CWX are planning a Expo for our Creative and Immersive Technology cluster. This event will provide a platform for businesses to showcase their products, services and innovations to a diverse audience. Proposed date: 15th May. Duration: 5 hours. Location: Coventry. If you would be interested in taking part please complete the form below and our team will review applications and contact you with further details in the near future.

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme allows a UK registered business or not for profit organisation, (which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’ from now on) to partner with a ‘knowledge base partner’, which is either a UK higher education (HE) or further education (FE) institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult. The KTP partnership brings new skills and the latest academic thinking into the business partner to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project. The knowledge base partner recruits the ‘associate’ to work on the project. The associate has the opportunity to lead a strategic development within the business, developing new skills and gaining valuable experience. If you are a business and do not yet have a relationship with a knowledge base partner then get in touch with CWX.

Supporting high-impact initiatives that address pressing challenges in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI). This call focuses on fast-paced, results-driven innovation projects with a maximum duration of 6 months, delivering tangible and market-ready solutions within a short timeframe. With a strong emphasis on Fashion, Architecture, Cultural Heritage, Audio-Visual Media, and Gaming, this call seeks to accelerate commercialisation and market adoption of innovations that address the challenges of globalisation, digital transformation, emerging technologies (such as AI), and environmental sustainability.

This call for proposals is open to organisations from Canada and the UK who wish to form project consortia to perform collaborative projects focused on developing innovative products, processes or technology based services in the area of life sciences, digital and emerging, and sustainability and net zero technologies. We want to fund a variety of projects across a range of sectors and technology areas. This includes topics of previous collaborative R&D calls between Canada and the UK. We would particularly welcome (but not restricted to) applications from the following areas which receive specific focus in the MoU: Life Sciences, Digital and emerging technologies, Sustainability and net zero,

BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund invites emerging storytellers from across all parts of the UK to share original and bold non-fiction stories that respond to the changing world around us. The fund also considers VR and immersive projects which are firmly rooted in non-fiction. The fund can support up to 15 individual short documentaries each year with a maximum of £25,000 of grant funding. Films can be between 5-40 minutes in length.

The aim of the Create Growth Programme is to provide a package of targeted support to high growth creative businesses, to scale, build investor networks and reach their potential. This funding is designed to help creative businesses explore new innovation projects as a stimulus for growth. Be from the creative industries, be a micro, small or medium sized enterprise registered or operational in a DCMS Create Growth Programme region, demonstrate the impact funding and support can have on the growth plan of your business, demonstrate how your business has either engaged with, or intends to engage with the ongoing regional support provided by the programme.

This strand is focused on larger, more ambitious scale creative projects with total eligible costs between £50,000 and £200,000. This strand requires match funding. Your project must: have total project costs between £50,000 and £200,000, last between 3 and 6 months, carry out all of its project work in the UK intend to exploit the results from or in the UK, start on or after 1 October 2025 - end by 31 March 2026.

The Arts & Culture Impact Fund offers secured and unsecured finance between £150,000 and £1,000,000 with repayment term available until May 2032 and interest rates ranging between 3% and 8.5%. Provides affordable repayable finance that can be used, among other things, to acquire new assets, improve built infrastructure, develop new ventures or scale up existing revenue streams.

BFI Doc Society Funds support and nurture independent non-fiction films and immersive projects by UK filmmakers: prioritising expansive, director-led storytelling. Our funding is intended to be transformative and representative of all UK society. We back ambitious, independent feature documentary films and immersive projects intended for theatrical release, from both emerging talent and more established directors. ‘Immersive' projects can be produced and experienced using a range of technologies - including but not limited to VR, AR, MR and 360-degree experiences. 'Immersive' work may qualify as British either by demonstrating that they are: Film: intended for viewing by audiences who have purchased a ticket or pass to take part in that specific experience; or Game: contain a high level of player agency and decision making. We are open to a supporting a wide range of immersive formats including, but not limited to - Virtual Reality Augmented Reality 360-Degree audio visual works Location based experiences Interactive or Web based non-fiction work

Innovate UK is offering travel support for companies to attend consortia-building events in Europe. Up to £700 is available to help cover travel and subsistence costs. Our travel awards are an excellent mechanism for supporting companies who want to expand their networks across Europe and make an impact in collaborative international research and development projects. Up to £700 is available to help cover travel and subsistence costs needed to attend events Innovate have listed on their site.

A grant initiative designed to support companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries. With grants of up to £2,500, beneficiaries will be able to work with a consultant to build meaningful connections and create opportunities for business growth. The grants can be used to subsidise the cost of working with an expert to support companies’ specific goals including business planning and strategy as well as offering other specialist expertise, knowledge or contacts.