Levitetz Program at New College — Students in the College of Arts & Sciences may apply for a seed grant to begin a new business or creative project or to further develop one already in production.
Edward K. Aldag Jr. Student Pitch Competition — Over $100,000 in total prizes, including a $50K grand prize, are on the line in this annual competition open to all UA students.
Big Ideas at Honors College — BIG Ideas is, by design, an entry-level program that encourages students who have limited or no competition experience to develop their ideas, transform their thinking and address societal problems through creativity and ingenuity.
River Pitch — Open to the entire UA community, including students, faculty, and staff, as well as area residents, River Pitch helps innovators and entrepreneurs with new ideas and early-stage businesses obtain feedback on their work and potentially win one of 10 different $1,000 prizes.
Faculty and Staff Innovation Competition — The UA Faculty and Staff Innovation Pitch Competition offers participants the opportunity to win substantial cash prizes for an original business idea.
NSF I-Corp Crimson Startup — Through Crimson Startup participants will learn how to discover a scalable business model, and create and validate business hypotheses through customer discovery.
Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization — CEO organizes UA students to practice and promote both entrepreneurship and innovation through social and educational experiences.
Tuscaloosa Innovative Community Business Plan Competition — The business plan challenge provides local entrepreneurs with the opportunity to present a 10-minute PowerPoint business plan.
Engineering Entrepreneurship Program (EEP) — EEP at the University of Alabama helps students from all engineering majors to create new and innovative products, processes and services to address unmet needs in society and business, and to commercialize and scale these for entry into the marketplace.
The Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute (AEI) and The EDGE, in partnership with the Culverhouse College of Business at The University of Alabama are partnering to launch the first entrepreneur resource groups (ERGs). Modeled after corporate employee resource groups (ERGs), this program is being launched to connect and assist people with different interests and identities to learn more about each other, support each other, and bring resources together to help build and grow their businesses. Monthly meetings are held the third Tuesday of every month from 5 – 7 p.m. at The EDGE.