Smart (previously known as Grant for Research and Development) is a Technology Strategy Board scheme offering funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology, from which successful new products, processes and services could emerge. The Smart scheme will support R&D projects […]

Working with the Materials KTN, the University of Sheffield has made  funding available for companies wishing to work with us for the first time to undertake initial technology-based projects. Based on the strength of its research excellence in advanced  materials, the University of Sheffield  has been awarded a £5.7m EPSRC-funded Knowledge Transfer Account (KTA),  designed […]

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, BBSRC, has announced its 2010 competition for Industrial CASE Studentships. Industrial CASE PhDs provide research training in an area of relevance to an industrial partner and are an excellent means of knowledge exchange between the academic and commercial worlds. BSBRC’s Industrial CASE Studentship Competition will award Doctoral Training […]

Nanofactory and Enterprise Europe Network – Yorkshire announce two information sessions to help regional companies and academic groups access financial support for research and development work through the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme. The sessions, to be held at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham on the afternoon of April 27, and at Novotel Leeds […]

The University of Sheffield, along with other universities in the Yorkshire and Humber region, is launching a new round of internships this week (Thursday 11 March 2010) which are set to help local businesses and graduates during the economic downturn. This scheme will offer financial support to organisations that could benefit from employing a recent […]