Research Innovation Enterprise

News, funding opportunities, and support from Research, Innovation & Enterprise

Social Shifters Student Innovation Challenge – win £1,000 grant funding!

The Social Shifters Student Innovation Challenge is here to support very early-stage social enterprise ideas and to inspire students to find their passion, then take action! The best student ideas will be invited to pitch for a £1,000 cash award…
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Innovation Hub Training – The Commercialisation Series – Inspiring Innovation, Partnering Growth

Do you want your research to reach a wider audience? Do you want to engage a wider public audience, collaborate with industry or take your research to the market place? Learn and develop fundamental skills to create social and economic…
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Converge Challenge – training workshops for 2022

The Converge Challenge is Scotland’s largest entrepreneurial training programme and competition, with a prize fund of £160,000+. It is open to staff and students at Scottish Universities and Research Institutes. 2022 marks the start of their new funding cycle, and with…
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Converge heralds new era with increased support to the next generation of academic innovators

Converge has opened applications for its 2022 programme until 5th April with biggest prize pot in its 11-year history  New categories include Net Zero Challenge and Create Change Challenge  Expanded programme reinforces actions from Logan Review to appeal to most…
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Strategic Research and Knowledge Exchange Funding Call

The Research, Innovation and Enterprise Office has launched an internal strategic funding call which will focus on R&KE activity which could (in the future) enable applicants to be successful in winning external R&KE funding. The Strategic Research and Knowledge Exchange…
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What are the responsibilities of being a Principal Investigator on a Research & Innovation project? 

The Principal Investigator (PI) of a project is the individual who takes responsibility for intellectual leadership, and the overall management of the project. This covers many aspects of project development, from concept to beyond the project end-date, and in the dissemination…
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