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Eligibility

The following table displays which awards and fellowships are available to various categories of students. Click an award name for more information.

Entrepreneurial Intern Fellowship/Ambassadors of Entrepreneurship

Available to Undergraduates, First Year MBAs

In Spring 2006, WEP instituted the Wharton Entrepreneurial Intern Fellowship. The Fellowship is awarded to students who plan to spend the summer in an entrepreneurial setting and who demonstrate outstanding academic and extracurricular achievement, a commitment to entrepreneurship at Wharton, and a commitment to pursuing an entrepreneurial career.

Students awarded the Fellowship are expected, in the year following their internship, to serve as Ambassadors of Entrepreneurship. As Ambassadors, it is their responsibility to work with WEP staff to promote the entrepreneurial career path to the Wharton student community and to assist in providing continuity for this program after their summer internships.

Visit our Ambassadors of Entrepreneurship page for more information on the Internship program, and to find out more about the past ambassadors.

The deadline to apply for the Entrepreneurial Intern Fellowship is noon, April 28, 2008. Application materials are available in Word and PDF format.

Gloeckner Award

Available to Undergraduates

Awarded each year in conjunction with the Wharton Business Plan Competition, this award supports the best business plan by an undergraduate team in entrepreneurial management. The Gloeckner Award will be given to the highest-ranking Wharton undergraduate team in the Wharton Business Plan Competition. At least 50% of the team must be made up of Wharton undergraduate students. The team must reach the semi-finals (the top 25) and submit a business plan for consideration as a finalist.

Check the WBPC for information on the competition and award winners.

If no team meets these criteria, the Award will be given at the discretion of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs.

Loveman Award

Available to Undergraduates

Each year the Loveman Award is given to the student(s) with the highest cumulative GPA graduating with a Secondary Concentration in Entrepreneurship. Winners are notified in the spring. The Loveman Award winner for 2007-2008 is Kenneth Morgan.

Ian C. MacMillan Award for Excellence in Research and Leadership

Available to Undergraduates

This award is for an outstanding undergraduate who has worked as a research assistant at the Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center for at least 2 years. The recipient must be able to demonstrate creative abilities in doing Internet and library research, data compilation and data analysis. This individual must also demonstrate strong leadership qualities, especially while working with team members and the willingness to take the extra step in pursuing various research projects. Candidates will be selected from the Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center's team of Research Assistants.

The winner for 2006-2007 is Aditya Humad.

Price Institute Fellowship

Available to MBA Students

The Price Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies has sponsored a fellowship for one or two Wharton MBA students who are beginning their second year in the MBA program. Applicants must demonstrate the intent to pursue an entrepreneurial career, academic merit, and financial need.

Winners of Price Institute Fellowships for 2007-2008 are Francis Kim and Greg Neichin. Fellowships for 2008-2009 will be awarded to Class of 2009 candidates by the end of the fall semester 2008.

Applications for the 2008-2009 fellowship are available now for download. The deadline for submission is September 12th, 2008 by noon. Please see the application for further details on submission.

The Edward B. Shils/Leonard L. Zeidman Fellowships in Entrepreneurship

Available to MBA Students

The Shils-Zeidman Fellowships in Entrepreneurship are awarded by Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs annually to select incoming MBA students from under-represented US minority groups, developing countries, and Israel who have financial need and an intent to study entrepreneurship. Up to $10,000 is awarded to entering first-year students who meet eligibility criteria and demonstrate a commitment to entrepreneurship in their admissions essays. Fellowships are renewable in the second year of the MBA program contingent on good academic standing.

Winners of Shils-Zeidman Fellowships for 2007-2008 are Louis Buell (WG’08, Washington, DC), Ari Endrotomo (WG’08, Indonesia), Anthony Okoro (WG’08, Nigeria), Neha Khoda (WG’09, India), Sujit Nair (WG’09, India), and Aruna Prabhakaran (WG’09, India).

Sol C. Snider Seed Award

Available to Wharton Undergraduates, MBAs, and Ph.D. Students, Penn Graduates and Undergrads.

The Snider Seed Award is designated to provide seed capital to assist University of Pennsylvania students in the execution of the initial stages of their business plan. The Snider Seed Award is administered by Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs in conjunction with the Wharton Venture Initiation Program (VIP).

More information is available on our VIP web page

Wharton Venture Award

Available to Wharton Undergraduate Juniors and First-Year MBA Students.

The Wharton Venture Award (WVA) is intended to assist students financially over the summer in lieu of full-time internships so that they can concentrate on developing their entrepreneurial ventures. Winners are required to work on their ventures full-time over the summer. Wharton undergraduate juniors and first-year MBA students who are developing a venture and have a business plan are welcome to apply.

Three Wharton Venture Awards of $15,000 each were awarded for the summer of 2008. The WVA winners for the summer of 2008 are: