Innovation Grant Mentoring Webinar – What is Innovation funding?
November 27 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Free
Innovation Grant Mentoring Webinar – What is Innovation funding?
Welcome to our online event, hosted by the Innovation Grant Mentoring programme, where we will dive into the world of innovation funding! Join us for an informative webinar where we will discuss what innovation funding is all about and how it can benefit your projects. Our mentors will guide you through the process and provide valuable insights to help you secure the funding you need. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn and grow your ideas!
Join our experts, Colm Watling and Liz Flint, in a comprehensive session where we will discuss:
- Discover what innovation funding is and how it fuels research, development, and market growth.
- Learn how to access Innovate UK grants, from identifying calls to crafting winning applications.
- Understand who provides innovation funding — from government to investors — and why they do it.
- Gain practical tips on timing, eligibility, partnerships, and maximising success in funding bids.
Colm Watling – An aeronautical systems engineer, Colm has an engineering background including innovation in defence systems (MOD) and the automotive sector (Triumph Motorcycles). He brings regional business support programme experience from his time at PERA where he ran the East Midlands Manufacturing Advisory Service, as well as having Technology Transfer roles at Loughborough and Nottingham Trent Universities. Colm has more recently worked for InnovateUK and the Catapult Network, and now works InnovateUK, a number of universities and increasingly on energy efficiency and community energy projects on the Isle of Wight.
Liz Flint – Liz is director of Flint Innovation and has twenty years of experience at the intersection of business, academia, and Government. Liz has a strong track record of successful grant applications and is a mentor on the Innovation Grant Mentoring Programme. She’s also a Monitoring Officer for a wide range of Innovate UK funded projects, as well as working with several Universities to deliver the Help to Grow programme. Liz believes in empowering people, harnessing innovation to improve productivity, and cutting through the noise. Liz covers areas including: Strategy development and implementation, Bid writing, Small business start-up and growth strategies and planning, Coaching and mentoring SMEs, Training and workshop delivery.
Innovation Grant Mentoring Programme
A fully funded programme for innovative SMEs, which to date has supported businesses in the region to secure £3.1m of innovation funding and inspired many more founders to consider working towards innovation funding to support their innovative research and development projects.
It is a free-to-access service with a pool of experienced innovation mentors and bid coaches that companies will be linked to based upon their areas of expertise and background. Giving businesses practical insights to improve success rates.
Supporting businesses in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex
https://connectedinnovation.co.uk/innovation-grant-mentoring-project/