Minnesota Private College Fund

The innovation scholars program is a collaborative program offering selected multi-disciplinary teams of students the opportunity to research projects with start-up and early-stage medical companies and the mayo clinic. Innovation scholars programming exposes students to the ambiguities of "real world" innovation and entrepreneurship, the role of teamwork, cross-disciplinary collaboration, in-depth research, analysis, and creativity. Twelve institutions and 55 students participated in fiscal 2025.

Trailblazers offers a unique two-year leadership program for students at our member colleges. The program combines a two-year scholarship with comprehensive academic and professional advising, individualized mentoring, leadership development, financial literacy programming, experiential learning, networking opportunities with business and nonprofit professionals, and career preparation.