Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs
Oberlin’s entrepreneurship programs connect students with a diverse group of constituents including alumni in a variety of fields, friends of the college, and local specialists in innovation and business. Through experiential learning, cocurricular activities, and expert coaching, students are challenged to hone their intellectual and artistic passions.
Pathfinder Program
Learn what it takes to grow an idea into a sustainable business, non-profit or social enterprise that can change people’s lives.
About the Innovation Studio and Pathfinder program
Innovation Grants
Explore your ideas! The FIGs grant provides funding to explore innovative music projects by conservatory and Musical Studies students, and XARTS provides funds for the development and execution of collaborative, multi-disciplinary, artistic projects.
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Internal Funding Opportunities
Conservatory Office of Professional Development
Breakthrough Schools Internship
The Entrepreneurship office continues to create and offer meaningful and challenging internship opportunities for Oberlin students. Currently, we are in our second year of Financial Research and Analysis internships with Breakthrough Schools.
This semester-long internship places five or more Oberlin Students on a financial modeling project working directly with the Chief Financial Officer on a weekly basis. The purpose of modeling Breakthrough’s long-term financial planning is to ultimately drive improvement of Breakthrough student performance. Ultimately, the Oberlin students create detailed analysis, assumptions and financial recommendations to the CFO and his team.