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Funding competition: design foundations 2017 round 1

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million for early-stage design projects working on identifying opportunities and generating ideas.

• From: Innovate UK
• Published: 16 January 2017
• Last updated: 15 February 2017 — See all updates

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Competition brief: design foundations 2017 round 1

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Competition guidance: design foundations 2017 round 1

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This competition opened on 16 January 2017 and is now closed for registrations.

Innovate UK is to invest up to £1 million in early-stage design projects to help businesses identify high-value innovation opportunities and generate ideas. These should be for new products, services or business models that align with customer demand.

Proposals should use design-led methods from first principles to understand customer motivations and behaviour, inspire new ideas, support decision-making and inform strategy.

We expect projects to range in size from total costs of £20,000 to £100,000. Projects should last between 3 and 9 months.

A single UK business must lead the project, but you can sub-contract design services for up to 70% of the total project cost.

You must register before midday on Wednesday 15 February 2017.

You must apply before midday on Wednesday 22 February 2017.

Watch the recording from the briefing event.

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Published 16 January 2017
Last updated 15 February 2017 + show all updates

1. 15 February 2017

   Removed registration link.

2. 20 January 2017

   Added link to the briefing event recording.

3. 16 January 2017

   First published.