The Innovation Funding Sandpit/Sesiwn Bwrw Syniadau Cyllid Arloesi

A practical half-day interactive session in Cardiff focused on shaping fundable academic–business collaborations, featuring funder insight, case studies and hands-on collaboration clinics, with lunch and networking included.

Date: Wednesday 1 July 2026

Time: 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Location: Hadyn Ellis Building, Cardiff

A practical sandpit session designed to help academics, businesses and innovation professionals understand innovation funding routes and actively develop collaboration ideas.

• What attendees will gain:
  • Clearer understanding of relevant funding routes
  • New academic–business connections
  • Early-stage collaboration ideas shaped and stress-tested
  • Practical next steps for progressing projects
• Topics include:
  • Innovate UK and Welsh Government priorities
  • What funders look for in collaborative projects
  • Common academic–business partnership challenges (IP, readiness, adoption)
  • Lessons from real collaborations
• Collab Clinics (chosen at registration):
  • Find Your Collaborators
  • Funding Readiness & Bid Building
  • Challenge-led Innovation & Public Sector Routes
• Included: Lunch and informal networking

Price: Check ticket price on event