Frequently Asked Questions

If this is your first time at The Hatchery, here are some travel guides: 

By foot: We're less than a 10-minute walk from Kaldi's Coffee on Eagle Row. 
By Car: There is a parking deck just opposite our front door on Avenue Place, and we can provide free parking validation for up to 3 hours. 
By Bus: The A, B, CCTMA, and Executive Park buses all pass near The Hatchery on Clifton Road. For more shuttle info go here.
By MARTA: Route 816 and Route 6 all pass by The Hatchery. Route 36 will take you to Emory's Main Campus from Midtown or Decatur.

Our hours during the academic year are:

Monday 9-5

Tuesday 9-7

Wednesday 9-7

Thursday 9-7

Friday 9-5

Closed Saturday and Sunday

Summer Hours: M-F 9-5

Please note hours may vary for holidays and staff workdays. Please check our Instagram feed to see any current exceptions.

Our Makerspace has a variety of resources to educate and inspire creativity, including books and other media on innovation and entrepreneurship. Our staff is available during office hours if you would prefer to speak with someone at The Hatchery. You can also check out our resource library in the student portal (emory.edu email address required to access).

The Hatchery is open to all Emory students, faculty and staff to work or participate in our programs.

The Hatchery Incubator and Accelerator programs are open only to students currently enrolled* in a degree seeking program at Emory University from any of the 9 schools:

• Emory College of Arts and Sciences
• School of Medicine
• Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing 
• Candler School of Theology  
• School of Law
• Oxford College
• Goizueta Business School
• Laney Graduate School
• Rollins School of Public Health 

*Recently graduated students are eligible to participate in The Hatchery's programs up 1 year after they graduate. (i.e. If you graduated May 2026, you are still eligible to participate in 2026 Summer Accelerator or the Fall 2026-Spring 2027 Incubator. You would not be eligible to participate in those programs after May 2027).

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering: Students in the Georgia Tech and Emory University biomedical engineering Ph.D. program are considered dual enrolled at Emory University and may participate in The Hatchery's programs. 

Students in the undergraduate and master’s programs are not enrolled at Emory University and are not eligible to participate in The Hatchery's programs.

No, all workspaces are on a first come, first served basis.

Yes, we have classrooms, a conference room and an event space available to reserve for events. Please email asaya.besay@emory.edu for more information. 

There are several places to work around Emory's campus, including the Emory Student Center, Cox Hall and the Robert W. Woodruff Library.

The Hatchery supports all kinds of startups, from the idea stage to venture launch. Since we serve all 9 schools at Emory, our startups include a variety of for-profit and nonprofit ventures that have included social justice-focused organizations, AI-powered apps, medical and health technology, mental health initiatives, consumer goods, business services, software and so many more. Our student founders are truly inspiring! 

Check out our most recent cohorts from our Incubator and Accelerator programs!

The Hatchery's makerspace is designed to provide the environment, materials and community that innovators need to prototype, build and launch. It contains a variety of resources including sculpting and crafting supplies, a 3D printer, sewing machine, Cricut machine, power and hand tools, a green screen, photo light box, office supplies, a resource library and more.

The makerspace is open to everyone. No reservations are needed and all resources are free to use. 

Yes, Cox Hall has both TechLab and ArtsLab with resources that are free to use onsite. 

The Hatchery offers lockers and a cafe with a coffee machine, ice machine and sparkling water machine. All amenities are free. We just ask that you bring your own cups, as we are an Emory-certified Green Office and do not offer single-use cups.

Participation in The Hatchery Incubator or Accelerator programs is not considered significant resources of the Institute and therefore participants retain ownership of their IP. Graduate student participants, staff, and faculty who are employees may be considered differently depending on the project on which they are working and should discuss the status of their project with the Office of Technology Transfer.