Additional Funding Streams

The Interface team can discuss a number of different funding opportunities with you so please contact us or, for further information on general funding, visit business.scotland.gov.uk/funding

Interface also work with a number of other organisations that offer funding to stimulate innovation. These include:

• Food and drink collaborative innovation fund -  full bid submission dates twice per year - January and August 
  The principal requirement is that the projects represent a collaborative relationship between a group of companies or a group of organisations and if appropriate a Scottish HEI or research facility. F&D Companies must be registered in Scotland or be able to demonstrate that its principal business operation is based here. Open to all businesses within the food & drink supply chain from farm to fork and sea to shelf. For more information visit: https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/knowledge-hub/articles/guide/competitive-collaborative-innovation-fund-guidance. Please feel free to get in touch directly with Howell (Howell@interface-online.org.uk).

• Knowledge Transfer Partnership - accelerate business innovation by supporting knowledge exchange with academic institutions. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/knowledge-transfer-partnerships-what-they-are-and-how-to-apply

• By Design - a grant to help you design or improve the design of products, processes or services. For more information visit www.scottish-enterprise.com/bydesign

• Make it to Market - a grant towards activities that will allow your business to prepare its products or services for international markets. For more information visit http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/services/do-business-outside-scotland/make-it-to-market-grant/overview

• SMART: SCOTLAND available pan Scotland - provides grants to Small / Medium Enterprises (SMEs) based in Scotland. The grant helps you undertake technical feasibility studies and research and development (R&D) projects that have a commercial endpoint: http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/services/develop-new-products-and-services/smart-scotland/overview

• Innovate UK Innovation grants for business - businesses and research organisations can apply to funding competitions to help them develop their innovations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/innovation-grants-for-business-apply-for-funding

• R&D grant available Scottish Enterprise area -​ supports businesses developing new products, processes and services to improve company competitiveness and to benefit the Scottish economy: http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/services/develop-new-products-and-services/rd-grant/overview

• Seek and Solve - this grant will help you gather the knowledge and skills needed to develop new products and services, or significantly improve existing ones. For more information visit https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/services/develop-new-products-and-services/seek-and-solve/overview 

• Intellectual asset protection - free, impartial advice to help your business identify, manage and exploit intellectual property assets - protecting your brand and ideas in overseas markets. For more information visit https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/services/develop-new-products-and-services/manage-your-ia/overview

• Zero Waste Scotland Circular Economy Investment Fund

Please note Interface do not administer any of the above funding streams. If you have specific enquires about them please visit the associated websites and contact them directly.