Emergent Ventures
Mercatus Center (George Mason University) · Fellowship / micro-grant
VariesGrants and fellowships; amounts are not published
A low-overhead grant and fellowship program run by Tyler Cowen. It backs people worldwide working on highly scalable "zero to one" ideas, with extra tranches for Africa and the Caribbean, India, the UK, Ukraine and others.
Key terms
- Applicants must be at least 13 years old
- One application per applicant and per project
- AI-written applications are rejected (AI may be used only for proofreading)
- No feedback or status updates on applications
- Amounts are not published
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, 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
- Minimum age 13
- Individuals and projects anywhere in the world
How to apply
Fill in the single online form. Keep it short and specific about the idea and why it scales.
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source