The 2024 Ignite Entrepreneurship Application window is closed. All applicants should plan to receive their decision before the Rice University winter recess.
The Ignite Trek provides entrepreneurial students with a chance to meet some of the most successful and up-and-coming entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Students will hear the personal stories of entrepreneurs working to build their companies and learn from the successes (and failures) of the best-and-brightest that Silicon Valley has to offer. This is an intense immersion experience with company visits and entrepreneurial speakers throughout the trek.
You may participate and apply for the Ignite Trek if you are a(n):
- Rice Business MBA graduate student (Full-Time, Professional Weekend, and Executive programs)
- Rice Engineering graduate student (PhD or Masters candidate)
- Rice Natural Sciences student (PhD or Masters candidate)
- Eligible Enventure community member (TMC advanced degree candidates and young professionals)
Please visit alliance.rice.edu/ignite for information about this upcoming spring's Ignite Entrepreneurship Trek.
Due to a high number of requests, the application deadline is extended to 11:59 PM on Monday, November 13, 2023.