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Horizon Fund - addressing the needs of industry |
This Scottish Funding Council Horizon Fund call for knowledge exchange proposals addressing the needs of Scottish Industry will focus on the key sectors identified in the Scottish Government's Economic Strategy (page 29), published in November 2007. Proposals are invited for strategic projects that demonstrate potential impact in any one or more of these sectors, with a particular focus on ‘enabling technologies'. We are particularly keen to receive proposals for projects that involve Scottish small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The key sectors are:
- creative industries (including digital content and technologies);
- energy;
- financial and business services;
- food and drink (including agriculture and fisheries);
- life sciences (including biotechnology and translational medicine); and
- tourism.
Within the enabling technologies area, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (the enterprise agencies) have
identified the following priority technology platforms for their respective operations.
| Scottish Enterprise |
Highlands and Islands Enterprise |
sensors
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digital connectivity, applications and services
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modelling and simulation
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assisted living (telehealthcare)
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informatics
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environmental and clean technologies (ECT) and
low carbon
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energy - wave and tidal |
For more information the pdf circular can be accessed from the Scottish Funding Council website
http://www.sfc.ac.uk/web/FILES/Circulars_SFC252010/SFC_25_2010.pdf
The expected timetable for the fund application is as follows:
Stage one
- 27 July 2010 - Scottish Enterprise event in Glasgow
- 11 August 2010 - Highlands and Islands Enterprise event in Inverness;
- Noon, Friday 17 September 2010 - deadline for submission of outline proposals;
- early-October 2010 - assessment panel meets to evaluate proposals;
- 22 October 2010 - SFC Investment Committee considers panel's recommendations;
- late-October 2010 - proposals invited/rejected to stage two;
Stage two
- Noon, Friday 17 December 2010 - deadline for submission of full business plans;
- February 2011 - SFC announces successful projects and projects commence.
The SFC is working in partnership with the enterprise agencies to encourage a positive response to this call. To help achieve this both agencies will run workshops to raise awareness of this call, identify knowledge gaps and potential collaborations with industry.
Details of the workshops are given below. Representatives from HEIs are invited to attend any of these events and places will be
reserved on a first come first served basis.
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Registration details |
27 July 2010
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Scottish Enterprise, Radisson Hotel,
Glasgow
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To register please contact: The events team
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11 August 2010
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise,
Cowan House, Inverness |
To register please contact:
Theresa Swayne (Tel: 01463
244583, email:
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Further information can be obtained by contacting
Keith McDonald, Policy Officer, Strategic Development, Tel: 0131 313 6674,
email:
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