Impulse Programme 2026
Impulse blends teaching, expert advice, curated networking, and extended mentoring from successful entrepreneurs to help early-stage innovators transform their brilliant ideas into high-potential commercial propositions.
This part-time, 3-month programme – which runs from 28 April to 10 July 2026 – is offered online and in-person via the Maxwell Centre, the University of Cambridge’s hub for industry and research.
Impulse welcomes applications from PhDs, postdocs, researchers and aspiring entrepreneurs across physical sciences, technology, engineering, life sciences and related areas.
Our alumni have founded over 70 businesses that have raised more than £300 million in funding and employed over 1,000 people since the programme's inception.
Full funding is available through a range of fellowships provided by our generous partners, and self-funded routes are also available. For the best chance to be matched with a fellowship, please make your application in the first round, which closes on 2 February 2026.
For more information, please download the 2026 brochure or learn more or apply for Impulse 2026.