RGU expects its University Entrepreneurship Accelerator to back at least 25 projects each year in areas such as healthcare, digital and social enterprise.
Robert Gordon University (RGU) partnered philanthropic office Wood Foundation on Tuesday to launch the University Entrepreneurship Accelerator, which will invest up to £10,000 ($13,500) in projects from Aberdeen and north east Scotland.
The industry-agnostic program will be the first fully-funded, local accelerator to support RGU’s staff, students and recent alumni. It will back at least 25 projects each year, as selected by an external peer panel following a competition held each autumn.
RGU expects the program to attract proposals in…
