iF Summer School 2026 from 13-18 Sept 2026 (apply by 31 July 2026)
Impossible Founders, in collaboration with University of Hamburg, UKE, DESY, Stellenbosch University and the University of Groningen, is launching the iFSummerSchool from 13-18 Sept 2026 in Hamburg – a selective 6-day program bringing together PhD students from physics, medicine, medtech, innovation and business.
It addresses a structural gap in PhD education: breakthrough research in physics, medicine and Deep Tech often develops without early exposure to market contexts, application environments or venture perspectives.
40 PhD students from physics, medicine, medtech, innovation and business work full-time on translating scientific ideas into structured opportunity spaces – combining scientific depth with market and application perspectives. A limited number of travel stipends are available for participants from outside the Hamburg area.
Across the week, the program includes:
- expert input sessions and lab exposure
- ecosystem visits and real-world context
- interdisciplinary team formation
- structured market and application analysis
- mentoring and peer feedback
- final opportunity pitch presentations
The focus is early-stage translation: Developing a first structured understanding of how scientific work can be evaluated through a venture and impact lens.