Where social entrepreneurship lives.
Rigorous academic inquiry, applied to real social and environmental challenges — with the programs, mentors, and pathways to act on what you learn.
Working across the Dartmouth ecosystem
We exist to help students turn rigorous inquiry into real impact — and to give faculty the collaborators and connections to make their scholarship matter in practice.
Community
Built for all majors
Germinate. Cultivate. Incubate. Grow.
From curiosity to credible action — a clear learning and practice pathway.
Germinate
Deepen your understanding of a social or environmental problem you care about.
What you gain
Clarity on complex systems, vocabulary and orientation, initial problem framing.
Cultivate
Learn about frameworks, tools, and effective approaches to build scalable solutions.
What you gain
Analytical frameworks, interdisciplinary insight, exposure to real-world perspectives.
Incubate
Design solutions with rigor and humility. Test what might work.
What you gain
Tools for designing social enterprise methods and models.
Grow
Translate academic learning into applied approaches and career pathways.
What you gain
Applied learning experiences, internships, mentorship networks, real-world traction.
Built for students, faculty, alumni, and partners
Whether you are a student curious about systems change, a faculty member seeking collaboration, an alumnus ready to mentor, or an organization with a real challenge — SEID is for you.
Thought leadership. Applied learning. Real community.
“Dartmouth Engineering and the Kenya Foreign Study Program opened doors to a career in social entrepreneurship I never could have imagined.
Tracey Turner, Class of 1993 — SEID's founding donor
What's next
Join upcoming sessions designed to inform, connect, and activate the community.