Our Services
Grant Writing
Innovation Consultancy
Innovation Consultancy
Helping clients to win grant funding through the provision of expert proposal management services
Innovation Consultancy
Innovation Consultancy
Innovation Consultancy
Working with clients to develop their innovation concepts and projects through the provision of specialist scientific, technological and business services
Proposal Consultancy
Innovation Consultancy
Proposal Consultancy
Working with clients to develop their innovation concepts and projects through the provision of specialist scientific, technological and business services
Grant Writing
We provide a complete service for grant funding acquisition, from initial idea through to funding contract:
- Funding Landscape and Alignment – identifying funding opportunities that align with defined development needs or projects
- Concept Review and Development – transforming great ideas into winning project concepts
- Proposal Management – managing development of the concept, consortium, proposal and budget
- Consortium Recruitment – recruiting motivated partners that add value and fulfill defined project capability needs
- Proposal Preparation and Writing – preparing an excellent project proposal to a defined timeline working collaboratively with all project partners
- Contract Negotiations – providing support throughout negotiations with the funding provider
- Consortium Agreement – supporting preparation of a Consortium Agreement between the project partners
- Help and Advice – always being on hand to provide help and advice in response to any issues as and when they arise
Innovation Consultancy
We provide a range of services to support our clients in the development of their innovation concepts and projects:
- User Needs Assessment – understanding the user need and/or industrial/societal challenge to be addressed
- Market Review – understanding the potential markets for application (size, location, dynamics, drivers)
- Competitor Analysis – identifying existing and emerging competitive solutions and understanding their strengths and weaknesses
- Ideas Generation – conceiving novel technology or product ideas
- Concept Development – transforming great ideas into winning product, process or service concepts
- Technology Scouting / Brokerage – identifying novel technologies that have the potential to meet defined development needs
- Partner Recruitment – engaging with key stakeholders, such as end-users, manufacturing supply chain partners and research and technology providers
- Business Plan Development – supporting definition of the business plan, from user and market need through to cost-benefit analysis, route to market and exploitation strategy
Proposal Consultancy
Alongside our direct grant writing services, we also provide services to help others in the preparation and submission of their proposals:
Proposal Review and Feedback – providing:
- a robust evaluation of your proposal using our own quality control measures and clearly defined recommendations for improvement
- one-to-one meetings or conference / video calls to discuss the proposal feedback and how to implement the recommendations
- a re-evaluation of the proposal to ensure that the recommendations have been successfully addressed
Proposal Coaching and Support – providing:
- expert guidance and support throughout development of the project concept, consortium and proposal via an agreed schedule of meetings and phone calls
- regular feedback and advice on the evolving proposal document
- expert help and support to address issues as and when they arise
- direct support in the recruitment of project partners and preparation of proposal sections