The Ukrainian Future Business Incubator of the National Center "Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine" is opening a call for applications for BizCamp 2026, an all-Ukrainian summer business camp for young people who want to learn how to create their own business projects, develop entrepreneurial thinking, and gain practical skills for starting their own business. BizCamp is a preparatory stage for the national selection of the international youth entrepreneurship competition NYEC, the winners of which will become participants in a global event in the USA and compete for a financial reward.

BizCamp is an adapted Ukrainian version of the program of American experts Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), one of the leading international platforms for entrepreneurial education, which for almost 40 years has been promoting the development of innovative entrepreneurial thinking among young people in over 40 countries around the world. Ukrainian youth gained access to NFTE programs and competitions thanks to the organization’s cooperation with the Ukrainian Future Business Incubator of the National Center "Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine".

The intensive entrepreneurship program will last 2 weeks. Participants will work on their own ideas and learn to turn them into real business solutions; they will explore the basics of creating a business, learn to analyze customer needs, test the viability of ideas, build a business model, prepare a convincing presentation of their project, and develop key entrepreneurial skills - communication, leadership, and teamwork.

The finale of the program will be Demo Day - participants will present the projects prepared during the training to experts. Based on the evaluation results, those of them will be determined who will be able to participate in the National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (NYEC) - a national competition for youth startups. The winners of this competition will receive the right to represent Ukraine at the international final of the competition from NFTE in New York (USA) and compete for funding to develop their project.

Young people aged 15–19 are invited to participate, who have an innovative idea or project, speak English at a level not lower than B2, are ready to study and, if they win the national selection, present their project offline in New York (USA).

• Dates and format:
• Registration deadline: July 7 (online)
• BizCamp program: July 10–24 (online)
• National selection for WYEC: September 11 (online and offline)
• WYEC in the USA: November 2026 (offline)

Participation is free. Selection is carried out on a competitive basis.

You can apply for participation until July 7, 2026 through the registration form on the program page.