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Validate your venture idea and develop a sustainable business model during our 6-month accelerator with time buyout and up to £62,500 in funding.
We offer financial support, expert-led training and dedicated mentors to help you bring your ideas to market.
Validate your venture idea, gain the skills to turn ideas into real-world ventures, develop a sustainable business model for your venture, be ready to pitch for funding or investment
6-month programme with time buyout, training sessions are virtual but there are in-person events
Applicants must have a PhD or similar research or innovation experience and be based at an eligible UK research organisation
ARC Accelerate, the third stage of the ARC Pathway, is a 6-month accelerator designed to help researchers transform their innovative and ambitious social science, arts and humanities-based ideas into scalable ventures.
Successful applicants will receive up to £62,500, with circa 80% fEC provided by ESRC, in line with its standard funding rules, to fund commercialisation activities and bring new products, processes, services and experiences to market.
ARC Accelerate offers time buyout and requires applicants to commit to a minimum of 3 days per week for the duration of the 6-month training programme. The time commitment can be shared as a team (see FAQ below). How much of the available budget you spend on time buyout is up to you.
During the 6-month programme, we will spend a lot of time on validating the venture idea with customers, stakeholders and partners, together with around 40h of training sessions and homework as well as additional check-ins and 1:1 support.
What is included?
The training for cohort 1 has started in March 2024.
Between 2023-2026, we have a total of 75 awards available and will run at least one ARC Accelerate cohort per year.
Applications for cohort 2 (training start in February 2025) will open in early June 2024. Application workshops will run in May and June.
We will shortly update this page with more details on the application process for cohort 2. To receive all updates, please sign up to our mailing list!
Applicants must have a PhD or similar research or innovation experience and be based at an eligible UK research organisation. For further information, please visit the ESRC’s research funding guide and check if you are eligible for research and innovation funding.
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