State of Black Entrepreneurship Fellows Program 2027 (up to $10,000) – YOA

Deadline: November 16, 2026

Applications are invited for the State of Black Entrepreneurship Fellows Program 2027. This initiative displays the Center for Black Entrepreneurship (CBE’s) dedication to advancing scholarship on entrepreneurship, financial mobility, and wealth creation whereas constructing the nation’s main physique of data on Black entrepreneurship.

The Fellowship helps a hybrid mannequin that advances each particular person scholarship and a shared nationwide analysis agenda. Fellows contribute to the annual State of Black Entrepreneurship Report whereas concurrently pursuing an impartial analysis undertaking aligned with one of the Fellowship’s precedence analysis domains. The Fellowship is designed to generate rigorous, actionable, and influential analysis that informs entrepreneurs, traders, educators, ecosystem builders, foundations, firms, and policymakers.

Research Priorities

Proposed tasks ought to align with one of the next domains:

• Capital Formation & Investment Access: Examines how entrepreneurs safe and deploy monetary capital, together with fairness, debt, grants, and various funding sources wanted to launch, develop, and scale ventures.
• Venture Creation & Business Growth: Explores the formation, efficiency, and development of companies, with a deal with enterprise creation, innovation, resilience, and pathways to scale.
• Entrepreneurial Talent & Pathway Development: Investigates how entrepreneurial expertise is recognized, developed, and supported by training, coaching, mentorship, and experiential studying alternatives.
• Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Institutions & Policy: Analyzes how assist organizations, networks, establishments, and public insurance policies form entrepreneurial outcomes and affect enterprise success on the native, regional, and nationwide ranges.

Fellowship

• The Center seeks to award $10,000 fellowships to students conducting progressive analysis that expands understanding of Black entrepreneurship and contributes to the event of the annual State of Black Entrepreneurship Report. This is an roughly 12-month fellowship starting in early 2027 and concluding with presentation of findings on the annual State of Black Entrepreneurship Symposium in Fall 2027.
• Fellows will take part in a collection of workshops and collaborative analysis periods designed to strengthen undertaking design, facilitate data trade, and assist growth of the State of Black Entrepreneurship Report.

Eligibility

Applications are notably inspired from:

• Doctoral college students
• Postdoctoral students
• Faculty researchers
• Think tank researchers
• Policy researchers
• Applied analysis professionals

Researchers from HBCUs are particularly inspired to apply.

Applicants ought to show:

• Strong analysis expertise
• Interest in entrepreneurship and financial mobility
• A dedication to advancing data associated to Black entrepreneurship
• The capacity to full the proposed undertaking and take part absolutely in Fellowship actions

Collaborative and interdisciplinary proposals are welcome.

Application

Applications should embody:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV): Detail educational credentials, skilled expertise, analysis actions, and related publications.
• Personal Statement (Maximum 1 Page): Describe your curiosity in Black entrepreneurship analysis and the way your proposed undertaking aligns with the Fellowship’s mission.
• Research Proposal (Maximum 4 Pages)
• Supporting Documentation: Include letters of collaboration, knowledge entry agreements, or different supporting supplies as relevant.

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For extra info, go to State of Black Entrepreneurship Fellows Program.