Grant Support

TECHNOLOGY GRANTS OPEN NOW

Two types of grants, Demonstration Grants and Pathfinders, will be available to support projects under the priority technology areas.

Pathfinder grants

Pathfinder grants offer between £5,000 and £20,000 for projects up to six months in length. These will be projects focused on activities that gather evidence of market validation, establish a commercial opportunity and demonstrate the regional benefit of supporting the technology. Pathfinder awards are designed to complement emda’s existing Grants for Research and Development (GRD) scheme, and are eligible to SMEs, RTOs or individuals with the relevant intellectual property protection. This call is open to projects supporting all of the technology areas:
            

• Materials
• Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
• Energy and Waste
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Biotechnologies and Therapeutics

This programme has an open call which runs from September 4th, 2008 to December 15th, 2008. 

Further information can be downloaded by clicking the links below:

• Pathfinder application and guidance
• Invitation to Apply for Grant Funding
  (provides more detail about the scheme and the eligible projects)

Demonstration grants

Demonstration grants will range between £100,000 and £500,000 (£750,000 in exceptional circumstances) to support collaborative projects in technology transfer, and new technologies - enabling them to be advanced, improved and adapted for commercial use. Eligible lead applicants include Higher Education Institutes, Research and Technology Organisations and other public sector bodies. Small or medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Large Enterprises are eligible to join a consortium.

We are planning a future call in April 2009 that will cover all five technology areas in the framework. More information will be displayed here next year.

• Materials
• Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
• Energy and Waste
• Biotechnology and Therapeutics
• Information and Communication Technologies