Cave Johnson Memorial Entrepreneurship Award

Aperture Science Innovators
Award USD 5K–50K ≈ €4.6K–€46K
Closing date 18 days left · May 04, 2026
Location Global
For Individuals, Orgs

About this opportunity

In honor of Aperture Science's visionary founder, this award recognizes entrepreneurs who embody Cave Johnson's spirit: bold, uncompromising, and willing to make life take the lemons back. "I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" — This is the energy we're looking for in applicants. Not literally, of course. The award supports entrepreneurs at any stage who demonstrate exceptional vision and a healthy disregard for the impossible.
20 awards
6-8 weeks
business entrepreneurship leadership vision startup innovation

Who can apply

Applicant Types

individual, organization

Organization Types

startup, nonprofit, research institution

Region

Global

How to apply

Interview required

Stages

  1. 1 Initial review
  2. 2 Technical assessment
  3. 3 Panel interview
  4. 4 Final decision

Required documents

Project proposal · Budget breakdown · Team CVs

Review process

Applications reviewed by Aperture Science's panel of experts and reformed test subjects.

About the funder

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Aperture Science Innovators

Science & Technology

We do what we must, because we can. Aperture Science Innovators is dedicated to funding groundbreaking research in portal technology, artificial intelligence safety, propulsion gel applications, and turret-based defense systems. Founded by the late Cave Johnson, we continue his vision of science without limits. Our grant programs support researchers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who refuse to accept the impossible. "Science isn't about WHY. It's about WHY NOT." — Cave Johnson

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