup, received $100,000 in support through JHU’s President’s Venture Fellowships, a program designed to allow fledging ventures to grow and thrive in Baltimore. The company’s technology is a three-part system that combines wearable sensor technology, deep learning, and an integrated clinical report to provide comprehensive spinal insights that can improve treatment plans.

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Undergraduate Entrepreneurs - A standout project from 2022’s annual Engineering Design Day event was Tastee Tape, an edible adhesive that keeps your burrito wrapped tightly. Garnering attention from Newsweek, NBC, and Jimmy Fallon, the team of student entrepreneurs are in the process of patenting the technology.

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Find Funding - Through pitch events, fuel funding, and corporate sponsors, explore various opportunities for realizing your next big idea.

By the Numbers

  • 100+startups launched

    by JHU students every year

  • 1/2The Pava Center’s venture teams

    come from the Whiting School of Engineering

  • A graphic design of one hand holding money and one hand with a yellow bulb

    $365k+in direct funds

    for JHU student entrepreneurs

  • 150alumni mentors

    in our entrepreneurial network

Timeline to entrepreneurship:

1) Student develops idea for a startup
2) Student contacts the Pava Center for mentorship and funding opportunities
3) Student attends pitch events with alumni
4) Student competes and gets awarded with accelerator funding for their tech venture startup

JHTV supports student entrepreneurs Student startup stories Read "Start Me Up" from Johns Hopkins Magazine

“Student entrepreneurship and innovation continues to grow exponentially at Johns Hopkins, thanks to our invested faculty and staff leaders across campus, and we look forward to our brilliant student ventures continuing to attract the attention they deserve. ”

Josh Ambrose, director of student ventures

Student entrepreneurs are supported in a variety of ways

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