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The Northern Innovation Hub is offering fully funded support to help Life Sciences businesses operating within the Highlands to showcase their business activity operated from here.
The support will include:
All workshops will take place during March 2025 at the Life Sciences Innovation Centre (LSIC), 20a Inverness Campus, Inverness, IV2 5NA.
The films will be filmed and produced March-April 2025 and, after approval, will be available for your usage from Summer 2025 onwards.
The filming will either take place in Inverness or on location.
This support is fully funded.
To be eligible for this fully funded support you must:
This includes start-ups, pre-trading organisations and established businesses.
Enterprises carrying out a business activity in the Highland Council region can apply. Enterprise must be seeking to showcase products or services developed within the Highland Council. This can include research and development projects.
Applicants will be asked about whether they comply with HIE’s fair work conditions and supported to progress towards becoming a fair work employer. If you want to speak to someone about the Fair Work requirement or need more information, please email enquiries@hient.co.uk.
This fully funded support will be subject to specific terms and conditions set out in an individual subsidy award letter.
**Life Sciences Definition:
What is included in the Life Sciences and Technology sectors
Life Sciences sector includes but is not limited to:
The following organisations are NOT eligible for this fund:
Applications will follow a two-stage process.
The first stage is to complete the online Expression of Interest Form (EOI) available on this page by the 31st January at noon.
You will hear the outcome of your EOI by Friday 14th February.
If your EOI is unsuccessful we will tell you why.
If your EOI is successful, we will guide you through the second stage of your application which will include a subsidy letter and a review of the terms and conditions of support.
Need to speak to us?
If you would like to talk to someone about your application, please email enquiries@hient.co.uk and we will get back to you.
Any organisation applying for grant funding from HIE must comply with our fair work conditions for financial support. This includes:
* The Real Living Wage increased from £12 per hour to £12.60 per hour on 23 October 2024. Employers have 6 months, until 01 May 2025, to implement the increase.
If you would like to speak to someone about the fair work requirement, or need more information, please email enquiries@hient.co.uk.
This programme is delivered through the Northern Innovation Hub, a funding programme designed to build on and accelerate business innovation.
The Northern Innovation Hub was awarded £11m from the UK Government as part of the Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal. The deal is a joint initiative supported by £315m investment from the UK and Scottish governments, Highland Council, HIE and the University of the Highlands and Islands. This programme also receives financial support through the European Regional Development Fund Scotland Programme.
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