The Miller Center Accelerator Program is a six-month accelerator for high-potential social enterprises with proven traction. The programme combines mentorship with a structured curriculum to help social entrepreneurs strengthen their impact model, business model, and growth strategies.
Programme Snapshot
Programme: Miller Center Accelerator
Category: Accelerator Programme
Organizer: Miller Center
Format: Accelerator with mentorship and structured curriculum
Duration: 6 months
Focus Areas: Women’s economic power, climate resilience, or the intersection of both
Time Commitment: 3–6 hours per week toward mentor-supported programme deliverables
Application Route: Eligibility screening followed by a full application invitation for qualified organizations
About the Miller Center Accelerator Program
Miller Center’s Accelerator is designed for social enterprises that are already operational and working toward growth, significant scale, and investment readiness. The programme focuses on enterprises with proven traction and a clear commitment to social impact.
The official screening form asks organizations to answer brief questions to determine whether they may be a good fit for an upcoming Miller Center programme. Organizations that meet the screening criteria may be invited to continue with the full programme application.
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Programme Purpose and Format
The accelerator combines mentorship and structured curriculum. Its goal is to help participating social entrepreneurs address gaps in three main areas:
✓ Impact model
✓ Business model
✓ Growth strategies
The programme is built for enterprises that can commit time to working with a mentor and completing programme deliverables. The official screening criteria state that a business may be a good fit if it is operational, focused on serving people living in poverty, and able to commit 3–6 hours per week.
Focus Areas
The Miller Center Accelerator programme focuses on social enterprises working in women’s economic power, climate resilience, or both.
The official screening form asks applicants to identify whether their work relates to:
• Women’s economic empowerment
• Climate resilience
• Clean energy
• Clean water
• Climate-smart agriculture
The form also asks organizations to explain how their enterprise serves people living in poverty, including people living in poverty as customers, beneficiaries, employees, or supply chain partners.
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Who Can Apply?
The official form is structured for organizations, not individual applicants. It asks for organization details and uses screening questions to assess whether the enterprise fits Miller Center’s Accelerator criteria.
Organizations are asked to confirm and provide information about:
• Organization name
• Organization legal form
• Year and month founded
• Whether the organization is operational
• Number of full-time paid employees
• Use of technology in organizational growth
• Earned revenue in the last fiscal year
• Planned revenue growth in the current fiscal year
• Cash runway
• Focus on improving the lives of people living in poverty
• Women’s economic empowerment and climate resilience focus areas
The form defines an operational organization as one that has already begun distributing its product or service.
Programme-Specific Screening Areas
The official form also includes additional screening questions for specific Miller Center programme areas.
For the Climate Resilience Asia-Pacific Program, the form asks whether the social enterprise supports clean energy, clean water, or climate-smart agriculture. It also asks whether the enterprise has impact in one or more of these countries:
• Vietnam
• India
• Bangladesh
• Indonesia
• Thailand
• The Philippines
For the Social Entrepreneurship at the Margins programme, the form asks whether the organization serves undocumented migrants, refugees, or human trafficking survivors, provides infrastructure to address challenges facing these populations, or is led by migrants or refugees.
For the Food Systems Program, the form asks whether the enterprise works in food systems or agriculture, has a technology component, and creates impact in Africa.
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Application Information Required
Applicants should be prepared to provide organizational and contact information through the official screening form. The form asks applicants to complete details about the enterprise, its impact focus, and how it fits Miller Center’s programme priorities.
The form also asks for:
• First or given name
• Last or family name
• Email address
• Referral source
• Additional referral details, where relevant
Applicants may also be asked to explain how their organization fits a specific programme focus area.
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Screening and Next Steps
The official form is used to determine whether an organization may be a fit for one of Miller Center’s upcoming programmes. Organizations that pass the initial screening are invited to complete the full programme application through a personalized link.
The full application is described as taking an estimated 15–30 minutes to complete. The official form also lists mcaccelerators@scu.edu as the contact email for questions about the programme or application.
Apply Here
Complete the official eligibility screening form below.
Complete the Miller Center Accelerator Eligibility Screening Form
