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02/07/2012 - Innovation Vouchers Programme: New Round Open (Northern Ireland)

The Innovative Vouchers Programme has announced a new Call for applications.

The programme's objective is to build links between Ireland's public Knowledge Providers and small businesses and create a cultural shift in the small business community's approach to innovation.

Each voucher is worth £4,000 if partnering with a Knowledge Provider in Northern Ireland and €5,000 if partnering with a Knowledge Provider in the Republic of Ireland. The vouchers can be used for any kind of innovation such as:

• New product/process development.
• New business model development.
• New service delivery and customer interface.
• New service development.
• Tailored training in innovation management.
• Innovation/technology audit.

All small enterprises that are registered companies in either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland are eligible to apply. A small enterprise is defined as a company with fewer than 50 employees and has either an annual turnover and/or annual balance sheet total not exceeding €10 million.

The next application deadline for individual companies and pooled companies (group applications with up to ten companies involved with a common issue to be addressed) is 31 July 2012.

Click here for more details (opens in new window).

Source: innovationvouchers.com, 02/07/2012

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