Advance 2025

Looking to scale and internationalise your innovation?

Applications for Advance 2025 are now open for engineering innovators from around the world, working towards this year’s theme of ‘Future Planet: Biodiversity, Food Security, New Materials and Energy’.

Offering a bespoke programme of relationship-building and business growth activities, Advance enhances the technical and soft skills required to rapidly scale an impactful innovation. This is a joint venture between the Leaders in Innovation Fellowships programme, and the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.

The six-month programme offers:

-             Tailored, 1:1 training and mentoring from experts (including in-person training in the UK)

-             Opportunities to pitch to, and network with, actors from the UK’s innovation ecosystem

-             Access to our 1,400+ alumni community

-             Eligibility for the UK’s Global Talent Visa

We take no equity, fee or IP from the innovators that we work with.

We actively encourage applications from all under-represented backgrounds and demographics.

To find out more about the programme, or to apply, click here.