Registration Finale Wageningen Entrepreneurship Grant
The final of the Wageningen Entrepreneurship Grant 2026 is coming up!
It is our pleasure to invite you to the finale of the Wageningen Entrepreneurship Grant 2026 on Tuesday the 19th of May 2026, from 14:00 – 18:30 (doors open at 13.30).
After two successful events the last two years, we will be celebrating the third edition of the Wageningen Entrepreneurship Grant this year with awarding three prestigious prizes:
- Future Planet Award – Start-up Award of €25,000 for the best knowledge-driven idea within the WUR domain with impact as its goal and with proven growth potential and interest from the market (validation and traction).
- Future Resource Award – Start-up Award of €25,000 for the best initiative focused on renewables as the most promising solution for the climate and energy transition, within the WUR domain.
- Get Unstuck Award – Incentive prize of €7,500 awarded by the audience for the start-up that needs an extra helping hand to get unstuck with an issue in their initiative.
During this event, you will be able to meet the Wageningen StartHub and StartLife community, jury members and other relevant stakeholders within the entrepreneurship network of the Department for Value Creation and Impact at WUR and University Fund Wageningen.
The outline of the program is as follows:
- 13:30 hrs Walk-in and coffee/tea
- 14.00 hrs Welcome and introduction
- 14.30 hrs Pitches for the Future Resources Award
- 15.15 hrs Intermezzo
- 15.45 hrs Pitches for the Future Planet Award
- 16.30 hrs Help our finalists get unstuck – do you have the solution to their issue?
- 17.15 hrs Networking, drinks & bites.
- 18.30 hrs Closing
Let us know you are coming!
Do you want to join the finale of the Wageningen Entrepreneurship Grant? We look forward to meeting you! We kindly ask you to register by pressing the button at the top of this page, if you would like to join us for this inspirational event. If you know others who might be interested in this event, you are welcome to register a plus one or to forward this invitation!
Meet the finalists
Have you met our finalists yet? Six finalists will compete for the three awards within the grant. Read more about the finalists below.
Wageningen Entrepreneurship Grant 2026 Final — Starthub Wageningen