Cohort V application dates

Applications open: Monday 2 December 2024

Application deadline: Monday 17 February 2025

Interviews: Monday 24-Wednesday 26 February 2025

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Application guidance

We aim to recruit outstanding individuals from all backgrounds who have a research-centred professional life, such as PhD candidates or postdoctoral researchers.

We often get asked how solid a business idea one needs to have to apply. The answer is – that depends. While your idea needs to be well-researched with some initial results and an idea of the market, it’s important to remember that we’re primarily interested in developing the person with the idea. Take that as, roughly, a focus on the person (70%) and the idea (30%).

When applying, you are asked to submit a summary of your idea, including what problem it solves, who the potential customers are, and what your initial research and results have been. Along with this, we’ll ask for a CV, personal statement, and a self-reflective piece about your experience on EnterpriseTECH. We also require that you have the support from your researcher supervisor, where necessary.

Your business ideas

Some of the business ideas we have helped our students develop in the past have fitted into 2 themes, helping the Earth and helping humans.

  • Additive manufacturing for nuclear fusion and aerospace materials.
  • Solid electrolytes for advanced solid-state Li-ion batteries.
  • Automating accurate carbon emissions reporting.
  • Engineered microalgae replacements for petrochemical-derived products.
  • Biosynthetic leathers for the high-value fashion market.
  • Self-healing concrete.
  • Efficient and durable wireless charging system for electric vehicles.
  • Smart solutions for increased road safety.
  • Hardware-enabled cybersecurity fighting against counterfeit, compromised and recycled electronics.
  • Novel CPU architectures.
  • Restoring soil health.
  • Novel possibilities for pest management.
  • Growing landscapes of the future.
  • Engineering cells to unlock the next-gen adoptive immunotherapies.
  • Molecular biomarkers of neurodegenerative disorders.
  • A self-powered closed-loop system cardiac disease system.
  • Personalised genome editing.
  • Quantification of short and long RNAs in an innovative platform technology.
  • A diagnostic assay for dementia.
  • Navigation cognitive assessments for earlier detection of Alzheimer’s disease.
  • RNA expression assay for accurate treatment of ovarian cancer.
  • Non-invasive brain monitoring.
  • Metabolic disordered organs in a dish.
  • Unlocking the therapeutic potential of lymph nodes for cancer treatment.
  • Human brain neural interfacing.

Cohort V programme dates

DateEvent
Wednesday 9 April 2025Launch event
Thursday 10-Saturday 12 April 2025Module 1: People and products
Friday 25-Saturday 26 April 2025Module 2: The market place
Friday 9-Saturday 10 May 2025Module 3: CEO 101
Friday 23-Saturday 24 May 2025Module 4: Personal expeditions
Thursday 5-Saturday 7 June 2025Module 5: First class delivery
Monday 9 June 2025Investor pitches and Showtime!
Monday 16 June 2025Submission deadline
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