
For Businesses
Funding
For more on how we can help your business secure the funding it needs, get in touch.
Unlock the funding your business needs
Thanks to our extensive network of contacts and collaborations, we are able to access a wide range of grants and other external funding mechanisms for data-science-based research and project development.
Our experienced funding team will work with your businesses to find the best financial assistance for your needs. We’ll then help you access any available money by providing advice and by assisting with applications, contacts and collaborations.
Who is this service for?
We can help a wide range of SMEs and other Scottish-based businesses and their academic and commercial research teams.
• If you have early-stage data-related technology or research you aim to commercialise, then we can help you access a wide variety of funding streams that will help bridge the gap between the lab and the commercial marketplace.
• If you are a start-up or spin-out organization, we can link you with vital funding to help you build your data-related R&D activities or other aspects of your work.
• If you are working on a transformational data project in any sector, then we can help you access the funding you need to progress. Projects should have the potential to address big problems, proposes a radical solution or enables the use of breakthrough or disruptive technology.
Why come to The Data Lab for funding help
Our experienced funding team will help you secure the funding you need by supporting in a number of ways:
- Grant application review – get a trusted advisor’s view on how to put your best foot forward.
- Vital network exposure – The Data Lab’s network spans all of Scotland meaning we are well-positioned to help you form strategic partnerships with industry, public sector bodies and across other academic institutions. Using our network, we can help you put together winning consortia.
- Funding Guidance – Our trained team can help you navigate the complex funding landscape to locate a suitable funding call for your needs.
- Partnership – The Data Lab may agree to partner with your consortium, leveraging the benefits of the Innovation Centre programme directly into your proposals.
- Collaborative project funding – We can help you access various funding streams for collaborative data science projects that are undertaken with academic researchers and organisations. For full details go to our Collaborate with Specialists section.
Proven success – Our team has supported a wide range of projects varying in size from £50K to £50M. We have a track record of success drawing on a number of funding sources and covering a wide variety of projects. Our successes include single-partner bids to multi-partner transformational funding. We have leveraged funds such as ISCF, EU Horizon, UKRI and others.
Key benefits
Grant applications
Get help with the paperwork
Funding resources
Find the best source of funding
Strategic bids
Fund you transformational project
Further support
We provide additional strategic support to businesses through a number of other channels:
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Leadership education:
Develop your skills as a leader, learning how to use data and embed data literacy across your business on our 12-month leadership course.
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Data Skills for work:
Develop the data literacy skills of your workforce by accessing grants for training.
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Online Courses:
Access our online courses to get your staff started and moving forward on their data journey.
Speak to one of our funding support team to find out how we can help your business.
Find out how we’ve helped Scotland’s businesses get the funds they need:
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Driving Value from Data Case Study: NatureScot Supporting a Net-Zero Future
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News about our work helping Scotland’s businesses get the funds they need:
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New English partnership extends reach of The Data Lab
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