Miller Prize

The Miller Prize awards a $25,000 cash prize to a promising student-led venture working on innovative tech or tech-enabled solutions. In addition to the potential prize money, the competition provides opportunities for mentorship, feedback, and networking.
 

Timeline

  • November 17, 2021: Early Mentorship Application Opens
  • November 17, 2021: Informational Session about Startup Yale 2022 at Tsai CITY from 12pm-1pm
  • December 1, 2021: Early Mentorship Application Closes
  • January 24, 2022: Optional mentorship request form opens
  • January 24, 2022: Informational Session at Tsai CITY
  • February 21, 2022: Optional mentorship request form closes (mentors are assigned on a rolling basis)
  • February 21, 2022: Informational Session at Tsai CITY
  • February 22, 2022: Startup Yale application opens
  • March 20, 2022: Startup Yale application deadline
  • April 8, 2022 (approximately): Finalists selected
  • April 28-30, 2022: Finalists participate in a live pitch event as part of Startup Yale.
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Want to preview the application before diving in? Download a PDF version.

Startup Yale Prizes Application 2021.pdf

Past Recipients

Over the years, the Miller Prize has supported many tech or tech-enabled student ventures.

Questions about the Miller Prize?

For questions about the Miller Prize, email city.support@yale.edu or contact Kassie Tucker (kassie.tucker@yale.edu).
 

Startup Yale

The Miller Prize is part of Startup Yale, a collaboration between the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, InnovateHealth Yale, Dwight Hall, Yale School of Management Program on Entrepreneurship, and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale. On April 28-30, this event will bring together Yale’s entrepreneurs in two days packed with pitches, prizes, and world-changing ideas. Over $135k of prizes will be awarded to the finalists, including: