VOLUNTEER

Support Our Founders

Share what you know with someone building what’s next. Become a First Flight Navigator and mentor a new resident founder. Your experience, perspective, introductions, and encouragement can help a founder navigate challenges and accelerate their journey.

I’m interested in becoming a Navigator or otherwise mentoring a founder.

CONNECT

Expand Our Ecosystem

Help us connect the right people, companies, and opportunities.

Champion First Flight within your network and introduce us to science and technology companies, industry leaders, investors, policymakers, and others who can strengthen our innovation ecosystem.

I'm willing to make an introduction or help share First Flight's story

PARTNER

Amplify Our Work

Bring your expertise, capabilities, or resources to help promising companies move forward.

Through Flight Operations, First Flight brings together companies, partners, and funding around defined innovation challenges and opportunities.

Join the Partner Network - contribute expertise, technology, facilities, or services

Fund a Flight - support a company or cohort through a focused innovation journey

INVEST

Fuel What Comes Next

Help create access, opportunity, and momentum for the next generation of innovators.

I am interested in investing in First Flight and the future of innovation in North Carolina

I am interested in sponsoring an upcoming event

First Flight Scholarships

Help early-stage science and technology entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life by supporting one of two scholarships:

Dr. Charles Hamner Scholarship: Provides $1,000 per company in tuition support.

Hangar6 Scholarship: Provides a company with six months of Hangar6 membership or 10 hours of design, engineering, and prototyping services.

Donate to support these scholarships (Link will open a new page for your donation)

Land - Launch - Grow - Expand

$10,000 | Expand - all 4 phases

$5,000 | Grow - select 3 phases

$2,500 | Launch - select 2 phases

$1,000 | Land - select 1 phase

Connected Futures

$10,000 | Ecosystem Ignitor

$5,000 | Ecosystem Partner

$2,500 | Ecosystem Patron

High Flyers Award Luncheon - Nov. 20, 2026

$25,000 | Marquee

$10,000 | Inventor Advocate

$5,000 | Scientist Supporter

$3,000 | Cheers to High Flyer - Half table + exhibit space

$2,500 | Corporate Half Table

$1,000 FFVC Founder Half Table

Barbecue, Brews, Bands, & Bourbon

$5,000 | Presenting Sponsor

$2,200 | Music Sponsor

$1,000 | Beverage Sponsor

$500 | Sweet Sponsor - Dessert

$500 | Friends of First Flight

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