Cyclotron Road 2027 entrepreneurial fellowship at Berkeley Lab

Cyclotron Road, the entrepreneurial fellowship hosted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is accepting applications for Cohort 2027 until 30 October 2026. Fellows spend two years embedded at Berkeley Lab, developing a science-based product or company with access to laboratory expertise, facilities and a network of mentors and partners. Applicants need a bachelor's degree and at least four years of post-baccalaureate research experience, a project still in development and not ready for full-scale product sales, and no more than two million dollars in non-governmental debt or equity raised for the project. Applications run through a portal managed by the non-profit partner Activate and require a personal statement and a short technical slide deck.

• One of the most established routes for researcher-founders to turn lab science into a company while backed by a US national laboratory.
• Two-year lab-embedded entrepreneurship fellowship, Cohort 2027, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California. Application portal operated by Activate.

Fellowship support is provided through the programme and its partners; the stipend amount and benefits are not stated on the pages reviewed and should be confirmed during the application process.

• Review eligibility and selection criteria, then apply through the portal linked from Cyclotron Road's How to Apply page, providing a profile, personal statement and brief technical PDF slide deck.

• Applications close 30 October 2026 (time not stated on the pages reviewed; Pacific time assumed for planning). Applications are collected each September to October.
• Competitive selection; US work authorization and lab-access requirements exclude some applicants. Confirm stipend and intellectual-property terms before committing.

Confirm current terms with the issuer before applying.