Design Foundations

Summary:

Funding for people-centred and systemic design projects, across a range of themes and innovation areas.

Eligibility criteria:

To lead a project your organisation must:

  • be a UK-registered business of any size
  • collaborate with at least one other UK-registered organisation
Additional information:

This competition aims to help businesses use people centred and systemic design methods, laying foundations for innovative ideas with the potential to deliver significant benefits. These can be ideas for new or significantly improved products, services, places or business models.

Eligible organisations can apply for funding to use people-centred and systemic design methods to:

  • improve existing innovative ideas
  • generate new ideas in response to a known need or opportunity
  • identify new opportunities to innovate, and plan how to respond to them

Applications are open from 4 November 2024 until 15 January 2025.

Support organisation:
  • Innovate UK
Contact:
Innovate UK
Phone:
0300 321 4357
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