Enlight Fellowship

Run by Innovate@BU.

A ten-week summer incubator in Boston, running June through August once a year, for founders building social-benefit ventures. Fellows receive a $10,000 stipend rather than an equity investment, and no equity is taken. Held in person.

Investment

US$10,000 (Below North America median $100k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

0% (Like 66% of North America · Like 79% globally)

Duration

10 weeks (Shorter than North America median 13 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

annual

Location

Boston, United States

Sectors

• Social Impact

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.bu.edu/innovate/programs-competitions/enlight-fellowship/ read 2026-09-07 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, format, application url, sectors

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Last verified 2026-09-07.