Innovation funding

SETsquared Scale-Up

Helping R&D rich SMEs engage with the SETsquared Scale-Up partner universities (Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey) and benefit from their knowledge, skills and facilities

Health Tech Accelerator

The Health Tech Accelerator offers our engineering test bed to develop medtech product prototypes and collaboration with clinicians, patients, carers and other users of health tech devices, accelerating the technology along the clinical pathway. 

Start healthy Stay healthy - STAR HUB

An innovation hub supporting collaboration between industry and academia  related to the role of specific food components in cognitive and mental health, focused on plant based nutrition. 

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) allows a business to benefit from the knowledge of a recent graduate, supported by a senior academic to help deliver a specific, strategic, innovation project, creating commercial impact for the business.

SETsquared IKEEP

IKEEP matches regional SMEs looking for fresh insight with students for short innovation project based placements. The students receive training in innovation skills and the businesses get funded access to a team of resources to solve their business challenge.

SME Innovation Voucher Scheme

Our SME Innovation Voucher Scheme funds innovative, collaborative projects between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and our world-class academics.

Student Enterprise funding

Our student entrepreneurs can apply for a range of prizes and small grants to help them to develop their business ideas and start investing in their business upon graduation. 

EPSRC - Impact Acceleration Account

Our Impact Acceleration Accounts aim to accelerate the exploitation of current or recently-completed research, through the increased engagement with key stakeholders and business partners and innovation education for our community. 

ESRC - Impact Acceleration Account

The ESRC IAA helps bridge the gap between the findings of social science research, and their uptake by businesses, policymakers and others.

MRC Confidence in Concept (CiC)

CiC funding supports the MRC's mission to ensure that fundamental science is translated into new therapies, diagnostics and medical devices. The CiC scheme aims to accelerate the transition from discovery science to the early stages of therapeutic/biomarker development and de-risk rapidly projects across the translational lifecycle such that they become eligible for substantial funding bids.