THEME A: STIMULATING INNOVATION, R&D AND CREATIVITY No. Objective Action Responsible Timescale Organisation A1 Increase Levels of Maximise returns from the grant for R&D programme by securing £300m DETI/Invest NI March 2015 Business Expenditure on investment in R&D (with at least 20% from SMEs). Research & Development (BERD) by incentivising A2 Support 500 businesses to undertake R&D for the first time. 2015 businesses to increase their capability and capacity to undertake R&D A3 Secure 120 Collaborative Projects in R&D. 2015 A4 Secure up to £5.6m additional investment in agri-food R&D (50% from DARD March 2015 SMEs/industry organisations and 50% from DARD) by implementing further tranches of the DARD Agri-food Research Challenge Fund. A5 Increase innovation Expand in the Innovation Voucher Scheme by delivering 800 Innovation Voucher DETI/Invest NI March 2015 SMEs through joint projects to stimulate increased levels of innovation within small enterprises (with projects with the Higher less than 50 employees). and Further Education sectors A6 Support the HE and FE sectors to undertake 120 Knowledge Transfer Partnership DETI/Invest NI March 2015 (KTP) projects on behalf of local businesses.
THEME A: STIMULATING INNOVATION, R&D AND CREATIVITY No. Objective Action Responsible Organisation Timescale A1 Increase Levels of Business Expenditure on Research & Development (BERD) by incentivising businesses to increase their capability and capacity to undertake R&D Maximise returns from the grant for R&D programme by securing £300m investment in R&D (with at least 20% from SMEs). DETI/Invest NI March 2015 A2 Support 500 businesses to undertake R&D for the first time. 2015 A3 Secure 120 Collaborative Projects in R&D. 2015 A4 Secure up to £5.6m additional investment in agri-food R&D (50% from SMEs/industry organisations and 50% from DARD) by implementing further tranches of the DARD Agri-food Research Challenge Fund. DARD March 2015 A5 Increase innovation in SMEs through joint projects with the Higher and Further Education sectors Expand the Innovation Voucher Scheme by delivering 800 Innovation Voucher projects to stimulate increased levels of innovation within small enterprises (with less than 50 employees). DETI/Invest NI March 2015 A6 Support the HE and FE sectors to undertake 120 Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) projects on behalf of local businesses. DETI/Invest NI March 2015
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