The University of Derby, Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council are collaborating on an important new project that aims to help small and medium size businesses become more energy efficient and support the shift to a low carbon and greener economy across our region. To help us secure significant European funding for this work, […]
SMEs
Finding SMEs for Horizon 2020 Actions – How to Work with the Enterprise Europe Network and the UK National Contact Point for SMEs?
Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Looking for Europe’s next innovation leader @DerbyUniIISE #EnergyandEnvironment @PES_RI
Horizon’s 2020 SME Instrument Looking for Europe’s next innovation leader Are you a highly innovative, ambitious and passionate small- or medium-sized business with global ambitions? Are you looking for excellent business resources and mentorship – and substantial funding wouldn’t hurt either? As part of the Horizon 2020 programme, the European Commission is hand-picking potentially disruptive […]
PESRI end of year report
Well, this year has marked an end of an era. After founding the new School of Engineering at the University of Lincoln, both Jill and I, plus other PESRI members have left for pastures new. I’ve joined the University of Hull to develop and expand the current provision of Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Jill […]
Integrated approach to SMEs in EU Horizon 2020 funding
As in previous EU calls under FP6 and FP7, members of PESRI will be looking to collaborate with and support SME involvement in the Horizon 2020 calls starting in 2014. Horizon 2020 takes an integrated approach to SMEs. Through this approach, it is expected that around 20% of the total combined budget for all societal […]