18th May 2012
Local businesses handed a university challenge
3rd Aug 2010
Local businesses with innovative ideas can access highly sought after university expertise this summer with a new East of England Development Agency (EEDA) ‘Innovation Voucher’.
EEDA has set aside a fund of £250,000 for small to medium-sized enterprises based in the East of England to access up to £3,000 worth of one-to-one collaboration with the region’s top universities and research institutes – to help develop, challenge and improve projects in the pipeline.
The vouchers are available free of charge, on a first come first served basis. Businesses have until Tuesday 30 November to apply for a voucher at www.eeda.org.uk/finance.
Part of the government’s Solutions for Business portfolio, an innovation voucher offers businesses a unique opportunity to access specialist consultancy from a university or institute to help resolve innovation-related business challenges, whether that is by bringing a new technology to market or improving an innovative product or process.
