Thiel Fellowship
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The Thiel Fellowship is a program that awards young people funding and support to leave or skip college and work full-time on entrepreneurial or scientific projects.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thiel Fellowship canonical | 5 |
| 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellowship | 1 |
| The Thiel Fellowship network | 1 |
| The Thiel Foundation | 1 |
| Thiel Foundation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1186000 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thiel Fellowship Context triple: [Peter Thiel, founded, Thiel Fellowship]
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A.
Thiel
Thiel is the surname of Peter Thiel, the German-American billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies.
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B.
Thiel Capital
Thiel Capital is an investment firm and family office managing the personal capital and strategic ventures of billionaire entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel.
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Schwarzman Scholars program
The Schwarzman Scholars program is a prestigious, fully funded international scholarship at Tsinghua University in Beijing designed to prepare future global leaders through a one-year master’s degree in global affairs.
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D.
Lemelson-MIT Prize
The Lemelson-MIT Prize is a prestigious American award that honors outstanding inventors whose innovations have significantly improved society.
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E.
Founders Fund
Founders Fund is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for backing ambitious, transformative technology companies at early and growth stages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thiel Fellowship Target entity description: The Thiel Fellowship is a program that awards young people funding and support to leave or skip college and work full-time on entrepreneurial or scientific projects.
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A.
Thiel
Thiel is the surname of Peter Thiel, the German-American billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies.
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B.
Thiel Capital
Thiel Capital is an investment firm and family office managing the personal capital and strategic ventures of billionaire entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel.
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C.
Schwarzman Scholars program
The Schwarzman Scholars program is a prestigious, fully funded international scholarship at Tsinghua University in Beijing designed to prepare future global leaders through a one-year master’s degree in global affairs.
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D.
Lemelson-MIT Prize
The Lemelson-MIT Prize is a prestigious American award that honors outstanding inventors whose innovations have significantly improved society.
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E.
Founders Fund
Founders Fund is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for backing ambitious, transformative technology companies at early and growth stages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entrepreneurship fellowship program
ⓘ
grant program ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization |
The Thiel Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
Thiel Fellowship
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizedFor | encouraging students to leave college ⓘ |
| describedAs | alternative to traditional higher education ⓘ |
| eligibilityRequirement | willingness to leave or skip college ⓘ |
| field |
entrepreneurship
ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| focus |
early-stage founders
ⓘ
frontier science projects ⓘ high-impact ventures ⓘ technology startups ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Peter Thiel ⓘ |
| fundingType | non-dilutive grant ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
access to advisors
ⓘ
access to investors ⓘ community of fellows and alumni ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| inception | 2011 ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
full-time entrepreneurship
ⓘ
full-time research ⓘ leave or skip college ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
Forbes
ⓘ
The New York Times ⓘ The Wall Street Journal ⓘ Wired ⓘ
linked to:
Wired magazine
|
| notableAlumni |
Alexandr Wang
ⓘ
Austin Russell ⓘ Dylan Field ⓘ Laura Deming ⓘ Ritesh Agarwal ⓘ Vitalik Buterin ⓘ |
| offers |
grant funding
ⓘ
mentorship ⓘ networking opportunities ⓘ |
| originalName |
20 Under 20 Thiel Fellowship
ⓘ
linked to:
Thiel Fellowship
|
| purpose |
support young people to work full-time on entrepreneurial projects
ⓘ
support young people to work full-time on scientific projects ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | competitive application ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy |
Thiel Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
Thiel Fellowship
|
| targetDemographic | young people under 23 ⓘ |
| typicalAgeRangeOfFellows | late teens to early twenties ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | 2 years ⓘ |
| website | https://thielfellowship.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thiel Fellowship Description of subject: The Thiel Fellowship is a program that awards young people funding and support to leave or skip college and work full-time on entrepreneurial or scientific projects.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thiel Fellowship
linked to: Thiel Fellowship
linked to: Thiel Fellowship
linked to: Thiel Fellowship