Military Founders Lab (formerly Bunker Labs Veterans in Residence)
Syracuse IVMF
Check before you apply: details change often, so confirm on the official page before you apply.
- Who it's for
- Veterans, service members, spouses with early-stage business
Open to: veterans, active duty / transitioning service members, spouses, family or caregivers. - Cost
- Free
- Free with no benefit?
- Yes: no GI Bill, VR&E or VET TEC benefit needed.
- What you get
- Virtual 10-week accelerator for early-stage military-connected founders
- Type
- Training program / bootcamp
- Credential strength
- 2/5: Entrepreneurship training with a certificate of completion and network; most useful to founders. (Currently closed.)
- Duration
- 10 weeks
- Format
- Online
- Location
- Nationwide
- Deadline
- Unknown (2026C closed Aug 10)
- Next start
- Winter 2027 cohort (Unknown dates)
- Status
- Closed
- Jobs it can lead to
- Founder / Small Business Owner; Business Development Manager
- Notes
- Bunker Labs VIR sunset; replaced by MFL.
- Official page
- ivmf.syracuse.edu/programs/entrepreneurship/start-up/military-founders-lab
- Last checked
- Sep 30, 2026