Making the most of EU structural and investment funding to support local economic growth

Universities UK, with HEFCE and the Research Councils, have written to all UK higher education institutions to remind them about accessing future European Union (EU) Structural and Investment Funds, and to ask them how these funds can bring maximum benefits.
From 2014 to 2020, the EU Structural and Investment Funds will bring together different strands of EU funding to support a programme focussed on local economic growth. This focuses on innovation, research and development, support for SMEs, low carbon, skills, employment and social inclusion. Read more...