Emergent Ventures
Status
Always open
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Amount
$100,000
Small fast grants and fellowships, commonly US$5,000-100,000, awarded for high-upside projects. No equity and minimal paperwork.
Funder
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
private · national
Deadline: rolling — Applications reviewed continuously in cohorts announced several times a year
Your odds
Not published
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Effort
quick
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
Open to individuals and early ventures worldwide. The application is deliberately short.
Source. https://www.mercatus.org/emergent-ventures — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked