ERDF P1 Project News: SMART Expertise
Apr 28, 2022
SMART Expertise supports collaborative projects, between industry and Welsh research organisations. The projects address strategic industrial technical challenge/s with a clear focus on commercialisation and exploitation of new products, processes or services and growth in capacity and capability in key areas of Smart Specialisation.
The ERDF operation aims to:
- increase commercialisation of Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) within research organisations in collaboration with industry.
- encourage businesses and researchers to work together on innovative projects in strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology.
- assist in securing competitively won follow-on funding
- assist the growth of R&D expertise and capacity in research organisations and industry creating Innovation Clusters
Here is a fantastic case study of how the operation supports developments of new products to comfort people with advanced dementia.
Find out more about SMART Expertise.