1517 Medici Project grants
1517 Fund · Micro-grant
$1KStipend grants starting at $1,000 (no equity, no IP claim)
No-strings stipend grants (from $1,000) from 1517 Fund for high-school students, college students and dropouts in North America working on passion projects in science, tech, math or the arts.
Key terms
- For high-school students, college students and dropouts
- Grants are limited to teams in North America (others may reach out, but support is limited)
- Minimum $1K, paid as a stipend toward your project
- 1517 takes no ownership of you, your project, IP or future equity
- Projects should be for passion, not for school, grades or admissions
Eligibility
- Where
- United States, Canada, Mexico
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Eligible
- Nonprofits
- Eligible
Also required
- High-school or college student, or dropout
- North America-based teams
How to apply
Email any [email protected] address with a five-minute Loom video about who you are, why you're drawn to your project and how a grant would help.
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- About 2 weeks
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source