Enterprise Fellowships now open for applications
Engineering disruptive spinouts and graduate startups since 2011
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
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.
Applicant workshops
Prospective applicants can meet the Enterprise Fellowships programme managers, Urszula Stawik and Angus Baker, in an online session covering the application process, timelines, hints and tips, and a programme introduction.
Workshops include opportunities for Q&A on any topic and will take place on:
- Monday 22 January 2024, 2-3pm
- Wednesday 31 January 2024, 11am-midday
- Thursday 8 February, 3-4pm
- Tuesday 20 February, 10-11am
Find out more and book your place at the Enterprise Fellowships workshop.
First published 19 January 2024