Postgraduate & Researcher Mentoring Programme (PRMP) (in the scope of WP4)

Participants will be a combination of Masters Students, PhD Candidates and Researchers from across a range of disciplines (non-final year students only). The primary criteria will be evidence of development of a strong (realistic) business idea or the commercialisation of research currently been undertaken. 

Given the high threshold for student participation, and the limited duration of the PRMP, participants will be expected to have a meaningful degree of domain knowledge. The programme will focus on personal development, business skills and the tools required to develop, commercialise and scale their business ventures.

PRMP will be delivered in three phases with 15-20 participants taking the programme, but this LEXS is part 1 and will take place in March 2026 at the Entrepreneurship Festival in NHL Stenden (Spring School) over 5 days.

Participants in this LEXS will be encouraged to sign up to a follow-up programme of 4 online workshops (1hr each) during the summer months (Summer School) and a final Showcase in November 2026 at the Innovation Meets Regions in TUS (Autumn School). If students wish to complete all 3 stages of the programme, they will have to make an additional application to attend these parts.

This LEXS is part 1 of a Postgraduate & Researcher Mentoring Programme, taking place in March 2026 at the Entrepreneurship Festival in NHL Stenden which it will involve a design sprint (Spring School).

There will be an opportunity to sign up to 2 follow up sessions at a later date.

Contact derek.blackweir@tus.ie if you have any queries