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It’s time to apply for the f(Lux) Fellowship 2026.

The best ideas for a new approach to an old problem sometimes show up in dorm rooms, campus labs, and late-night group chats. Raw, ambitious, and years ahead of what most people are willing to fund. 

Last year, through the first f(Lux) Fellowship, we took a bet on 13 undergrads building at the edges of what's possible. They came from UC Berkeley, Waterloo, Stanford, MIT, and Harvard. Our fellows spanned freshman to senior, with nearly half international.

Since then, four have founded companies, four are early or founding employees at startups, and multiple fellows who met through f(Lux) are now building together. 

It’s time for this year’s frontier builders. The fields reshaping our future – computational biology, AI infrastructure, advanced materials, aerospace and defense – don't respect departmental boundaries, and neither do the best people building in them. They’re the ones turning sci-fi into sci-fact. 

If you’re an undergrad running experiments nobody assigned you to, building tools to unblock your own research, or working on something your professor thinks is too early… this Fellowship is for you. 

You’ll receive a $15,000 non-dilutive grant, dual mentorship from the Lux investment team and portfolio, and two all-expenses-covered retreats: a kickoff in New York and a closing Fellows Summit in September.

No incorporation needed. No polish required. Just genuine obsession and a problem worth solving. 

Applications due by May 26th, 2026: https://www.luxcapital.com/fellowship