EU funding to drive technology forward

0 Post a comment Sunday, 21 January 2018 – Local People EU funding is now available to help turn bright ideas and cutting-edge technology into successful business across Hampshire and Surrey. Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), in collaboration with other LEPs, has announced £3m funding opportunities from the European Regional Development Fund to help take forward two of the key recommendations in the science and innovation audit for the southern England region – known as Innovation South.Innovation South stretches from Dorset to Kent and from Berkshire to the Isle of Wight, covering eight counties across southern England, with a total economic output of £225.3bn, accounting for 13.7 per cent of the UK’s economic output.The two European Regional Development Fund calls – knowledge-to-market accelerator and quantum supply chain initiative – are seeking proposals to ensure the region is ready to take advantage of the commercial opportunities of new technologies. This will involve partnerships between organisations engaged in the procurement and development of digital enabling technologies, universities with a track record of commercialising research, and the region’s network of local enterprise partnerships.Dr Mike Short, who chairs both Enterprise M3 LEP and Innovation South’s Strategic Steering Group, said: “We are pleased to… Read full this story

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