Department of Health (DoH)

The DoH offer funding to support health realted projects. To view current opportunties for all calls from DH and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) programmes for research proposals including the Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA), DH Policy Research Programme, New and Emerging Applications of Technology (NEAT), Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) and Research Capacity Development (RCD) visit DoH

 

 

Invo Red

Helping companies raise money for research and development. For information on help available visit Invo Red

 

 

Rural Micro Business Development Grant Initiative – Leicestershire

This grant is offered to rural micro businesses to expand or improve existing enterprises or start new ones. The applicant must demonstrate that the funding will support business development through improvements to productivity, profitability, and the knowledge/ skills of employees. Grants will only be offered where an applicant can demonstrate that without support the proposal would, either, not take place, be delayed or diminished in some other way. Applications all year round. For information visit Leicestershire Country Council

 

 

Shell Technology Enterprise Programme

STEP is a national programme designed to help SMEs and community organisations develop their potential by making use of the skills of undergraduates, and also to encourage undergraduates to consider a career in smaller firms. The scheme places penultimate year undergraduates in industry for 8 weeks during the summer vacation, working on a business-related or science, engineering or technology based project. STEP helps to identify the issues facing the organisation and translates them into a definable and structured project. STEP will source the right undergraduate with the profile you need and match with your company to undertake a project of choice. Through STEP the business will save time, acquire new skills and incur no major costs. The textiles sector has been earmarked as a priority for STEP projects. For more information visit STEP

 

 

Strategic Projects to Access Research and Knowledge - SPARK

 

SPARK awards are designed to help TechniTex industrial member companies to improve their industrial performance through the increased use of technology, people transfer and training.
The six £5000 awards, one from TechniTex and five from MADE will be used to support problem solving, proof of concept work, technology demonstration and other development activities by subcontract research providers and university departments.
The first TechniTex call for proposals for SPARK awards is now open. The TechniTex Research Committee - chaired by Martin Bentham of Courtaulds, will select the winning entries. SPARK