Apply now: Enterprise Fellowships
Take your technology from the lab to the marketplace
Enterprise Fellowships is a twelve-month accelerator programme designed to support talented researchers and graduates to transform breakthrough engineering innovations into disruptive spinouts and graduate startups.
Ran by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), the programme offers a unique package of funding and training, including:
- an equity-free grant of up to £75,000
- 75 hours of training
- connections to a network of 100+ investors
- subsidised access to diversity and inclusion platform Culture+ for engineering startups
- 1:1 business coaching and mentoring from a network of the UK's leading engineers and RAEng Fellows
- lifetime access to RAEng co-working spaces in London and Belfast
Enterprise Fellowships awardees may also access support from the Royal Academy of Engineering for a UK Global Talent Visa.
Eligibility
The programme is looking for aspiring entrepreneurs who are either:
- university researchers wishing to spin out from UK or Irish universities and research institutes
- recent graduates who want to found a startup
- non-UK nationals who are about to complete, or have recently completed, their PhD at a UK university
Read the full eligibility criteria.
To apply for the next intake, submit your application by 4pm, 27 August 2024.
Applicant workshops
Prospective applicants can meet Enterprise Fellowships programme managers in online sessions covering the application process, timelines, hints and tips, and a programme introduction.
Find out more and book your place at the Enterprise Fellowships workshop.
First published 2 August 2024