Take your ideas and impact to the next level
Take your passion and turn it into progress. Have an idea but unsure where to start? Need help improving your existing efforts? Start or strengthen your social impact alongside fellow changemakers through this six-week interactive program for students or teams with new ideas or existing initiatives.
You are a great fit for Impact Bootcamp if you…
- Have an idea or existing plan for social impact
- Are an individual student or a new or existing student organization, fraternity or sorority, or any other type of student-led, student-run group
- Involved with a new student group that is just getting started creating impact or an established student organization that is looking to strengthen your existing impact or to start something new
- Interested in learning more about how you can increase your impact
- Looking to increase your impact before applying to Accelerator Fellows, Do Good Challenge, Mini-Grants, or Do Good Campus Fund.
Program Details
Impact Bootcamp is a six-week developmental program that helps students or teams to develop and/or refine a plan to create social impact. Each week, participants dedicate focused time to developing or refining their action plans, while receiving guidance, tools, and support to bring their vision to life. The program is designed to meet changemakers at any stage - whether individuals are just beginning to shape an idea or established teams are looking to sharpen and expand their existing work. In the final session, participants share their projects with the cohort and receive valuable feedback to help them take their next steps. Impact Bootcamp is open to individuals, student organizations, clubs, and teams across campus who are ready to turn their ideas for good into action. Impact Bootcamp is offered in both the fall and spring semester.
Important Dates and Deadlines
Fall 2025
- September 14, 2025: Registration Deadline
- September 24, 2025: Program Start Date
- November 4, 2025: Program End Date
Spring 2026
- February 8, 2026: Registration Deadline (Register here)
- February 25, 2026: Program Start Date
- April 15, 2025: Program End Date
Program Schedule
Impact Bootcamp is a six-week developmental program that meets weekly on Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00pm EST.
Fall 2025 Schedule [Tentative - Subject to Change]
- September 24: Exploring Your "Why"
- October 1: Research and Reflection
- October 8: Creative Ideation
- October 15: Team Dynamics
- October 22: Project Development
- November 5: Presentations & Feedback
Spring 2026 Schedule [Tentative - Subject to Change]
- February 25: Exploring Your "Why"
- March 4: Research and Reflection
- March 10: Creative Ideation
- March 18: No Session (Spring Break)
- March 24: Team Dynamics
- March 31: Project Development
- April 15: Presentations & Feedback
Learn More
Find out more information below about Impact Bootcamp, the benefits of participating, eligibility requirements, registration process, and more!
Students and teams that join Impact Bootcamp will be able to:
- Participate in valuable development workshops each week
- Receive priority consideration if interested in applying for a Mini-Grant
- Gain access to one-on-one coaching support with Do Good Institute staff
- Connect with other student resources available on campus
- Join our community of changemakers, activists, and innovators in social impact
Impact Bootcamp is open to any students or student organization, team, or group at the University of Maryland, College Park. Participants can be interested in developing an early-stage idea for impact OR participants can have an existing or established organization, team, or project that they would like to strengthen, develop, or innovate.
Students can participate as individuals and/or in teams. If participating as part of a team, we encourage multiple team members, including a leader, to join the program, if possible. If this is not possible, we highly recommend the representative team member to be the founder, president, or in some other leadership role.
Note: Students or teams are not required to be a registered or official student organization with the University of Maryland to participate.
Students interested in the Impact Bootcamp program will need to complete a short registration form. You will provide contact information and answer a brief questionnaire.
Students interested in the Fall 2025 Impact Bootcamp program will need to register using the short registration form. Registration for Fall 2025 closes 11:59 p.m. on September 14.
Students interested in the Spring 2026 Impact Bootcamp program will need to register using the short registration form. Registration for Spring 2026 closes 11:59 p.m. on February 8.
If you are also interested in receiving funding to support your idea or plan, we encourage you to explore applying for a Mini-Grant.
FAQs
Explore the tabs below to find answers to your most frequently asked questions.
The program is designed to meet changemakers at any stage - whether individuals are just beginning to shape an idea or established teams are looking to sharpen and expand their existing work. Each week, the program will focus on a core area of project development. Session leaders will offer different activities to allow individuals and teams at different stages to take steps forward. If you or your team is just getting started and doesn’t have a mission, vision, or clear project plan yet, Impact Bootcamp will help you flesh these out. If your team is more established, but needs help formalizing your strategy, starting something new, or increasing your impact, Impact Bootcamp can help you refine and develop your existing work. In the registration process, you will be asked to select what stage of development your initiative is so that your facilitator can plan activities accordingly.
While both tracks will be discussing the same general topic, each track will be exploring the topic with different activities suited to their level of development.
- Session 1: Exploring Your "Why"
- Session 2: Research and Reflection
- Session 3: Creative Ideation
- Session 4: Team Dynamics
- Session 5: Project Development
- Session 6: Presentations & Feedback