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The Startup Accelerator programme from Robert Gordon University seeks to support early-stage innovators living in the North East of Scotland to develop and grow their entrepreneurial ventures.

If you have an early-stage innovative idea, the programme can offer you six months of flexible entrepreneurial training around work and studies, access to mentors and the opportunity to access equity-free seed funding.

In order to be successful during the competitive application stage, RGU will look for lots of different factors to be covered in your application form:

• Understanding of the problem
• Ideas which are innovative
• Potential for growth in the market or users
• Testing of the business model
• Strong teams

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Geographical areas funded: Aberdeen Aberdeenshire

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant, Other resources

Type of cost:

Revenue

Fund award sizes

Notes on award amounts:

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Who can apply

• To participate in the Aberdeen based cohort the business must be RGU students, staff or alumni within 10 years of graduation.
• The project must be early-stage, innovative and have the intention of registering an entity (as a company, social enterprise or otherwise) or commercialise research as a result of the programme.
• A business must be early-stage and must not have raised more than £100,000 in investment or revenue.
• There must be an intention to have at least one founder working on the project full time within twelve months of completing the programme.

When to apply

Now open until 2 November 2026.

Next deadline: 2 Nov 2026

How to apply

Apply online via the University website.

Contact information

Activites funded: Organisational development and capacity building

Beneficiaries funded: Voluntary sector organisations

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