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Startup funding programs for early-career founders in the United States (November 2026)
Open programs based in the United States, or open to founders there, that name early-career founders in their rules. Each one is checked against its official page; read its own requirements before you apply.
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Programs that name early-career founders in their rules (7)
- Non-Trivial FellowshipLeaf Inc.OpenProgramDeadline: Under 14 days
- Startup BootcampFuture FoundersOpenAcceleratorDeadline: 1 to 3 months
- Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur ChallengeLassonde Entrepreneur Institute, University of UtahOpenCompetitionDeadline: 1 to 3 months
- Diamond ChallengeHorn Entrepreneurship, University of DelawareOpenCompetitionDeadline: 1 to 3 months
- STARTedUP ChallengeThe STARTedUP FoundationOpenCompetitionDeadline: Over 3 months
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See which ones fit youQuestions founders ask
- How many open US funding programs name early-career founders in their rules?
- 7 open programs name early-career founders in their rules right now.
- Which of these closes next?
- Non-Trivial Fellowship closes on November 15, 2026.
- How many of them close in the next 30 days?
- 1 of them closes in the next 30 days.