Kauffman Foundation Launches Entrepreneur Fellows Program to Increase Number of High-Growth Startup Founders

The Kauffman Entrepreneur Fellows program will pair prospective entrepreneurs with select venture creation companies to take innovative ideas to market and eventually create profitable companies. In addition, the Foundation will support and manage the Entrepreneur Postdoctoral Fellows program, which will educate selected postdoc researchers about developing companies to commercialize innovations from the lab.

The Entrepreneur Fellows program is the first program developed from a new, multimillion dollar initiative of the Foundation called Kauffman Laboratories for Enterprise CreationThrough a variety of programs, both existing and in development, Kauffman Labs is focused on increasing the number and success of high-growth startup companies.

ExploraMed’s next project architect is designated to be a Kauffman Entrepreneur Fellow.

About the Kauffman Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a private nonpartisan foundation that works to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation to grow economies and improve human welfare. Through its research and other initiatives, the Kauffman Foundation aims to open young people's eyes to the possibility of entrepreneurship, promote entrepreneurship education, raise awareness of entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and find alternative pathways for the commercialization of new knowledge and technologies. It also works to prepare students to be innovators, entrepreneurs and skilled workers in the 21st century economy through initiatives designed to improve learning in math, engineering, science and technology. Founded by late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Foundation is based in Kansas City, Mo. and has approximately $2 billion in assets.