University of Lincoln Launch Innovation Funding

The University of Lincoln has launched innovation funding vouchers which both SME’s and large businesses are eligible to access.

Innovation Vouchers 2023

Aims

  • Providing organisations with access to the University’s expertise, technical support, equipment and facilities.
  • Access up to 20 days of an academic’s time with no cost to the business.
  • Creates a collaborative partnership, supporting both the business with their knowledge gap, to address a business challenge to drive new ideas, products, processes or services and academics with their research interests.
  • Strengthen relationships between the University and external partners and create opportunities for further collaboration and joint funding bids

Two types of Innovation Vouchers are available

1) A business based project that will lead on to a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) application

  • Funding up to 10 days of academic time
  • Both SMEs and large businesses are eligible
  • Relevant for private and 3rd sector organisations
  • Voucher should evolve into a KTP application
  • Work to be delivered by 31/03/2023

2) A business based project that will lead to further collaboration with the partner (e.g. consultancy, Innovate UK bid, fully funded PhDs etc.)

  • Funding up to 20 days of academic time
  • Both SMEs and large businesses are eligible
  • Relevant for public, private and 3rd sector organisations
  • Voucher should evolve into further collaborative activity
  • Work to be delivered by 31/07/2023 

For more information

Friday, 13th January 2023