Innovation Vouchers
Innovation vouchers are a fantastic way to create innovative partnerships between the business community and the higher and further education sectors.
Support can be offered across:
- Standard Innovation Vouchers - up to £5,000 of funding encouraging first-time partnerships.
- Student Placement Innovation Vouchers - up to £5,000 to fund a PhD or Masters student to work on a clearly defined project.
- Advanced Innovation Vouchers - up to £20,000 of match funding to sustain your relationship with academia and continue the development of a project.
Access is available across a range of sectors including Construction, Creative Industries, Energy, Engineering and Technology, Financial Services, Food & Drink and Tourism and Leisure.
Read our case study about how we supported Altitude Thinking Ltd to develop, construct and test a prototype of a programmable drone to monitor water quality.
Find out more about how Innovation Vouchers could support your business.
Previous projects include:-
WasteSupportall Data Analysis
The development of a cloud web application, in partnership with WasteSupportall Limited, interfaces the construction and waste industries in producing a waste and cost forecast based on existing construction industry data. Based on this dataset, algorithms can predict the cost associated with waste removal of a new project.
Fobgetmenot Ltd
Working with Fobgetmenot Ltd, this project was to develop an audio-visual fob recognition system that they've previously patented. This alert ensures the key is always removed from the lock, minimising the risk of unauthorised entry.
Glu
In collaboration with Glu, we assessed the feasibility of a digital platform for developing collaborative skills and practice and draft a technical specification as stage 1 of a business growth objective.
Intelligent Facade Engineering Ltd
This project designed a prototype that can simultaneously convert energy extracted from wind and solar sources through piezoelectric and flexible photovoltaic films. The generated energy from the two sources can be integrated and stored to be used either by the panel or other applications.
VH Innovations Ltd
Working with Recoil360™ Technology and in partnership with VH Innovations Ltd, this project developed a prototype of a redesigned Recoil kneepad to deliver physiological improvements to the user base. In addition, the project delivered a feasibility report, including schematics, of the incorporation of sensor technology into the kneepad to provide a data set that would quantify physiological improvements to the user base.
If you’d like to discuss a possible project idea contact: Stuart McDowall ) – Head of Innovation & STEM