My Project — My Start (Graduation Projects Program)

My Project — My Academic Year

Funds final-year Egyptian university teams pursuing priority technology projects to strengthen real-world implementation.

My Project — My Start is an annual graduation project grant program administered by Egypt's Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) and targeted exclusively at final-year students enrolled in practical colleges — primarily engineering and sciences faculties — at Egyptian universities. The program has funded more than 4,800 projects and supported over 60,000 students since its launch approximately in 2014, with cumulative spending exceeding EGP 165 million across the full program history. The 2024/2025 academic year is the most recently confirmed active cycle, with the 2025/2026 cycle designated in this record.

Eligibility is restricted to Egyptian students in their final year of an undergraduate program at an Egyptian university; the grant is not available to for-profit companies, nonprofits, or professional researchers. Projects are organized across four tracks: individual governorate-level challenge projects, technological university projects, cluster projects, and institution-specific projects. Priority sectors include engineering, sciences, artificial intelligence, energy, biotechnology, climate and environment, cybersecurity hardware, quantum technologies, and space sciences. Per-project award amounts are not publicly disclosed; only aggregate budget figures are published.

Applicants compete through their university and governorate channels rather than applying directly to ASRT as an external organization. The four-track structure means that the competitive process and submission requirements differ depending on the applicant's institution type and project category. Given that award values per project are undisclosed and no open portal for external organizations exists, this program is relevant exclusively to Egyptian undergraduate students at qualifying universities seeking support for applied final-year projects in priority technology fields.