UK corporations have the prospect to win a voucher value up to £30,000 and be part of the 2025 cohort. The AberInnovation Options Catalyst programme supported by UKRI – BBSRC to drive innovation and join you to the broader UKRI Campus community returns for a fourth spherical, providing a bundle of assist to incorporate the next:

  • Tutorial consultancy
  • Entry to amenities and technical assist at AberInnovation
  • Consumables for analysis & improvement
  • Workshops

The Temporary

Are you able to deal with a market want in food and drinks, industrial biotechnology, by-product re-use or agri-tech sectors? Do you’ve gotten an idea requiring technical testing to show it really works? For those who meet the temporary of creating an answer in feed, meals or the round economic system – the Options Catalyst programme is for you!

The programme will speed up progress in R&D by providing corporations a voucher value as much as £30,000 to achieve supervised entry to AberInnovation’s state-of-the-art amenities, capabilities and expertise and Aberystwyth College educational experience for:

  • UK corporations from the meals & drink, biotechnology, round economic system and agri-tech sectors
  • Spin-out companies from IBERS and the broader Aberystwyth College
  • AberInnovation tenant and member companies
  • Enterprise alumni of AberInnovation enterprise assist programmes

Members ought to suggest a mission detailing hands-on use of experience, amenities and gear and the matched contribution of time and assets. The subsidy can be supplied within the type of a voucher (credit score) at AberInnovation. A full overview of apparatus and capabilities accessible for early-stage analysis tasks may be recognized within the brochure.

All functions might want to exhibit the necessity for analysis and improvement, the innovation and the problem that their mission addresses, a path to market and worth for cash. Organisations that aren’t at the moment a tenant or member are welcome to use and decide to changing into a tenant or member upon choice.

Discover out extra and apply on the AberInnovation web site earlier than 5pm on 2nd April 2025.

You possibly can see different open funding calls in our Funding Finder.