2025 Enterprise Fellowships at the Royal Academy of Engineering
International students from all around the world can apply for the Enterprise Fellowships to study for a PhD at the Royal Academy of Engineering UK. This program supports innovative and creative entrepreneurial engineers who have demonstrated an outstanding engineering novelty that they wish to further develop.
The program focuses on equipping the recipient with the knowledge, expertise, self-assurance, and network of knowledgeable advisors needed to support their innovation. Enterprise Fellowships support three groups of people: researchers who want to spin out a company from a university or research facility, international PhD students located in the UK who want to spin out or start up, and recent graduates who want to establish a business.
Overview of the Scholarship
• Postdoctoral Study Level
• Institution(s): Royal Academy of Engineering
Study in the United Kingdom
• Areas of Opportunity Focus: Engineering
• Duration of Program: One Year
• Due date:
• Stage 1 (opens in January): August 29, 2024
• October 2024 is Stage 2.
Scholarship Reports
The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Fellowships offer the following advantages to the recipient:
• An equity-free startup capital grant of up to £75,000.
• Professional coaching and mentoring in business,
• A 15-day course on business,
• Participation in our toolkit for inclusion, diversity, and equality,
• Having access to our network of partners, investors, Academy Fellows, Hub Members, and industry experts
• Adaptable workspace at our physical hub, the Taylor Centre,
• Lifetime Hub membership.
Qualifications for Enterprise Fellowships at the Royal Academy of Engineering
The following requirements must be met in order to be eligible for Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowships:
• English is the required language.
• All nations in the world are eligible.
Generally speaking, we back:
• Scholars hoping to launch a business from a university
• Recent grads looking to launch their own business
• Foreign PhD candidates wishing to establish or spin out who are already based in the UK
If your solution’s Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is 4 or higher, you satisfy our primary eligibility requirements.
• Less than 500,000 GBP has been invested in your company as equity.
• You own or co-own the intellectual property, and your invention is protected.
• You have the largest stock share in the business among the founding team members.
• You are the company’s CEO or COO, or you aspire to be.
• For startups: you are not enrolled in our program as a student or working in any capacity.
• Additionally, for startups: by July 1, 2018, you had earned your first degree from an institution.
• If you are a spinout, you now work for the institution.
• Your PhD viva, if applicable, will take place by November 30, 2023.
Please ensure you read the full list of eligibility criteria before applying.
How Can I Apply for Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowships?
Please click the link to the official website at the end. To apply for Enterprise Fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering, follow these steps:
• The initial step for applicants is to register on this page.
• Choose an application from the list of open programs by selecting My Applications in the upper left corner after logging in.
There are two steps in the application process:
Phase one
You provide us a brief overview of your proposal and yourself in Stage 1. It will take roughly one hour to finish. We will ask you to fill out a stage two application if you are qualified for the program, your idea fits the kind of help we provide, and you are a good fit for it. In stage one, the program’s objectives and goals are taken into consideration rather than the idea’s quality.
Phase two
The Stage 2 application is more thorough and will take into account your startup leadership skills as well as the quality of the idea.It will take one to three working days for you to provide additional information about the team, the technology, the business plan, and yourself. After a panel of specialists reviews this section of the application, you will be invited for an interview.
Please be aware that until the selection process is finished, we will not be able to give you the Panel’s opinion on your Stage two application because of the high volume of applications.
If you have any questions, please email the Enterprise team.
Website
Please visit the official website to learn more about the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Fellowships:
