Coming soonEmployability & Innovation
University Innovation Challenge Grant
Innovation challenges inviting student and staff teams to develop practical solutions to defined challenges, with mentorship and early-stage support.
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Programme D
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Turning ideas from classrooms and communities into working solutions.
Supporting students, researchers and communities to turn ideas into practical solutions, ventures and innovations that address real challenges.
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 it serves
- 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
Grant calls in this programme
Calls marked Coming soon are planned concepts: their value, dates and eligibility are published when they open.
Coming soonEmployability & Innovation
University-Industry Partnership Grant
Support for structured collaboration between institutions and industry — joint projects, curriculum input, placements and applied research.
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