Innovation Grant Mentoring Project Webinar

Connected Innovation Programme Manager, James Allen, will join David Kaye and Laura Hill, on the Innovation Grant Mentoring Project’s Webinar to set out the support available to companies as they prepare submissions for the next round of the £7.5m Innovate UK Agri-Tech and Food Tech Launchpad (https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/opportunities/launchpad-agri-tech-and-food-tech-in-eastern-england/) which is locked-off innovation funding for Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

The webinar takes place at 12.00-13.30 on Thursday 14th March. Link to sign up is here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preparing-for-innovate-uk-eastern-england-agri-tech-food-tech-launchpad-tickets-818145594497?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Launchpad, which was secured by the New Anglia LEP’s Innovation & Sectors team leading the bid in partnership with Greater Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, supports innovative projects focused on agri-tech, agri-biotech, food tech, aquaculture, and seafood processing.

Key themes supported include:
– Sustainability in the context of environmental challenges
– nutritional composition, food manufacturing & processing
– resilience and responsiveness in the supply chain
– minimising food loss and waste
– Protecting or enhancing animal welfare