Category Archives: Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Funding

Ideas & Information on UK’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Funding Programme and Calls

OLAE+: Organic large area electronics – Transnational Funding Call

OLAE + is a transnational call for collaborative research and development proposals under the European Commission’s (EC’s) ERA-NET Plus scheme. We are seeking proposals to develop and stimulate the technology and business relationships within the European organic large-area electronics (OLAE) … Continue reading

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Technology Strategy Board (TSB) – Supply Chain Innovation

The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £4.5 million in new collaborative research and development aimed at encouraging industrial end-users to work with supply chains and innovators to create new products and services for a sustainable economy. The … Continue reading

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Technology Strategy Board (TSB) Funding – Internet of Things

Internet of Things convergence The Technology Strategy Board is investing £500,000 in preparatory studies to develop strategies for moving towards a converged and open application and services marketplace in the Internet of Things. Following the preparatory studies, we will invest … Continue reading

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Technology Strategy Board (TSB) – Exploring the Opportunity for a Photonics TIC

The Strategy and Implementation Plan for Technology and Innovation Centres published by the Technology Strategy Board on 26 May identified a candidate list of 10 areas for possible investment in the next phase of its programme and said that TSB … Continue reading

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What is SBRI funding and how it works?

SBRI is a programme that brings innovative solutions to specific public sector needs, by engaging a broad range of companies in competitions for ideas that result in short-term development contracts. Key features: SBRI is a programme for running an open … Continue reading

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Applying New Thinking to Counter Terrorism – A Complex Adaptive Systems Approach

Counter-Terrorism (CT) and Counter-Insurgency (COIN) are challenging complex adaptive systems in that they are non-linear, dynamic and rich in emergent properties. This competition seeks innovative approaches that strengthen the ability of decision-makers to: detect, recognise and predict strategic shocks and … Continue reading

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UK is investing in Technology & Innovation Centres (announced by the TSB)

Following last week’s announcement by Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, that the next technology and innovation centre will be in offshore renewable energy. The technology Strategy Board (TSB) has already published a list of ten further candidate … Continue reading

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European Commission Funding – ERDF Programme – North East England

Who says there is no funding for North East of England? The ERDF 2007-13 programme will help create and safeguard 28,000 new jobs, start 3,000 new businesses and increase the North East’s productivity by £1.1bn per annum. Now this is … Continue reading

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After EU Funding – Considering Private Equity Investments

Seed funding Seed funding is provided to develop a concept, create the initial product and carry out the first marketing efforts. A company is usually very young (around one year) and has not produced a product or service for commercial … Continue reading

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The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) – Cell Therapy Technology and Innovation Centre Call

The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has published a new call in cell therapy technologies. The call is open to all orgnisations that is working on these technologies and lead or form a new innovation centre that focusing on cell therapy. … Continue reading

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