UK RAEng 2023 Enterprise Fellowships For Entrepreneurial Graduates

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Association

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Area

Online

Host Country

Worldwide

Deadline

29 Aug 2024

Opportunity funding

Partial funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

Award or Grant Description $$ varies

Enterprise Fellowships is a 12-month accelerator programme for creative and entrepreneurial engineers who have an impactful innovation ready to commercialise at the seed or pre-seed stage. Over the course of the year, we will equip you with the confidence, skills, experience and networks you need to bring your engineering product to market.

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Eligibility Criteria

Broadly speaking, we support:

Researchers wishing to spinout a company from a university
Recent graduates seeking to found a startup
International PhD students (already based in the UK) wanting to spinout or startup

You meet our key eligibility criteria if:

The Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of your solution is 4 or above
Equity investment in your business is less than 500,000 GBP
Your innovation is protectable and you own or co-own the IP
Within the founding team, you own the highest equity stake in the company
You are, or have the ambition to be, the CEO or COO of the business
For startups: you are not a student or otherwise employed during our programme
In addition for startups: you have completed your very first university degree by 1 July 2017
For spinouts: you are currently employed by the university
If relevant, your PhD viva will be held no later than 30 November 2022

Offered Benefits

What we offer works – we have provided £9.2 million in grant funding to upskill over 150 Enterprise Fellows, who have gone on to create companies valued over £550 million. As a charity, we don’t take any equity, all we ask in return is your passion and determination to become part of the next generation of entrepreneurs.

You will receive:

Up to £75,000 equity-free startup funding grant,
Expert business mentoring and coaching,
15 days of business training,
Subscription to our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit,
Access to our community of Hub Members, Academy Fellows, investors, industry experts and partners,
Flexible working space at the Taylor Centre, our physical hub,
Hub membership for life.