Funding is open to UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprises (SME) that have not have previously been awarded funding from the Round 1 MFA competition strand for this Launchpad for Coventry and Warwickshire. You must be growing your innovation activities in the immersive and creative industries cluster centred on our region and have a demonstrable ambition for business growth. Funding is available to those who intend to exploit the results from or in, and carry out all project work in the UK within 6-12 months.

Request must be between £25,000 and £100,000

Funding is open to UK registered business of any size, but you must either be or involve at least one grant claiming micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). You must be growing your innovation activities in the immersive and creative industries cluster centred on our region and have a demonstrable ambition for business growth. Funding is available to those who intend to exploit the results from or in, and carry out all project work in the UK within 6-18 months.

Request must be between £150,000 and £1 million

Developing digital therapeutic extended reality (XR) solutions to provide mental healthcare services. These solutions will optimally be applied and trialled following an R&D cycle of between 12 to 18 months. Solutions must have the potential to be adopted at scale to form part of the UK’s formal mental healthcare ecosystem. Your proposal must include the design and features of your solution and how it will be applied.

£3.7 million total fund – apply for a share

The Foundations programme is for early stage companies (usually less than 2 years old) working in moving image for storytelling, spanning film, television, games, immersive and Createch. Companies should be based in England, have some track record and be ready to take their business to the next level. We encourage applications from those who are currently underrepresented in the screen industry.

Workshops and 121 business coaching sessions / 3 months

Can you provide the experience to work on projects, create a supportive environment and enable our Graduate Management Trainees to put their project management skills into practice? In return, you will get the opportunity to have a skilled Graduate Management Trainee work at your organisation for 3 days per week, for an 8-month period, before returning to Warwick to complete the rest of the scheme.

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Your proposal must do one or more of the following: identify new opportunities to innovate, and plan how to respond to them - generate new ideas in response to a known need or opportunity - improve existing innovative ideas. Your project must address needs and opportunities from the perspective of the stakeholders involved. Stakeholders can be people, communities, places, the planet, or socio-technical systems. To lead a project your organisation must: be a UK registered business of any size, collaborate with at least one other grant claiming UK registered organisation

£40,000 - £80,000

Be a UK registered micro or small business, collaborate with other UK registered organisations, fall within one of the creative industries subsectors, involve at least one grant claiming business from outside the Greater London area. Have a grant funding request between £150,000 and £200,000, last between six and nine months, carry out all of its project work in the UK, intend to exploit the results from or in the UK, start by 1 July 2025, end by 31 March 2026.

£150,000-£200,000

To lead a project or work alone your organisation must: be a UK registered business of any size, be or involve at least one UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). Your project must: have a grant funding request of between £50,000 and £100,000, last between 6 and 10 months, carry out all of its project work in the UK, intend to exploit the results from or in the UK, start by 1 June 2025, end by 31 March 2026.

£50,000 - £100,000