From early ideas to fully developed business plans, the Elting Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship helps students turn concepts into real-world solutions.
Starting in their first year and extending beyond graduation, students can access a range of programs that build creative problem solving and critical thinking into their educational experience. From signature events and the Tyree Innovation Fellowship to clubs and study-abroad opportunities, students gain real-world experience while building the skills to thrive at Trinity and after they graduate.
The early stages of innovation are often the most critical. Defining the problem, gathering resources, and building a strong foundation can make all the difference. The Elting Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is committed to helping students take those first steps. From microgrants that support research, surveys, trademarking, and domain registration, to pre-seed and seed grants that fund prototyping and patent work, the Elting Center backs students as they develop ideas into viable solutions.
Entrepreneurship thrives in community. At the Elting Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, students are supported by a network of alumni, faculty, mentors, and partners who help transform ideas into real-world opportunities. Through clubs, events, and collaborative experiences, students build lasting connections that extend far beyond campus.
Student clubs are a valuable part of Trinity’s Innovation culture. They give students space to explore entrepreneurship, finance, consulting, marketing, and more through real projects, peer learning, and hands-on experience. With support from the Elting Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, these groups help students build skills and connections that extend beyond campus.
Trinity’s innovation and entrepreneurship community extends far beyond campus, supported by a deep alumni network of entrepreneurs and industry leaders who mentor students, offer internships, and invest in the next generation of innovators.
The Elting Center’s partners extend the work of the Center beyond campus and into the greater Hartford community. Through sponsorship and collaboration, partners support programs that connect students with real challenges and the alumni and professionals working to solve them.
Danny Briere Ruane Family Executive Director, Trinity College Entrepreneurship CenterTackling the world’s most vexing problems requires people who are both critical thinkers and creative doers. There is no better preparation for this than an education that unapologetically combines the liberal arts with a diverse array of real-world, immersive learning experiences. As the world becomes more complex around us, Trinity College is creating new impactful pathways for our Bantams to drive new innovations and entrepreneurial solutions to build a new, more empathetic and purposeful world around us.
