Coming soon Innovation Grant
University Innovation Challenge Grant
Innovation challenges inviting student and staff teams to develop practical solutions to defined challenges, with mentorship and early-stage support.
Programme D
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Turning ideas from classrooms and communities into working solutions.
Universities, colleges and communities are full of ideas that could address local challenges — but ideas rarely become working solutions without mentorship, early-stage resources and connections to markets and partners.
The Innovation & Entrepreneurship programme supports innovation challenges, mentorship and early-stage support for student and community innovators, and closer collaboration between institutions and industry so that research and ideas find practical application.
Objectives
- Stimulate problem-driven innovation in institutions and communities
- Provide mentorship and early-stage support to innovators
- Strengthen university–industry collaboration
- Build entrepreneurial skills among students and graduates
Who benefits
- Student and graduate innovators
- Innovation teams in universities and colleges
- Early-stage social and community enterprises
- Employers and industry partners
Typical activities
- Innovation challenges and competitions
- Mentorship and incubation-style support
- University–industry partnership projects
- Entrepreneurship training
Available support
- Innovation grants where a funded call is open
- Mentorship and technical assistance
- Partnership programmes with industry
How we measure impact
- Innovators supported
- Prototypes or solutions developed
- University–industry collaborations established
- Ventures continuing after support ends
Grant opportunities in this programme
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Coming soon Partnership Programme
University-Industry Partnership Grant
Support for structured collaboration between institutions and industry — joint projects, curriculum input, placements and applied research.
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Universities, colleges, professional bodies, PBOs, employers, researchers and development partners: let’s build capacity and create opportunity together.