Georgia State University’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute (ENI) has launched applications for its 4th annual Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund (Main Street). In recent years, the business accelerator program has received the Specialty Award for Most Innovative Program from the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA), the Excellence in Student Engagement in Entrepreneurship Award from the annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, and the Award for Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC). Main Street is designed to help Georgia State students, recent alums and community entrepreneurs from historically excluded communities start and grow new ventures. Since 2019, the Main Street program has welcomed 75 founders from 49 companies and awarded nearly $600,000 in non-dilutive funding (grants).