Commonwealth Startup Fellowship (CSF) 2025 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: June 30, 2025

Applications for the Commonwealth Startup Fellowship (CSF) 2025 at the moment are open. The Commonwealth Startup Fellowship (CSF) is a six-month programme designed to ignite and elevate excessive potential startups from low and center-revenue nations throughout the Commonwealth. This six-month programme is designed to gas excessive-potential startups by intensive in-particular person and on-line studying. You’ll achieve important expertise, tailor-made teaching, and entry to a strong world community that will help you overcome obstacles and scale up what you are promoting.

The programme begins in November 2025 with a totally funded two-week bootcamp in Accra, Ghana, plus ongoing on-line assist with enterprise teaching, skilled-led classes, and worthwhile peer connections. One founder from every chosen group will take part in-particular person, whereas co-founders and group members can entry the distant portion, connecting with world mentors and trade consultants from throughout the Commonwealth.

Benefits

• In addition to the coaching and mentorship, taking part groups can apply for monetary assist from the Fellows Fund, a pot of £35,000 in fairness free grants. This funding is on the market to cowl enterprise associated prices that will help you develop and develop your startup.
• Select contributors will likely be invited to a Capstone in London, UK, the place they’ll have the prospect to pitch to buyers and trade leaders.

Eligibility

To be eligible for these Fellowships, potential Fellows should:

• Be of a minimum of graduate degree.;
• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee standing by an eligible low- or center-revenue Commonwealth nation;
• Be completely resident in an eligible Commonwealth nation;
• Be fluent in written and spoken English.
• Not have undertaken a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship throughout the final 5 years (on the time of taking over the award);
• Be accessible to undertake their fellowship from the prescribed begin date.

In addition, they have to show:

• Evidence of innovation, by way of product, service, or market.
• Active improvement for a minimum of six-months and demonstrable dedication from group members.
• A working minimal viable ‘product’, service and/or prototype.
• Significant proof of buyer engagement or traction within the type of early gross sales or pre-gross sales . proof of curiosity or demand, signed contracts or different related proof.

Application

Applications for Cohort Two at the moment are open and can shut on 30 June 2025 at 04:00pm (BST).

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For extra data, go to Commonwealth Startup Fellowship.