Venture Science Doctorate: venture-creation PhD program

🚀 Applications Open: The Venture Science Doctorate (VSD), Cohort 3 — Starting January 2026!

💡 Turn Your Scientific Vision Into a Company
Join the world’s first venture creation-focused PhD — a unique 3-year, fully-funded program by Deep Science Ventures College in collaboration with Woolf University, a globally recognized and decentralized institution redefining higher education access.

🌍 Solve Global Challenges Through Science & Entrepreneurship

Design your research from first principles to tackle real-world issues in health, climate, agriculture, and computation — and build a startup around it.

🧬 What You’ll Do:

Year 1:
🔍 Scope the challenge, identify breakthrough opportunities, develop hypotheses, and initiate lab work.

Year 2:
🛠 Invent and test. Work with leading labs to validate your tech via experimental and economic proof.

Year 3:
🚀 Build your venture. Develop scalable tech, form a founding team, raise investment, and spin-out with majority equity.

🌐 Backed by Global Leaders:

Schmidt Futures, Innovate UK, SPRIN-D (Germany) + R&D partners like Max Planck, Mayo Clinic, Imperial College, Cornell, NPL, UCL, University of Edinburgh, and more.

🎯 You Should Apply If You:

✅ Are impact-driven and passionate about solving major global problems
✅ Have a Master’s or equivalent in science/engineering (BSc & PhD also eligible)
✅ Have a spark for entrepreneurship and deep science
✅ Can commit 1 week during application to ideate a solution using our methodology

🌎 Open to candidates from all geographies and backgrounds. Remote-first with lab-based components.

💰 What You Get:

💷 Monthly stipend: £2,800 (living costs + health insurance)
📚 No tuition fees – all research and curriculum costs covered
💼 Majority ownership of your spin-out venture
🌐 Access to a vibrant community of 200+ science entrepreneurs, top-tier labs, mentors & investors

🔗 Ready to create a world-changing science company?
Explore the program, FAQs, and prospectus here: VSD Official Site

Application Deadline: Coming Soon – Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of science-based entrepreneurship.

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