Do you require funding for a Knowledge Transfer Project?

The University of Essex has won another Low Carbon Keep to work with local company 'Software in Partnership' based at Tiptree, Essex.

The marketing know-how of Essex Business School (EBS) has been put to good use with Professor Teck Eng, Head of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group winning funding via the Low Carbon KEEP scheme for a Knowledge Transfer project. 

The funding from the European Regional Development Fund amounts to over £8k and will provide a six-month paid post for a graduate.  The graduate will work closely with the company to implement marketing and sales strategies that aim to increase interest in a carbon efficient web-based Human Resources system available to its subsidiary, Flex (UK) Ltd.

The project should help influence the long term sustainability of the company and ensure that low carbon outcomes are identified, analysed and highlighted as an integral benefit for businesses that move their HR processes online.

Low Carbon KEEP is funded by the European Regional Development Fund and East of England Development Agency. The Low Carbon KEEP scheme is open to small and medium sized companies (SMEs) registered in the six East of England counties. Most business sectors are eligible including the 'not for profit? sector, although the coal, agricultural and fisheries sectors are excluded due to European funding regulations.

East of England counties: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk

If you are interested in how this funding may apply to your organisation/upcoming projects please contact:-  Linette Edonya, Enterprise Support Officer, T:  01206 872925, E: ledonya@essex.ac.uk

For further general information about the KEEP scheme.