UF Veterans Entrepreneurship Program Application

This program is a special and unique opportunity and therefore has a limited capacity. As such, please take care when completing the application – pay particular attention to your personal statement and responses to questions regarding your goals and motivations related to entrepreneurship. Note that admission decisions are based primarily on responses, general and single sentence answers such as “I’ve always wanted to own a business” are not sufficient and will likely result in application rejection.

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Name*

First Middle Last

Preferred name*

Address*

Street Address City State ZIP Code

Email*

Enter Email Confirm Email

Home phone*

Cell phone

Gender*

Male

Female

How would you describe your race?*

White/Caucasian

Black/African American

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Hispanic/Latinx

Prefer Not to Answer

Other

Date of birth*

Age*

Date of separation from active duty*

Branch of military service*

Pay grade at separation*

Military specialty*

Disability status*

Were you dishonorably discharged?*

Yes

No

Significant military honors (recognitions, decorations, awards)

Award or honor

Date

Please indicate below each high school, college, or university you have attended

Official name of school

Location (city, state)

Dates of attendance

Diplomas, degrees, certificates and dates received

Please list any academic distinctions or honors you have earned

Please list community involvement hobbies, and extracurricular activities

Activity

Dates

Hours per week

Positions held and honors received

Recommendation One

Please list two recommenders.

Name*

Company/organization*

Title*

Email*

Phone*

Recommendation Two

Name*

Company/organization*

Title*

Email*

Phone*

Please have recommenders return completed letters of recommendation to you in sealed envelopes, or submit them directly to the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to the attention of UF VEP via email or via fax to (352) 846-2170. Recommendation letters can also be uploaded during Step 6 of this application.

What is your primary reasoning for applying to the VEP program?*

Is your venture a:*

Product

Service

Do you consider your venture:*

Concept

Established

Describe the venture you want to start (or have started). Where do you want to take this venture over the next five years?*

What is your primary motivation for entrepreneurship as opposed to working for someone else? Does your disability play a role in your motivation?*

Please provide an example of at least one relevant past experience that demonstrates who you are as a person and how you deal with new and novel situations.*

What specific qualifications or experiences make you a strong candidate for this program?*

You must upload the following:

Two letters of recommendation
Your resume
A copy of your DD214 Member 4

I plan to provide my recommendation letters at a later date.

Yes

A final decision cannot be made on your application until all documents have been received. If you are still waiting on letters from your recommenders, please send them as soon as possible via email.

Additional supporting documents must be provided for your application to be complete. If you are not uploading them today, please submit them via email.

First letter of recommendation

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, txt, rtf, Max. file size: 1 MB.

If you plan to submit your recommendation letters at a later date, please upload a document that states this.

Second letter of recommendation

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, txt, rtf, Max. file size: 1 MB.

If you plan to submit your recommendation letters at a later date, please upload a document that states this.

Your resume*

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, txt, rtf, Max. file size: 1 MB.

Please upload your resume with this application. So that a decision can be made quickly, this document should be included before you click submit on this online application.

Your DD214 Member 4*

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, txt, rtf, Max. file size: 1 MB.

Please upload your DD-214 with this application. So that a decision can be made quickly, this document should be included before you click submit on this online application. For security purposes, please redact or darken the SSN on your DD-214.

By entering my initials below, I certify that all the information provided in this application is true.*

Phone

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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