Turning Ideas into Reality

Welcome to IMPACT, a week-long residential camp hosted by Taylor University, specifically designed for current high school sophomores and juniors who aspire to be change-makers and want to transform their innovative ideas into reality.

The IMPACT Innovation and Entrepreneurship Camp is open to students of all academic interests and will equip you to be an effective problem-solver, apply your strengths to real-world issues, and develop your own ideas to IMPACT the world for good.  

By the end of this transformative journey, you’ll have turned your ideas into ready-to-be-launched ventures, equipped with the tools and confidence to impact the world. Join us at IMPACT and be part of the next generation of innovators and leaders!

Dates: June 22-27, 2025
Cost: $750 - Scholarships are available!

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How much is IMPACT?

Prices increase over time.

INNOVATOR
apply by December 31, 2024
$250
VISIONARY
apply by February 28, 2025
$375
GAME-CHANGER
apply by April 30, 2025
$500
FULL PRICE
apply after May 1, 2025
$700

Interested in other academic camp opportunities? Learn more about our Academic Summer Camps.

What IMPACT Offers

During IMPACT you’ll be engaged in many different activities to help you grow personally and professionally including:

  • Personalized Leadership Coaching & Mentoring

    Through personalized leadership coaching and mentoring, we will help you identify your unique strengths and help you recognize strengths in others.
  • Diverse Peer Collaborations

    Practice networking through diverse peer collaborations.

  • World-Class Speakers & Academics

    Seminars and workshops with world-class speakers from government, nonprofit, and corporate sectors.
  • Creative problem solving techniques & presentation skills

    Have fun outside the classroom and challenge your definition of teamwork through creative problem-solving techniques and presentation skills.

About Impact

Preparation Season: Starting with a strengths assessment, we begin to understand your passions and values so we can help you apply your talents to develop your ideas into successful ventures. Students will also be asked to submit an idea for a business model, ministry opportunity, product concept, non-profit organization, or a real-world issue that they want to focus on during the Immersion Week.

 

Immersion Week

Building from the ideas and strengths submitted in the Preparation Season students will be strategically placed in diverse collaborative teams composed of students from around the world to develop their ideas and be equipped to transform these ideas into winning concepts. Students will work with Taylor University faculty, University student Peer Mentors, network with world-class business and nonprofit leaders, and compete for actual prize money for the best project pitch.

Acceleration Season

Following the one-week residential camp, students have the opportunity to continue developing their concepts through virtual and in-person workshops and exclusive professional development events.

Equipping Kingdom-class Innovators

IMPACT is part of Taylor University’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), an immersive training, mentoring, and equipping center of the Cornwall School of Business and Leadership.  The CIE contributes to developing students into servant-leaders by helping them to discover ways to:

  • Lead more creatively
  • Take risks comfortably because they depend on God
  • Love on people with new solutions to the economic, social, environmental, and spiritual problems of a world in need

Contact Us

Questions? Email impact@taylor.edu to get answers.