First-Year Innovation Fellowship

The First-Year Innovation Fellowship (FYIF) is a semester-long experiential learning program that supports first-year students to develop and launch ideas through coaching, hands-on skill-building, and cohort-based activities. Fellows receive training in design thinking, customer discovery, prototyping, and pitching, and have weekly cohort meetings and immersive learning experiences. Participants are granted access to resources including a $500 seed grant and the programme is offered as a HUB Co-Curricular 1-unit Creativity & Innovation offering. The fellowship is offered each fall and spring term.

Personalized coaching; practical skills in design thinking, customer discovery, prototyping, and pitching; weekly cohort meetings; access to resources; $500 seed grant; HUB Co-Curricular 1 unit credit.

First-years (Freshmen, Class of 2030) of all backgrounds and majors who are not transfer students; no experience necessary.

Applicants apply via the Innovate@BU application portal.