Investment Priority: Supporting Local Business
Our Good Growth Investment Plan identifies the need to increase levels of research, innovation and development (R,D&I) within businesses in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly to increase productivity levels across the local economy. Through this funding opportunity, we want to see proposals for how the CIoS entrepreneurial culture at an ecosystem level can be supported by knowledge institutions, and other organisations active in the R,D&I space. The aim is to embed R&D, creativity and innovation in businesses to improve their productivity.
Examples of activity that this funding could be used for include:
- The establishment or improvement of local innovation and technology facilities, including R,D&I incubation space and programmes
- Business outreach programmes aimed at increasing the uptake of and investment into R,D&I by local businesses, including research translation activities, the promotion of R,D&I partnership working and supporting businesses to access R,D&I grants, including national and international sources of R,D&I funding
- R,D&I activity that will further the development of CIoS’s sectorial clusters as outlined in CIoS’s Local Industrial Strategy (clean energy resources, geo-resources, data and space, visitor economy and agri-food)
- Activities that foster high growth ecosystems, including R,D&I that will further CIoS ambition to become carbon net-zero by 2030 and our ambition to lead the UK’s green industrial revolution.
>>> For full details on the Research, Development & Innovation – entrepreneurial culture open invitation, Download the initiation form.
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