Funding

– £7.5k Standard Innovation Voucher

These vouchers are to encourage new first-time collaboration between SMEs and a Scottish University or College. There are two types of Standard Innovation Vouchers:

• Product/Process/Service Innovation Voucher
• Workforce Innovation Voucher

– £7.5k Student Placement Innovation Voucher

These are an opportunity to build on existing relationships between SMEs and a Scottish University or College to continue the development of a Standard Innovation Voucher award.

Events

Interface’s Impact in Tayside & Forth Valley

The Prebiotic Company

• After turning their health around with prebiotics, three friends, all facing gut health issues, established The Prebiotic Company Ltd and launched, ió fibrewater the UK’s first prebiotic fibre-infused water, in May 2022.
• Prebiotics, specific dietary fibres, and probiotics, beneficial bacteria, play crucial roles in enhancing the gut microbiome and overall health.
• Supported by over 4,000 research papers, prebiotics have been shown to boost the immune system, reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, and improve mood and sleep.
• The collaboration with GCU, brought about by Interface, proved the viability of the core ió fibrewater product, and helped The Prebiotic Company to understand exactly how and what probiotics responded to the core recipe for use in future drinks and food products as they expand.