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WORLD LEADING BUSINESS SUPPORT

HYDROGEN &
SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORT
ECONOMY
ACCELERATOR

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Specialist low carbon business support

Support to scale your business

Accelerate the development of your products & services

Work with expert mentors & academics

About the Programme

Rapid decarbonisation of all modes of transport and the development of hydrogen fuel as a clean and renewable energy source are vital to alleviating the climate crisis and achieving Net Zero.

Funded by the West of England Combined Authority in partnership with the world-leading centre of excellence IAAPs, this programme aims to accelerate innovation and commercialisation in sustainable transport and low-carbon hydrogen production in the West of England.

It covers all areas of sustainable transport, including the decarbonisation of all road, marine, rail and air vehicles and fleets, as well as the development of hydrogen as a green fuel and its storage infrastructure.

It offers a new package of innovation, investment, and growth support for start-ups and SMEs in the sector, including access to our online community via the Innovation Platform, support to raise private equity investment and grant funding alongside an academic collaborator, masterclasses and networking and one-to-one clinics with advisors and academics in the field.

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Briefings, Masterclasses and Workouts

Grant Funding Masterclass

3 December, 9:00 – 13:00 (Online)

This Masterclass, delivered as part of the Hydrogen & Sustainable Transport Economy Accelerator Project, covers the intricacies of bid writing and applications, as well as sharing general hints, tips, and hacks to guarantee funding success and writing a powerful grant response.

Drawing on his 30 years of experience, successful international bid writer, Kevin Brooks will be leading this masterclass session, also offering the opportunity for a 1-to-1 session with him afterwards.

How will this masterclass be delivered?

Short bursts of lecture content.
Q&A pitstops to consolidate learning.
Six first come first serve 1-to-1 slots

What content will be covered?

Know your funder – we will explore who funders are (what makes them tick), explore their grant offers and what they are looking for in a fundable project (true innovation, a great team to deliver it, a complete understanding of the market/competitors, understanding of the project delivery risks and mitigations, a clear demonstration of potential impact and value for money, etc).
Explore the Innovate UK Smart Grants.
Know your assessor – explore the profile of an assessor taking into consideration key factors impacting their decision-making/scoring
Hints tips and hacks for writing a bid including identifying key requirements, drafting a framework, and readability test via a second pair of eyes review

Who should attend:

Organisations from the Health and Wellbeing sector;

SME start-ups and scale-ups
Senior management (founders, directors, CEOs)
Company grant writers
Anyone wanting to explore the R&D grant landscape and develop their grant writing skills.

The benefits of attending include clarity around the subject / an understanding of some key R&D funding opportunities/ individual exploration of the pathway forward.

Who should apply?

The Accelerator is open to companies that are innovating with clean hydrogen and/or sustainable transport and propulsion – across all sectors including marine, automotive, aerospace, heavy-duty, and off-highway vehicles.

We welcome applications from organisations that are an SME, a start-up, an individual entrepreneur with a registered business, Sole Trader, Partnership Organisation, Limited Company (Ltd) or Community Interest Company (CIC, CIO). Applicants do not need to be associated with SETsquared’s partner universities in any way.

Fully funded places on the programme can be awarded to businesses that: are either currently based or have a part of a supply chain in the West of England which includes Bath, North and North East Somerset, Bristol, and South Gloucestershire; have identified or would like to find potential partners/networks in the area; want to explore business opportunities to collaborate, do research or develop new products in partnership with hydrogen and sustainable transport companies in the area; or are actively considering working and accessing opportunities in the area, including those that are interested in potentially relocating their operation (or some of it).

Expression of Interest

Hydrogen and Sustainable Transport Economy Accelerator EOI

Full Name(Required)

Business name(Required)

Email address(Required)

Best contact number(Required)

Business address(Required)

Give a brief overview of your business(Required)

What area(s) are you looking for support in?(Required)

Business model and strategy (including operations, customers, value propositions)

Access to private investment support

Access to R&D funding support

Collaboration/signposting to relevant academics/companies

Registered Company Number(Required)

What is your motivation for joining this programme?(Required)

Which areas of knowledge are you looking to improve?(Required)

What skills are you looking to build on?(Required)

Why do you feel this programme will be beneficial to you and your company’s development?(Required)

If selected, please outline the CR&D support you are looking for; any funding calls you find applicable etc.(Required)

Which events are you interested in attending?

Grant Funding Masterclass (3 December)

To help us shape the project further, please suggest any business support event topics that would be of most use to your company. Eg. Grant Funding, IP, Innovation(Required)

Although this programme is primarily supporting businesses based in the West of England Combined Authority region, or who have part of a supply chain in the region, we are warmly welcome UK organisations from other areas. If you are not based in the area, do you intend to explore collaborative opportunities within the area to benefit the economic growth of the region?(Required)

Yes

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What opportunities would you like to access in the region? Have you identified any partners/networks to work with/explore research opportunities, develop new products, networking, collaboration etc

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