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:
- Access to deep tech chemistry start-up mentors
- Structured masterclasses focussing on technology development and market entry Investment support
- Peer group engagement
- 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.
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.
Application deadline: 17 April 2026
For more information and to apply visit https://changemakers.rsc.org/rsc-site/content/Ventures/apply-now.aspx
