The Summer Innovation Incubator is an 8-week, paid summer fellowship allowing solo and student teams to sandbox an idea; build, prototype, and test with support from an industry mentor and Bi-Co alumni network.
The Incubator is idea agnostic - all ideas welcome (including worm farms and tabletop games). It is open to Haverford & Bryn Mawr students. Watch the final presentations from Incubator 2025.
Please review the information below as to what is required for the application as well as FAQs.
Any questions about this opportunity or the application, email Shayna: snickel@haverford.edu to set up a time to talk.
This Friday, Feb 13th, Shayna will be in the VCAM Lounge from 5-8pm to answer questions.
- Drop in/out, set up a time to chat, find another time to meet.
Application:
You will be asked to submit a video & written submission.
Note that the information requested in the video & written submission overlap so as not to create additional work. For example: write the script for your video and use it to populate the application's written portion.
Please provide the information below as well as a brief video submission anywhere from 3-10 minutes covering the information below:
Project Name & teammates (you can apply solo)
What is the problem you are trying to address or solve?
What's your proposed solution (demo or visuals if you have them)
What's the competitive landscape or current ecosystem (who is your competition or others working in this space)
Talk briefly on where you see your work differs and where you see your work as more useful, valuable, or potentially effective than current offerings.
What do you foresee as the 2 biggest challenges (capabilities or concept) in what you are proposing to do?
What will each person bring to the project?
Demo (optional/not required).
If you have a prototype please give a brief demo.
Or, if you’ve done any other types of testing like a survey or interviews, please provide information on what you learned here.
FAQ
Students of all years, including graduating students, are welcome to apply. International students who are 1st years and graduating seniors should speak with their ISSO rep to determine if they will need to use OPT.
A team is considered to be 2-4 students, but students can also apply solo (without a team)
If you have an idea and need a collaborator, or want to collaborate but don’t have an idea, email Shayna; snickel@haverford.edu.
The Incubator is for all disciplines and is not restricted to tech or social justice-based ideas. All ideas are welcome.
Applicants do not need to have specific skills or necessarily the skills needed to build their concept - these can be learned during the Incubator program.
Teams may be required to work on-campus the summer of ‘26 for the 8 weeks.
The Incubator is open to HC, BMC, Swat, Bi-Co, and Tri-Co Teams
If you have a collaborator who is not affiliated with the Tri-Co, reach out to discuss with Shayna.
Being an Incubator Fellow is considered a full-time job for 8-weeks.
The application is primarily video based.
Haverford Entrepreneurship Program (HEP)
The Summer Innovation Incubator is an 8-week, paid summer fellowship allowing solo and student teams to sandbox an idea; build, prototype, and test with support from an industry mentor and Bi-Co alumni network.
The Incubator is idea agnostic - all ideas welcome (including worm farms and tabletop games). It is open to Haverford & Bryn Mawr students. Watch the final presentations from Incubator 2025.
Please review the information below as to what is required for the application as well as FAQs.
Any questions about this opportunity or the application, email Shayna: snickel@haverford.edu to set up a time to talk.
This Friday, Feb 13th, Shayna will be in the VCAM Lounge from 5-8pm to answer questions.
- Drop in/out, set up a time to chat, find another time to meet.
Application:
You will be asked to submit a video & written submission.
Note that the information requested in the video & written submission overlap so as not to create additional work. For example: write the script for your video and use it to populate the application's written portion.
Please provide the information below as well as a brief video submission anywhere from 3-10 minutes covering the information below:
Project Name & teammates (you can apply solo)
What is the problem you are trying to address or solve?
What's your proposed solution (demo or visuals if you have them)
What's the competitive landscape or current ecosystem (who is your competition or others working in this space)
Talk briefly on where you see your work differs and where you see your work as more useful, valuable, or potentially effective than current offerings.
What do you foresee as the 2 biggest challenges (capabilities or concept) in what you are proposing to do?
What will each person bring to the project?
Demo (optional/not required).
If you have a prototype please give a brief demo.
Or, if you’ve done any other types of testing like a survey or interviews, please provide information on what you learned here.
FAQ
Students of all years, including graduating students, are welcome to apply. International students who are 1st years and graduating seniors should speak with their ISSO rep to determine if they will need to use OPT.
A team is considered to be 2-4 students, but students can also apply solo (without a team)
If you have an idea and need a collaborator, or want to collaborate but don’t have an idea, email Shayna; snickel@haverford.edu.
The Incubator is for all disciplines and is not restricted to tech or social justice-based ideas. All ideas are welcome.
Applicants do not need to have specific skills or necessarily the skills needed to build their concept - these can be learned during the Incubator program.
Teams may be required to work on-campus the summer of ‘26 for the 8 weeks.
The Incubator is open to HC, BMC, Swat, Bi-Co, and Tri-Co Teams
If you have a collaborator who is not affiliated with the Tri-Co, reach out to discuss with Shayna.
Being an Incubator Fellow is considered a full-time job for 8-weeks.
The application is primarily video based.