TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
BOARD News Release issued by The Government News Network on 8
November 2007
The Secretary of
State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham,
announced today that the Technology Strategy Board will invest a
further £100m in innovation, and invited businesses to submit
proposals for collaborative research and development in innovation
and new technology.
Speaking at the Innovate07 conference in London today, John
Denham announced a new competition for proposals for collaborative
research and development, representing a Government investment,
through the Technology Strategy Board, of around £100 million.
The competition, which covers eight technology areas and which
will be phased over 6 months, is designed to generate innovative
proposals in which businesses work together and with research
communities on research and technology projects to deliver
successful new products and services.
Proposals with potential applications across several business
sectors, which build on links between academic and business
research and which involve SMEs would be especially welcome.
The eight technology areas for which submissions are invited are
Phase 1, opening 8 November 2007:
Materials for Energy
High Value Manufacturing
Cell Therapy
Phase 2, opening 19 December 2007:
Low Carbon Energy Technologies
Advanced Lighting, Lasers and Displays
Technologies for Health
Phase 3, opening 30 January 2008:
Gathering Data in Complex Environments
Creative Industries
Notes to Editors
The Technology Strategy Board is a business-led executive
non-departmental public body, established by the government. Its
mission is to promote and support research into, and development
and exploitation of, technology and innovation for the benefit of
UK business, in order to increase economic growth and improve the
quality of life. It is sponsored by the Department of Innovation,
Universities and Skills (DIUS).
The Collaborative Research and Development Programme is investing
directly in new and emerging technologies and has been designed to
help businesses work with each other or with academic partners to
develop technologies that will underpin products and services of
the future. Since 2004, the programme has supported over 700
projects across 40 technology areas with a combined business and
government investment worth over £1 billion.
For further information please visit http://www.technologyprogramme.org.uk
and http://www.dius.gov.uk
Issued by
Nick Sheppard
Media Relations
Manager
Technology Strategy Board
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