The Hatchery empowers ethical and effective entrepreneurial leaders at Emory. Housed within a 15,000-square-foot creativity and collaboration space, The Hatchery offers mentoring and program support for all stages of innovation—from inspiration and learning to startups.
Student founders are often at a critical inflection point:
They have an idea worth testing, a problem worth solving, and the drive to move forward—but lack the small amount of capital needed to take the next step.
That’s where micro grants come in.
Micro grants support student founders as they:
- Validate ideas through customer discovery
- Build early prototypes or pilots
- Cover essential startup costs (materials, software, legal, testing)
- Learn by doing outside the classroom
These grants are intentionally modest in size but their impact is significant. At this stage, a small investment can unlock weeks of progress, clarity, and confidence.
Your support helps transform curiosity into action and gives students permission to try, test, and build.