Friday 31st July 2020
Event: Writing a compelling grant application for The Sustainable Innovation Fund: round 2
Sustainable Innovation Fund Round 2 - Writing compelling grant application by EEN North West & Innovate UK
Date And Time: Fri, 31 July 2020, 11:00 – 12:00 BST
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Event Information
Ensure your application to Sustainable Innovation Fund Round 2 is compelling & stands out from the crowd to increase your success
About this Event
Enterprise Europe Network is running a “Writing a Compelling Grant Application to Increase Success” session on the Sustainable Innovation Fund Round 2 (de minimis), 31 July, 11:00 – 12:00.
As the first phase of Innovate UK’s Sustainable Innovation Fund draws to a close, Phase 2 is due to open week of 27th July. UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £26m for new projects focusing on sustainable economic recovery from Covid-19.
Applying for a R&D grant can feel daunting and time consuming. Yet R&D grant can enable a real enabler in realising your innovative ideas and supporting business growth at national and international levels. Enterprise Europe Network is therefore organising a practical webinar to demystify the grant application process and provide tangible tips and advice to make your application for the Sustainable Innovation Fund Round 2 (de minimis) stand out from the crowd and deliver a competitive and compelling business case.
What will I learn during this webinar?
This online session will allow attendees to understand:
the grant application process, the scope and eligibility criteria
how to write a compelling grant application
how to integrate the competition into their overall strategy to stabilise and grow the business
the support available for the future commercialisation
We will also be joined by guest speakers who have recently been awarded Innovate UK funding.
Agenda
11.00 – 11.05 – Welcome
11.05 – 11.30 – How to write a compelling application for the Sustainable Innovation Fund Round 2 (de minimis)
11.30 – 11.40 – Think R&D and Commercialisation
11.40 – 11.50 – Case study
11.50 – 12.00 – Q&A
Please register to the “Writing a Compelling Grant Application to Increase Success” session on the Sustainable Innovation Fund Round 2 on this page.
Further help available for applicants:
Competition briefing: To help potential applicants understand about this round of funding, Innovate UK is running a formal briefing on 30 July from 15:30-16:30. To register for the competition briefing, click here.
Q&A session: KTN is running an informal Q&A session with Innovate UK on 31 July, 09:30 – 10:30AM. This session will be similar to the Q&A held for Round 1 which was very popular and yielded hundreds of questions.
The type of question you can put to Innovate UK is:
• What makes a great innovation project for this competition?
• What are the likely pitfalls?
• Should I apply for this competition or hold out for another one?
Event: Lunch and Learn: Lessons from launching a business in lockdown
Lunch and Learn: Lessons from launching a business in lockdown by Enterprise Nation
Date And Time: Fri, 31 July 2020, 12:00 – 12.30 BST
Location: Online Event
To book your place
Enterprise Nation is hosting a daily Lunch and Learn webinar to give you a boost and offer advice from experts.
About this Event
Lunch and Learn with Enterprise Nation
Enterprise Nation is hosting daily Lunch and Learn webinars to give you a boost, offer some advice, and become part of your daily business schedule. Enterprise Nation team members are interviewing guests from the worlds of enterprise and policy, and you can get your questions answered by the experts.
Friday 31 July: Lessons from launching a business in lockdown
Marketing consultant and social media trainer Luan Wise was all set to launch a new business in April 2020, and then the world went into lockdown. In this webinar, Luan will share the start-up learnings, challenges, and successes for her online coffee company, Curious Coffee.
Luan will explain the process involved in setting up an e-commerce business and how she managed to launch and market a new business in lockdown.
Please send any questions you’d like Luan to answer during the webinar to holly@enterprisenation.com.
Join Lauren Malone, She’s Got This campaign lead, for an inspiring chat with a relatable female role-model in business every Friday on Lunch and Learn.
About She’s Got This
Women do not lack ability or ambition. Yet only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs is female: a gender gap equivalent to 1.1 million missing businesses, according to the Rose Review.
We are working with O2 Business, TSB, UPS and Xero to address some of the key issues stopping women from starting a business to include: lack of confidence, imposter syndrome, lack of knowledge around finance and tax and access to relatable role-models.
How to join the online webinar
On registering for the webinar, you will receive an automatic email from Go to Webinar with the link to access the event. The event will begin at the time and date stated in the registration information. If you don’t receive the link within two hours of signing up via Eventbrite, please let us know by emailing holly@enterprisenation.com (Please note, it may be in your junk folder).
About Enterprise Nation Enterprise Nation is the UK’s most active small business network and we have helped thousands of people turn their good idea into a great business. Enterprise Nation membership gives you access to exclusive opportunities to grow your business and connects you with like-minded entrepreneurs and business experts who can help.