Links
Supporting technology and knowledge transfer - Regional Programmes
The Lachesis Fund
The Lachesis Fund is an early stage seed fund investing in technologies and commercial opportunities arising from research undertaken at five East Midlands universities.
East Midlands Incubation Network
The East Midlands Incubation Network (EMIN) supports new and early-stage innovative businesses.
MEDICI Fellowships programme
Medici is a Midlands-based programme aiming to foster a climate of entrepreneurship in universities, particularly in relation to research that has commercial application
Connect Midlands
Connect Midlands is for investors and entrepreneurs based in the East and West Midlands. Concentrating on technology enterprises, it aims to facilitate networking and training with peers and potential investors.
East Midlands Science Enterprise Network
The East Midlands Science Enterprise Network (EMSEN) aims to promote enterprise skills development and commercialisation of research in the HE sector. EMSEN brings together all higher education institutions in the East Midlands.
Supporting technology and knowledge transfer - National Programmes
The UK Research Councils 'Follow-on Fund'
The Follow-on Fund is designed to help to demonstrate the commercial potential of ideas arising from Research Council funded research. BBSRC, EPSRC, NERC and PPARC are participating in this activity.
NESTA
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) 'Invention and Innovation' programme aims to turn ground-breaking ideas into innovative products, services or techniques with commercial or social potential.
The Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust supports technology transfer via grants to support the commercialisation of new technologies in the biomedical area.
New and Emerging Applications of Technology (NHS) programme
The NEAT programme supports work applying recent advances in fundamental knowledge and technology to the development of new products and interventions for improved health and social care or for disease prevention and treatment.
KTP
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) can help a business to develop and grow by accessing the wealth of knowledge and expertise in the UK's universities, colleges and research organisations
The Royal Society - Brian Mercer Award for Innovation
These awards enable individuals or groups working in the general area of the built environment to investigate the commercialisation of a particular element of their research from concept to a pre-market product.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh - Enterprise Fellowships
The RSE administers Enterprise Fellowship schemes for PPARC and BBSRC, to support the exploitation of research and technology arising from research in within the remit of these Research Councils.
Regional policy and strategy
Emda
The East Midlands Development Agency (emda) is one of nine Regional Development Agencies in England. It was set up by Government in April 1999 to bring a regional focus to economic development.
GO-EM
The Government Office for the East Midlands brings together the regional activities of its sponsor departments, (the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Department for Transport, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Education and Skills, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Home Office).
East Midlands Framework for Regional Employment and Skills Action
The East Midlands Framework for Regional Employment and Skills Action (FRESA) is a partnership of diverse regional players, committed to working in close collaboration to create a regional labour market which can absorb and capitalise on the opportunities presented by the high skilled knowledge economy.
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