Application Process

Application
In order for us to initiate our process, we need to learn a little about you. Please complete and submit an online application, including uploading a venture proposal, CV, and video by April 2^nd, 2024 (this means any time before 23:59 on Tuesday, April 2^th). You will also be asked to have two recommendation letters attesting to your personality and fit to the program, sent to us directly by the recommender. We view these very seriously. They are due no later than April 4^th, 2024. We give a few more days because we realize this is not entirely in your control. Recommendation letters must be addressed to us and written specifically for Zell and your fit to the program. Letters must be sent via email to us by the recommender, not you, to: zep@runi.ac.il. After an initial application screening, a limited number of students will be invited for a series of interviews (note not all students are invited for interviews, but you will be notified either way).

Alumni Interviews
The second stage begins with alumni interviews scheduled for May 1^th-9^th, 2024. We do not invite all candidates to interviews, but only those that have passed our initial screening. These interviews are 30 minutes each with two alumni (total one hour back-to-back).

Faculty Interviews
The candidates who successfully pass the alumni interviews stage will be invited to additional interviews with the Executive Director and one additional faculty member. These Interviews are 30 minutes each (total one hour back-to-back) and will be held between June 2^th-13^th, 2024. Final candidacy to SIP will be announced on June 20^th, 2024.

Pre-SIP
The Pre-SIP, scheduled for June 27^th - July 25^th, 2024 is about gaining new tools and experiencing the ideation and business creation process. As individuals, the students will have the opportunity to express and demonstrate their skills and knowledge to the faculty by working on a personal assignment.

Summer Induction Program (SIP)

SIP is an intensive “entrepreneurship boot camp”, from September 9^th-16^th, 2024, designed to get to know you better, and for you to get to know other applicants and the program. You must be available for the entire duration of the program. The post-SIP program starts on September 17^th, 2024, and ends on September 18^th, 2024. Please understand when applying that to the extent you are accepted, the program effectively starts on September 17^th. By applying you are committing to being available to start the program then. This means no vacation (other than religious holidays), no flights abroad and no classes missed throughout the entire program.