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Ready to take your next step in innovation? Whether you’re looking to explore new ideas, develop a proof of concept or unlock the power of your data, the University’s Innovation Fund offers tailored funding to connect you with the right expertise, tools, and talent needed to turn your challenges into growth opportunities.

Introducing the Innovation Fund

Is your business or organisation looking to identify innovation opportunities or tackle challenges swiftly and effectively? Whether you’re a start-up, large corporate, public sector organisation, charity or social enterprise, we can help you innovate faster, smarter and with impact.

Our Innovation Fund aims to:

• Offer agile, flexible funding tailored to your project needs
• Support high-quality industry partnerships
• Connect you with world-leading expertise and emerging talent
• Develop innovative solutions to your most pressing challenges
• Build long-term collaborative relationships that drive tangible business outcomes

Is the Innovation Fund right for you?

For many businesses and organisations, identifying the barriers to innovation and unlocking solutions that drive growth can be complex. That’s where partnering with the University of Essex through our Innovation Fund can make a real difference.

We will work closely with you to develop bespoke collaborative projects that can help to:

• Identify barriers to innovation
• Assess the potential of new ideas
• Solve immediate challenges while building for long-term success
• Inspire new thinking and smarter ways of working
• Develop new products and business models
• Scale capabilities
• And much more…

Innovation Fund Offer Open to UK and internationally registered organisations Grants are flexible and scalable to suit your project scope Projects up to £15,000 may be fully funded. For larger awards, a cash contribution from partners is required.

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