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IPMKTN SPARK Award Call Expands
Wed 12th Nov 2008
Do you have a new product development project which needs to be kick started? Would you like to collaborate and encourage the knowledge transfer of cutting edge technology into UK-based businesses? Then apply for one of the six SPARK Awards which are being granted by the Integrated Products Manufacturing Knowledge Transfer Network in association with the Innovative Electronics Manufacturing Research Centre.
The Integrated Products Manufacturing KTN SPARK Award scheme aims to kick-start relationships between small companies and universities that haven’t worked together before. This will improve the UK's innovation performance by accelerating the knowledge transfer of technology into UK-based businesses. In particular, it will help UK industry apply new technologies to the design, development and manufacture of complex products with integrated electronic and mechanical functions. This year the awards attracted even more sponsored grants, resulting in an additional two awards, bringing the total on offer to six.
Previous winners of the SPARK Award have gone on to achieve great success. With their £5,000 grant, the University of Southampton developed an innovative electric thruster for underwater vehicle and marine turbine applications. It is currently being produced by UK company, TSL Technology and sold around the world with customers including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who are using the thruster on a new underwater vehicle.
As Paul Palmer, Director of Integrated Products Manufacturing KTN, points out, “Our goal is to help companies bring cutting-edge technology into today's marketplace. New partnerships created from previous award grants have proved how a small amount of money in the right place can lead to great successes.”
Applying for the SPARK award scheme involves a minimum of red tape and the online application form is brief and simple. For more details and to apply online go to our SPARK Awards webpage. Applications must be received by midnight Friday 21 November 2008.
If you have any questions, contact Paul Palmer, Director, Integrated Products Manufacturing KTN. Telephone 01509 227 672 or email p.j.palmer@lboro.ac.uk
The Integrated Products Manufacturing KTN SPARK Award scheme aims to kick-start relationships between small companies and universities that haven’t worked together before. This will improve the UK's innovation performance by accelerating the knowledge transfer of technology into UK-based businesses. In particular, it will help UK industry apply new technologies to the design, development and manufacture of complex products with integrated electronic and mechanical functions. This year the awards attracted even more sponsored grants, resulting in an additional two awards, bringing the total on offer to six.
Previous winners of the SPARK Award have gone on to achieve great success. With their £5,000 grant, the University of Southampton developed an innovative electric thruster for underwater vehicle and marine turbine applications. It is currently being produced by UK company, TSL Technology and sold around the world with customers including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who are using the thruster on a new underwater vehicle.
As Paul Palmer, Director of Integrated Products Manufacturing KTN, points out, “Our goal is to help companies bring cutting-edge technology into today's marketplace. New partnerships created from previous award grants have proved how a small amount of money in the right place can lead to great successes.”
Applying for the SPARK award scheme involves a minimum of red tape and the online application form is brief and simple. For more details and to apply online go to our SPARK Awards webpage. Applications must be received by midnight Friday 21 November 2008.
If you have any questions, contact Paul Palmer, Director, Integrated Products Manufacturing KTN. Telephone 01509 227 672 or email p.j.palmer@lboro.ac.uk