Innovation Investment for Sector
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24 March 2011
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has announced a new competition to stimulate innovation in the food & drink sector.
The investment of up to £6.25m is to encourage the development of innovative processes and technologies with an emphasis on providing healthy and safe food and drink. The competition will support small feasibility studies for individual companies as well as larger collaborative research & development projects.
Applications to the "Nutrition for Life" funding competition should seek to develop technologies and processes that will help advances in 2 areas:
1. 1. Novel, healthier foods & processes
2. 2. Safety, authenticity and traceability
All proposals must be led by a business. The competition is open to all UK-based companies and research organisations.
The feasibility funding is a single stage competition : opening on 9 May 2011 and closing on 29 June 2011 - each project will be up to £25k
The collaborative R&D is a two-stage competition : opening on 9 May 2011. Expressions of interest must be submitted by 15 June 2011. The second stage, for invited applications, will then open on 11 July 2011 and close on 17 August 2011. Each project will be £100k - £500k.
Further information on the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) website
