IDEAS at Daresbury
IDEAS at Daresbury' (Innovation, Design,
Entrepreneurship and Science) is the new collaboration of the
Business/Management Schools of the three stakeholder
universities, along with Lancaster
University's Design Thinking & Innovation Laboratory,
Imagination. The initiative is further supported
by the Science &
Technology Facilities Council, the Northwest
Regional Development Agency and Daresbury
SIC.
The mission of IDEAS at Daresbury is to promote effective
knowledge exchange at the interface of SMEs, large corporations,
universities and strategic government funded science and will drive
innovation into primarily high-tech micro businesses located within
the DSIC network and related regional facilities.
The programme, delivered at Daresbury SIC is free of charge and
consists of interactive workshop programmes. To view the workshops
available please visit the iDEAS at
Daresbury website.
Background
IDEAS at Daresbury is a partnership between the three leading
Business/Management Schools of the North West -
Manchester, Liverpool and Lancaster and ImaginationLancaster,
Lancaster University's creative design research lab.
This is further supported by the Science and Technology Facilities
Council (STFC), the Northwest Regional
Development Agency (NWDA) and Daresbury Science and Innovation
Council (DSIC).
The mission of IDEAS is to promote effective knowledge exchange
at the interface of SMEs, large corporations,
Universities and strategic government funded science.
The IDEAS Programme
IDEAS has been awarded funding from the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) and NWDA to deliver a
programme of in-depth knowledge exchange to drive innovation into
40 regional SMEs, primarily high-tech micro
businesses located within the DSIC network and related regional
facilities.
Eligibility
High-tech SMEs who would benefit from working with like- minded
companies to develop innovative practices and
approaches to deal with business critical issues followed by
bespoke support to embed this knowledge.
Criteria
- Established SME located in the North West
- Less than 250 employees & less than £34 m annual
turnover
- Independent Enterprise (i.e. not owned by another company or
group)
- Not received more than €200,000 of public funding in any 3 year
period
To find out more...
If you would like to reserve a place on the Innovation
Programme, or would like to find out more
about the IDEAS programme, please contact the IDEAS Project
Manager Helen Fogg on 01524 510706 or email
h.fogg@lancaster.ac.uk,
IEED, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster, LA1
4YX.