Eligible expenditure Eligible Costs Ineligible costs Marketing, digital campaigns, market Replacement teaching costs to be – research funded locally as required Travel and accommodation to named Directly allocated costs (including clients for a specific RKE purpose applicant’s time) Travel and accommodation expenses Indirect costs for named clients to visit the University Laptops, I-pads, cameras and for a specific RKE purpose. phones are excluded. Equipment Present at relevant industrial or must be technical, specialist or business conferences scientific equipment necessary to Exhibit to attract client organisations facilitate business engagement. Hire/ purchase of equipment* and facilities Temp to support business engagement projects Expert to facilitate delivery of a service Product/ service testing Digital service development Product/service refinement services MAXIMUM VALUE OF AWARD £2000.00 NUMBER OF AWARDS IN THIS CALL N/a. This call will be open on a flexible basis until June 2019. Selection criteria and assessment process Awards will be made against the following criteria: Quality of the proposal and link to university research and knowledge exchange priorities Potential to lead to impact Potential for a beneficial business relationship Meets an unmet market need Potential for sustainable income/ generation of surplus Applications will be reviewed by the Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange. We expect decisions to be usually made within 1 month of receipt of application. Applicants should work with their Faculty Business Development Manager. All applications should be approved by the Head of University Research & Knowledge Exchange Centre, where relevant, and Faculty Head of RKE.
Eligible expenditure Eligible Costs Ineligible costs Marketing, digital campaigns, market research Travel and accommodation to named clients for a specific RKE purpose Travel and accommodation expenses for named clients to visit the University for a specific RKE purpose. Present at relevant industrial or business conferences Exhibit to attract client organisations Hire/ purchase of equipment* and facilities Temp to support business engagement projects Expert to facilitate delivery of a service Product/ service testing Digital service development Product/service refinement services Replacement teaching costs – to be funded locally as required Directly allocated costs (including applicant’s time) Indirect costs Laptops, I-pads, cameras and phones are excluded. Equipment must be technical, specialist or scientific equipment necessary to facilitate business engagement. MAXIMUM VALUE OF AWARD £2000.00 NUMBER OF AWARDS IN THIS CALL N/a. This call will be open on a flexible basis until June 2019. Selection criteria and assessment process Awards will be made against the following criteria: Quality of the proposal and link to university research and knowledge exchange priorities Potential to lead to impact Potential for a beneficial business relationship Meets an unmet market need Potential for sustainable income/ generation of surplus Applications will be reviewed by the Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange. We expect decisions to be usually made within 1 month of receipt of application. Applicants should work with their Faculty Business Development Manager. All applications should be approved by the Head of University Research & Knowledge Exchange Centre, where relevant, and Faculty Head of RKE.
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