Enterprise Fellowships 2025

Take your technology from lab to marketplace

The Enterprise Fellowships programme is a 12-month accelerator designed to help researchers and graduates turn groundbreaking engineering innovations into disruptive spinouts and startups.

Run by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), this programme offers:

• equity-free grant of up to £75,000
• 75 hours of expert training
• access to a network of 100+ investors
• subsidised access to Culture+, a diversity and inclusion platform for startups
• 1:1 business coaching and mentoring from leading engineers and RAEng Fellows
• lifetime access to RAEng co-working spaces in London and Belfast

Awardees may also receive support from RAEng for a UK Global Talent Visa. 

Eligibility

The programme supports aspiring entrepreneurs who are:

• university researchers planning to spin out from UK or Irish universities and research institutes
• recent graduates founding their first startup
• non-UK nationals completing, or recently completed, a PhD at a UK university

Read the full eligibility criteria.

Applicant workshops

Prospective applicants can join an online workshop in January 2025 to meet programme managers, learn about the application process, and get tips for success.

Find out more and book your place at the Enterprise Fellowships workshop.

First published 31 December 2024