Would up to £8,000 of academic expertise or facilities help grow your business or solve an urgent problem?

The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) has released £220,000 in Innovation Vouchers to SMEs in the region.

In the last round the University of Sussex was awarded 5 out of the 40 vouchers available and they would like to work with local businesses to build on this success.

There are TWO types of award:

OPTION 1: £4,000 voucher

OPTION 2: £8,000 voucher*

*Option 2 requires an additional contribution of£4,000 (or more) from your business, making a total of £12,000 (or more)

Both awards are excellent routes to engaging with the University of Sussex and could be the start of a longer-term collaboration.

Interested? Then act now as the deadline for applications is tight:

9th March for submission (a simple form – the University will help you with this)

31st March awards announced

31st July projects to be completed

The University will help you to submit your application.

Who can apply?

Any high-growth potential SME (which can include a social or not-for-profit enterprise) based in the South East of England that has not previously received an Innovation Voucher or had significant interaction with the University.

Please follow these links for more info:

http://www.sehta.co.uk/news/seeda_innovation_voucher_scheme_2011

http://www.e-nough.biz/SIV3VoucherScheme2011GuidanceNotesv2.pdf

SEHTA (South East Health Technologies Alliance), are coordinating the voucher scheme.

For more support with the scheme, please contact The Business Development team at the University of Sussex at business@sussex.ac.uk or call 01273 877800