Venture Science Doctorate: venture-creation PhD program (funded scholarship)

Core responsibilities:

• Familiarize with a given industry and map the landscape to identify areas of opportunity for high-impact venture creation during Year 1
• Focus on invention and further develop initial hypotheses, working within leading research groups to prove technology against original hypothesis and validate through techno-economic analysis in Year 2
• Build further on research from previous years to develop scalable technology capable of product market fit, then work with experienced venture partners to build complementary team and investment case before venture incorporation and spin-out in Year 3
• Lead the new venture as a co-founder after incorporation, with continuous support from DSV

This role creates positive change by solving global challenges in health, climate, agriculture and computation through science-based venture creation, developing new companies that address pressing societal issues.

Required qualifications:

• Master's degree (or higher) in natural sciences, engineering or closely related technical field (candidates with only undergraduate degree may be considered but may not be eligible for PhD accreditation)
• Ambition, determination and resilience to develop and co-found a science-based venture tackling global challenges in climate, agriculture, health or computation
• Strong ability to think creatively from first principles, identify industry-specific commercial bottlenecks and solve technical challenges
• Relevant prior experience in entrepreneurship, innovation, new technology development and/or solving large-scale societal challenges
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with ability to articulate complex ideas and persuade diverse stakeholders
• Ability to commit full-time (5 working days per week) to the program

Deep Science Ventures College covers tuition and all other expenses related to program curriculum and research activities. Each student receives a monthly stipend of £2,800 (living costs + health insurance subsidy). Upon spin-out, you/your co-founder(s) will have majority ownership in the venture. You'll join a global community of science entrepreneurs, work with entrepreneurial professors and research labs, and access top-tier investors/funders backing deeptech ventures.

Deep Science Ventures creates a future in which both humans and the planet can thrive by using a unique venture creation process to create, invest in, and spin-out science companies, empowering entrepreneurial scientists to combine scientific expertise and business models to synthesize high-impact ventures.