The AIT EC Incubation Program aims to encourage more students to pursue entrepreneurship as a career pathway. A six-month paid entrepreneurship internship will be provided to the individuals who will be selected under this program.
Objectives
Groom aspiring entrepreneurs with no prior business experience to build and scale innovative startups
Raised grant support to help first-time entrepreneurs
For all AIT students and graduates
Eligibility
Fresh graduates of AIT
Must have a valid business proposal /pitch deck
Team of two-three entrepreneurs starting a new venture, of which two are first-time entrepreneurs (did not incorporate any business before)
AIT EC will provide the following:
Guidance by AIT EC mentors
AIT Founders Grant with funding of up to 250,000 THB, of which 150,000 THB will be cash on hand. The Grant will include 6-month salary and 30,000 THB cash for the project.
Access to AIT EC innovation ecosystem and programs
The AIT Startup Incubation Program is the third phase of the SDG Open Hack Bangkok project, an Institute-wide collaborative initiative by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and its partners, the University of Geneva, and Open Geneva. The four winning teams from the SDG Open Hack will undergo a five-day intensive incubation program at the AIT Entrepreneurship Center to be trained to further improve the clarity of their ideas and solutions ready for real-world applications through the development of the prototypes or MVP (Minimum Viable Product) using the available resources provided by AIT.