Biotechnology young entrepreneurs scheme

Application deadline: 25 May 2012

Teams benefit from entrepreneurial awareness training, and present their plans for hypothetical businesses to real entrepreneurs, financiers and industrialists.

So far, over 2000 postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers have benefited from the mentoring, practical workshops and advice from this competition.

The competition is supported by a large number of companies and co-organised by BBSRC and UNIEI.

How to apply

Apply via the Biotechnology YES website.

Case studies

Winning team 2010 - Microbe Solutions Ltd

A team of early career scientists from The University of Manchester impressed a panel of investors with their hypothetical company Microbe Solutions Ltd when they presented their business idea for an alternative to conventional nitrogen fertilisers called Nitro-Pods® - a soil treatment consisting of enhanced naturally occurring nitrogen-fixing bacteria housed in a unique and environmentally safe pod.

Winning team 2009 - Gluten Replacement Technologies Ltd

A team of early career scientists from University of Cambridge and Imperial College London impressed judges with their proposal for a hypothetical company called Gluten Replacement Technologies Ltd, which produces an imaginary product called GlutaSafe - a cheap, non-allergenic gluten replacement.

External contact

Tracey Hassall-Jones
tracey@biotechnologyyes.co.uk
tel: 07956 156629
fax: 0115 965 3211

Contact

Lynne Guppy
lynne.guppy@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 414667
fax: 01793 414674