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The Technology Strategy Board is all about driving innovation. Their role is to stimulate technology-enabled innovation in the areas which offer the greatest scope for boosting UK growth and productivity. They promote, support and invest in technology research, development and commercialisation. They spread knowledge, bringing people together to solve problems or make new advances.
The Board advises Government on how to remove barriers to innovation and accelerate the exploitation of new technologies working in areas where there is a clear potential business benefit, helping today's emerging technologies become the growth sectors of tomorrow. Key projects include technology transfer networks and research and development.
Research and development (R&D) helps companies improve profits and grow by creating new high value-added products, processes and services.
The R&D tax credits help companies to invest more in R&D either by reducing a company's tax bill or, for some small or medium sized companies (SMEs) not in profit, by providing a cash sum. The R&D tax credits are available to companies throughout the UK. Further enhancements to the credits were announced in the 2007 Budget.
R&D Tax Credits are the biggest single funding mechanism for business R&D provided by Government. Developed through consultation with business they are at the heart of the Government's strategy to raise levels of business R&D and encourage business innovation. The cost of support claimed increased from £0.4bn in 2002/03 to £0.5bn in 2003/04 and £0.6bn in both 2004/05 and 2005/06; more than 6,000 claims were received in both 2004/05 and 2005/06. In total, more than £2.3bn of support has been given to business R&D through R&D tax credits in the six years since their introduction in 2000.
EPSRC UK Research Councils Energy Programme
The UK Research Councils' Energy Programme brings together engineers and physical, natural, social and economic scientists not just to create the technologies but to examine their social and economic consequences. EPSRC is taking the lead on energy research on behalf of all the UK Research Councils.
List of Current calls for funding
- EU - Intelligent Energy Programme
The Intelligent Energy - Europe programme is the EU's tool for funding action to improve these conditions and move us towards a more energy intelligent Europe. - BERR Knowledge Transfer Networks
The objective of a Knowledge Transfer Network is to improve the UK's innovation performance by increasing the breadth and depth of the knowledge transfer of technology into UK-based businesses and by accelerating the rate at which this process occurs. The Network must, throughout its lifetime, actively contribute and remain aligned to the development of a national Technology Strategy. - See web site for list of Network Communities
- EU Eureka
EUREKA is a pan-European network for market-oriented, industrial R&D. Created as an intergovernmental Initiative in 1985, EUREKA aims to enhance European competitiveness through its support to businesses, research centres and universities who carry out pan-European projects to develop innovative products, processes and services.