Multi-million pound fund to boost UK university spin-outs and research

Funded by HEFCE and Innovate UK, the £3.2 million ‘ICURe’ project aims to ‘bridge the valley of death’ identified by the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee. The project will help address issues raised in the Government’s response to the Committee’s inquiry last year, including the importance of innovation by universities in managing intellectual property and of attention to the availability of ‘proof of concept’ funding. More...