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Challenge Science UK 2026 Program (ICEX)

Description

The call has been opened for Desafía Ciencia UK 2026, an international immersion program for startups, spin-offs and science-based research groups that want to internationalize in the British ecosystem.

esafía Science UK 2026 is an immersion program designed to help you make the leap into the British scientific ecosystem.

The program will start with an in-person bootcamp in Madrid, where we will help you define your strategic objectives, align your expectations and work on your scientific storytelling and value proposition. In addition, you will get to know in depth the functioning of the British scientific ecosystem.

Later, you will travel to the United Kingdom to participate in the immersion phase, where will receive mentoring and advice from experts in the British scientific ecosystem to adapt your pitch to the British model, validate your technological proposal and define your market access strategy. You will leave with a clear roadmap to raise funding, close pilot projects and establish commercial relationships.

And if that’s not enough, we introduce you to the London-Oxford-Cambridge axis through a program of guided visits and networking activities with universities, research centers, knowledge transfer offices, Catapult centers, British corporations and investors.

You won’t have a better opportunity to understand how the UK ecosystem works and approach it with greater confidence.

Beneficiaries

🔬 It is aimed at deep-tech projects (biotech, health, AI, materials, etc.) with scaling potential.

Dates and deadlines
  • Registration: until May 4, 2026
  • Program: May-June (UK immersion from June 15-26)
Budget

Free program (travel and accommodation not included)

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