Is your start-up advancing PFAS innovation?  

Accelerate your start-up with Change Makers, the home for deep tech chemistry.

Apply by 17 April

If you are a chemistry innovator working in environmental chemistry, water treatment, advanced materials, or sustainable manufacturing we would like to hear from you.

PFAS exposure is now widely recognised as posing a significant threat to human health. With market and regulatory pressures driving increased innovation, the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Change Makers accelerator programme will be supporting the next generation of start-ups in this rapidly evolving space.

Our strategic focus areas will be as follows:

  • PFAS detection and monitoring
  • PFAS destruction and treatment
  • PFAS alternatives and product re-design
 

Why apply?

Our accelerator programme helps early-stage impact-focused deep tech chemistry start-ups go further and faster.

This is what you’ll get:

  1. Access to deep tech chemistry start-up mentors
  2. Structured masterclasses focussing on technology development and market entry Investment support
  3. Peer group engagement
  4. Access to professional services

Alongside our venture programmes, the RSC’s Policy and Evidence team draws on broad expertise to provide PFAS-focussed advice to the Government. We have access to a wide network of experts that we work with on PFAS-related topics, such as toxicology, analytical methods, remediation, alternatives, public attitudes to PFAS, and regulatory approaches for PFAS management.

Who should apply?

If your start-up is advancing PFAS innovation through cleaner chemistry or materials with superior performance and reduced environmental impact, we would like to hear from you.

We welcome technologies focussed in the following areas:

  • Advanced adsorbents & membranes
  • Catalytic or electrochemical destruction
  • Green surfactants & functional chemistries
  • PFAS-free barrier materials & coatings
  • Remediation & monitoring of emerging contaminants
  • Advanced materials for technical applications

Programme eligibility

You are eligible to apply if your venture is:

  • A UK registered company (not a subsidiary or spin-off of an existing company).
  • In the early stages of development or beginning of the commercialisation phase.
  • Tackling critical challenges with innovative, scalable solutions.
  • Based on a new chemical technology innovation or process.

Questions?

Get in touch if you have questions about our support or the application process for this cohort.

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If you're interested in taking part, get your application in by 17 April 2025.

Apply by 17 April