Your company may be eligible to receive Scottish Enterprise's Research and Development Grant. This scheme, the first of its kind in the UK, assists companies who demonstrate potential for global commercial success by helping them develop new products and business practices.
Are you eligible for research grants in Scotland?
The award is open to all companies located within Scotland or who are planning to establish a research and development presence here. To be eligible for research and development funding, companies must:
- Demonstrate that the research and development represents a significant innovation for the company.
- Ensure that the programme will deliver commercial benefits both to the local economy (all companies) and enable the product/process to compete in a global marketplace (large companies).
- Show that the project will either create or safeguard jobs.
- Demonstrate the strategic importance of the project to the company.
- Show that the research grant will be used to enhance the company's future competitiveness, capacity and sustainability.
R&D Plus
R&D Plus assists large companies, by providing discretionary grants of up to 25 per cent of eligible costs, to undertake the development of new products or processes to the pre-production prototype stage.
This research grant aims to build on Scotland’s reputation for technical excellence by actively supporting innovative research with the potential for global commercial success.
Other research support in Scotland is available, and there are many Scottish research opportunities to take advantage of.
Contact us to access research grants in Scotland.