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Posted: Mon 13th May 2024
The government's competition to support innovative business women has returned with grants of up to £75,000 available.
As well as the grants, 50 women will receive a package of support including mentoring, networking, training and one-to-one business coaching.
Applications are open here until 11am on 10 July. There are a series of online events to help female founders write their applications. Details are outlined here.
To be eligible for the funding, applicants must be a woman founder, co-founder or senior decision maker within a UK micro, small or medium-sized enterprise that has been registered on Companies House for at least 12 months.
Launched in 2016, the Women in Innovation Awards were set up with the aim of addressing underrepresentation of women in business innovation and to encourage more females to apply for Innovate UK's funding opportunities.
Since the initiative began, £10.1m has been awarded to over 200 women.
Among the 2022/23 winners were:
Oxford Heartbeat: A powerful, 3D AI-led software system to make surgeries more predictable, safe and efficient.
TurboGaming: A pedal-powered games controller to get you off the couch onto a bike to play some of your favourite Playstation and Xbox racing games.
Future Piano: Revolutionising the design of Grand Pianos that fits in modern homes without compromising on sound while reducing the weight and carbon footprint by 60%.
Post Carbon Lab: Cultivates microorganisms to bio-manufacture pigments, colours, finishes and agents used in the fashion and textile industry from her own vertical farm to make fashion more sustainable.
