Impact Acceleration Accounts

Impact Fund (maximum award £2.5k) open & responsive call:

Supports new impact opportunities, for small projects with potential for high impact. Further information can be found in the guidance form.

• Impact Fund Guidance
• Impact Fund Application Form

Proof of Market (maximum award £5k) open & responsive call:  

Supports early-stage market validation to assess opportunities, and to ensure there is a clear need for a new technology/ process. Further information can be found in the guidance form.

• Proof of Market Guidance
• Proof of Market Application Form

Knowledge Exchange Fellowship (maximum award £10k) set call deadlines:

Supports secondment activities, where either a University of Huddersfield academic/researcher is seconded into an end-user organisation, or a member of a non-academic partner is seconded inwards to work on a University of Huddersfield project, while supervised by an academic. Further information can be found in the guidance form.

• KE Fellowship Guidance
• KE Fellowship Application Form

Proof of Concept (maximum award £40k) with set call deadlines:   

Supports early-stage exploitation of University of Huddersfield research to accelerate impact and societal benefit through engagement with external non-HEI partners. Further information can be found in the guidance form.

• Proof of Concept Guidance
• Proof of Concept Application Form

Co-Creation Fund (maximum award £40k) with set call deadlines:   

Co-Creation projects support the early-stage translation of University of Huddersfield’s research into commercial and/ or societal benefit, through collaboration with (non-academic) external partners.  Co-Creation seeks to collaborate with diverse partners and communities to generate economic and social value through new cultural activity. Further information can be found in the guidance form.

• Co-Creation Fund Guidance
• Co-Creation Fund Application Form

For further support of to discuss IAA, please contact Bethan McNulty-Sharp: iaa@hud.ac.uk

If you have not yet completed an Invention Disclosure Form, please contact the IP and Commercialisation Team: S.Clarke3@hud.ac.uk 

An overview of our awards is coming soon