Our Delivery Partners
Royce Catalyst is delivered in partnership with Alliance Manchester Business School
Royce Catalyst is kindly sponsored by NatWest and Marks & Clerk LLP
COULD YOU BE A LEARNER?
Royce Catalyst is for researchers and professionals who want to build their entrepreneurial capability in advanced materials commercialisation. You might work in a university, research organisation, start-up, spin-out or established business, or be studying for a PhD.
You’re likely to have a materials or related scientific or technical background, such as chemistry, physics or engineering, but this isn’t essential.
The best bit is you don’t need your own business idea or previous commercial experience. We want people who are curious about how research and technology create value, keen to work across disciplines and ready to investigate real commercial questions.
Our Current Cohort
Our current cohort of 60 learners includes researchers from 25 UK universities. More than half are PhD researchers, over a third are postdoctoral or early-career researchers, and the remainder are from industry and other professional settings.
“The most important lesson I learned from day one was simple but very useful: as an entrepreneur, I need to think like a customer first, not like a scientist focused on the product.”
— A Royce Catalyst learner
How you can get involved
Learners:
Build entrepreneurial skills and commercial judgement
Supervisors:
Challenge and support a learner team
Founders & inventors:
Submit a commercial feasibility project
Mentors:
Share your experience where it adds value
Be part of the bigger picture
Royce Catalyst is more than a programme. It marks the start of a national effort to embed materials-centred entrepreneurship education, put technology translation into action, and ultimately support the UK’s advanced materials research base.
Whether you join as a student participant, founder, or supervisor, your involvement will help shape the culture, capacity, and community that drives material discoveries into real-world impact.
