Are you an SME business which has:
- Fewer than 250 employees
- Turnover ≤ £50 million per financial year
- 75% ownership by your SME board.
- A challenge it is looking to overcome?
If so, we can offer your business a grant of up to £5,000 that be used to access our range of business solutions. Grants are awarded to organisations that are able to demonstrate a key business challenge; this could be a diversification strategy; development of a proof of concept or product enhancement and testing.
The programme aims to support SMEs within Hampshire to access research and promote the acquisition of skills and transfer of knowledge between industry and the University. We have expertise in areas including maritime, health care and wellbeing, professional services, creative industries, data science and AI, and engineering.
Participation in the scheme follows five simple stages that we will support you throughout, these are:
- Exploration and application: tell us a little about your business and the current challenges you are facing. This will help us to identify if Solent’s expertise aligns to the areas of need within your organisation.
- Approval: we will undertake some due diligence and develop a costed proposal. We will share a proposal with you and invoice you for the works.
- Delivery: the project is delivered in collaboration between the University and business.
- Confirmation of delivery: you will be asked to confirm that the project has been delivered and provide a short evaluation on the work undertaken.
- Grant receipt: you will receive a refund for the project costs, up to £5,000 as agreed in your contract.
