UK gov offers £100m for innovation
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John Denham, Secretary of State at the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, yesterday launched a £100m fund for research and innovation.
Businesses can bid for cash in eight categories. To help fight climate change there are categories for new materials to improve energy production, for lower energy lighting and display technologies, and for lower carbon technologies to improve national grid efficiency.
To improve business competitiveness there are categories for new high value manufacturing techniques, for creative industries in games and film, and for gathering data in complex environments.
To improve healthcare there are categories for new cell therapies and for technologies which can improve monitoring of patients with chronic conditions at home.
The first round of competition, for materials for high value manufacturing and cell therapies closes 14 February 2008. More details here.
The Technology Strategy Board, which is running the competition, said: "Proposals with potential applications across several business sectors, which build on links between academic and business research and which involve SMEs are especially welcome."
In other news, the Technology Strategy Board announced the "the Assisted Living Innovation Platform". This aims to look at how technology can help deal with the impact of people living longer and caring for those with long-term illnesses. Initial funding is £12m.
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COMMENTS
good point
Makes somehting of a mockery of the scheme, and clearly shows where the Govt's priorities lie.
More concerned with knowing who you are, than in ensuring sustainability.
At least the names on our graves will be accurate.
Real innovation
I've come up with a radical innovation that will contribute over £5bn to lower carbon technologies, high value manufacturing, new cell therapies and the rest.
Yes! FIVE BILLION QUID to fund new innovative technologies!
Simply scrap the ludicrously-expensive and largely ineffectual ID database/card white elephant (which, we read elsewhere in El Reg, will cost the UK an estimated £5.4bn).
OK, where do I apply for my funding?
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