Applications for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation’s UpStart fall entrepreneurship program for women and people of color are now being accepted through May 22, organizers recently announced.

The free 10-week program will begin Tuesday, Sept. 12 and end Tuesday, Nov. 14. The classes are held at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.

According to the website, UpStart participants will learn the skills needed to conceive, fund, organize and test a business idea. They will be connected to area professionals who will help establish strategic goals and identify the next steps.

Applications can be done here.

Editor’s note: our editor-in-chief is an instructor in the UpStart program