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Grants

Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowships

Status

Usually opens in September and October and November and December

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
£75,000

Grant of up to GBP 75,000 plus 15 days training, 6 months coaching, 12 months mentoring; no equity taken.

Funder

Royal Academy of Engineering

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Runs as an annual (sometimes biannual) competition; historically an autumn or winter deadline.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

University researchers spinning out from UK universities/research institutes, or recent graduates starting a startup; must want to be CEO and have a protectable engineering/technology innovation validated in a lab or relevant environment.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/programmes/enterprise-fellowships/

"Applications are now closed. ... A grant of up to £75,000"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk

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