Check the fit before preparing an application.

There is no open application, waiting list or confirmed deadline at present, and no third party is authorised to collect applications or fees.

Future application links will begin on the corresponding cie.com programme page and state status, dates, venue, language, fees and capacity.

Secondary-school students and peers may follow Youth Innovation Studio; university students and recent graduates may follow University Venture Lab.

Young teams with a prototype or early users may follow Founder Accelerator; research teams may follow Research to Venture.

Your real understanding of the problem, actions already taken, current evidence, remaining uncertainty and what you need to learn next.

Applicants should not inflate market size or disguise maturity. Honest accounts of failure, limits and disagreement are not automatic disadvantages.

Fit, problem quality, willingness to learn, feasibility, team responsibility and safety would be considered together.

Each call will state whether work samples, interviews or references are needed. Family background, purchase of extra services and private connections will not be hidden entry requirements.

Applications from minors require age-appropriate forms and an informed guardian process. Only information necessary for assessment and operation should be collected.

Fees, assistance, refunds, equipment and travel costs will be disclosed before commitment. Payment will never be used to reserve a place that has not been confirmed.