Our funding events in Collaborative arrangement are shown below.

• MRC - Industry Collaboration Award

  

  Ongoing initiative

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  Translating research into healthcare improvements and enhanced economic prosperity is central to the MRC’s mission. A number of recent developments have contributed to a marked improvement in opportunities for academic-industry biomedical research collaborations. MICAs represent MRC’s response to this changing climate and are particularly aimed at encouraging and supporting genuinely collaborative research projects between academic researchers and industry.

• TSB: Technology Inspired Innovation

  

  Ongoing initiative

  Collaborative arrangement | More information

  The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £15m in collaborative research and development projects that stimulate innovation across key enabling technology areas – advanced materials; biosciences; electronics, photonics and electrical systems; information and communications technology; and nanoscale technologies.

  This competition is co-funded by Scottish Enterprise with up to £2.75m of additional funding. Focus is on projects where recent technological discoveries or breakthroughs have inspired people to innovate in a context of significant technology risk, or have led to ideas that are yet to find applications in a recognised market or business sector. Innovation in these key enabling technology areas can be a significant driver of economic growth and enhance quality of life.

  Proposals should be collaborative and led by a business. TSB expect to invest between £250k and £500k in each project, although projects outside this range will be considered. TSB are primarily looking to fund applied research projects attracting 50% public funding.