Sustainable Innovation is not currently recruiting. Please complete the expression of interest form below to be notified when applications open later in the year.
Interested SMEs should complete the below form, it allows us to capture your contact details, check eligibility, and understand your technical requirements and challenges.
Applications will be assessed as they are received. SMEs will be invited for scoping meetings on a first come, first served basis.
To get access to all that Sustainable Innovation has to offer you must:
With the combined £4m resources of two ERDF projects, A2i and LCLDN, participants are able to access bespoke research and development to remove the barriers to growth.
Sustainable Innovation connects London SMEs with University academics and expert consultants to bring new clean tech products and services to market.
As part of the application process, businesses can propose projects with experts from the schools of Engineering and the Built Environment. This project should help them to further develop their product, conduct an independent evaluation, and support their progress towards launching to market.
If you have a design prototype and would like support to develop a MVP, or you already have a MVP and are ready to start independent testing, then we are able to assist.
We offer a wage subsidy for a new R&D hire to help accelerate your product/process development goals.
Without the support of Ben and LSBU numerous opportunities to display our prototype to industry experts would have been missed, which would have had a negative effect on the securing of the IP.
Our involvement has helped If.Vehicles receive investment of £750,000, and to secure collaboration meetings with Royal Mail and the Department for Transport (DfT).
A good leader is as valuable to a business as a good product or idea. Throughout participation you will have opportunity to meet with subject matter experts and gain the benefit of their experience.
Throughout the programme you will meet with the Sustainable Innovation Team to discuss your progress through the programme.
The cohort culminates in a showcase event in which members will have the opportunity to present their business, as if to a panel of investors.
It enables participants to expand their network as they graduate from the programme and generate momentum towards their business goals.
Members will be able to join the cohort Slack Channel, providing them the opportunity to connect with each other and seek out collaboration and feedback where appropriate.
Kyle's experience of bio-electrochemical systems has enabled WASE to redevelop existing designs and build new and more efficient systems.
WASE utilised our 40% staff subsidy offer to hire Kyle Bowman, a bio-electrochemical engineer. With Kyle's expertise and the company's increased capacity, they have significantly accelerated development.
Without the support of SI we would not have been able to progress as rapidly as we have and would have not yet secured our IP.