• What we do…

  We provide business consultancy services specialising in acquisition of R&D funding for our clients.

  This funding is secured mainly from European (including Horizon 2020), National (including Innovate UK) and regional funding programmes.

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• How we work…

  We engage with a wide range of organisations including SMEs, large multinational companies, Universities and Research Organisations to develop a variety of innovative R&D project ideas from renewable energy technologies to advanced materials to high value manufacturing.

  Our extensive skills and expertise convert these ideas into well-structured proposals.

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• Grant Funding…

  The main arenas we operate in are:

  • National funding through Innovate UK programmes and European Commission – Horizon 2020 and Eurostars
  • Funding for Research and Development and Demonstration projects
  • Technology Readiness Levels 1-7.

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Iconiq Innovation in numbers:

• €95 million+

  of grant funding secured by the team over the past 5 years

• 40+ years

  of experience of securing grant funding within our team

• 1000+

  cups of coffee drunk in the last twelve months

What we offer:

• Help and advice – assistance with finding the right funding programme to fit your company’s needs.
• Ideas generation – we work with you to identify the potential project ideas for new product/process development and suitability for funding.
• Concept development – we help you develop the initial idea into a fundable project concept.
• Market reviews – we conduct a market feasibility study to establish likelihood of freedom to operate.
• Business model generation – we establish the supply chain requirements for the new product/process development and the business case for commercialisation of the technology.
• Partnering – we help you partner with the right supply chain partners to enable commercialisation of the technology and help you gain access to the right research and development partners (universities and research technology organisations) to help you achieve your project goals and objectives.
• Proposal bid writing – preparing well-structured proposals for submission to R&D funding programmes.
• Ongoing support through process – helping your company along the journey to securing funding.
• Contract negotiation – assisting you through the contract negotiation process with the project funding body.