Impulse 2026: The entrepreneurship programme for innovators
Now open for applications!
Impulse blends teaching, expert advice, networking and extended mentoring from experienced 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 researchers and entrepreneurs in technology and life sciences with a great idea they want to explore building a business around. You do not need to be a member of the University of Cambridge to apply.
Alumni include founders of Riverlane, Abselion, Nu Quantum, Xampla, Echion Technologies, Wave Photonics, AllFocal Optics (formerly Lark Optics), Semarion, About:Energy. They have gone on to raise over £300 million in funding and employ over 1,000 people since the programme's inception.
Most places are fully funded through a range of fellowships provided by our generous partners. For the best chance to be matched with an available fellowship, please make your application in the first round, which closes on 2 Feb 2026.
For more information, please download the 2026 brochure or send your questions to impulse@maxwell.cam.ac.uk.
Click here to learn more or apply for Impulse 2026.