Previous Knowledge Challenge Grantees After listening to researchers, entrepreneurs, and those who support entrepreneurs, the Kauffman Foundation updated its approach to the way it seeks information form research and created the Kauffman Knowledge Challenge in 2018. Share: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter The Knowledge Challenge is a biannual program that invites proposers to submit proposals for research activities aimed at improving our basic understanding of entrepreneurs and the levers, tools, and methods that can advance entrepreneurship in the United States. The inaugural Kauffman Knowledge Challenge was split into four research areas in 2018: New Nature of Entrepreneurship | Projects will explore how new markets are emerging and test new program designs. Barriers to Entrepreneurship | Projects will seek to understand the barriers to entrepreneurship and where they come from. Program Design and Policy Intervention & Implementation | Projects will show how policy outcomes affect entrepreneurs. Ecosystem and External Environment for Entrepreneurship | Projects will look at how ecosystems operate. Meet the 32 inaugural Knowledge Challenge grantee organizations: New Nature of Entrepreneurship University of California – BerkeleyBoston UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyDuke UniversityMercy CollegeSeojin Kim Barriers to Entrepreneurship University of MichiganUniversity of MarylandSyracuse UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologySt. Louis UniversityUniversity of MarylandUniversity of Kansas Medical Center ResearchLehigh UniversityKylie Hwang Program Design and Policy Intervention & Implementation Start Small Think Big (SSTB)Marcus CrewsTravis HowellEmily MedleyBoston UniversitySophie Calder-WangJiayi BaoChuan Chen Ecosystem and External Environment for Entrepreneurship North Carolina State UniversityUniversity of California – BerkeleyLiving Cities, Inc. (Beyond Jobs)Wake Forest UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversitySamasource, Inc.Zhao JinAlexander Bell Learn about the 2020 Knowledge Challenge >