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Funding announced for business-academic collaborations | Interface Online Businesses looking to establish longer-term partnerships with academics can apply for a share of £200,000 funding, as a new round of Advanced Innovation Voucher funding is launched today (Wednesday, 3...

📣Businesses and academics can apply for a share of £200,000 if they're looking to establish longer-term partnerships. Advanced Innovation Voucher Funding, funded by Scottish Enterprise, is open for applications are welcome from all industry sectors.

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Choose College - College Development Network Choose a course that offers real skills for real jobs at a college in Scotland - Choose College

📣 The #ChooseCollege national campaign kicks off Monday!

For the next 6 weeks, we’re celebrating the power of Scotland’s colleges — transforming lives, building skills, and driving our future.

🎓 Share your story.
📢 Inspire others.
🙌 Get involved.

🔗 cdn.ac.uk/choose-college/

🎓Well done to everyone graduating from Scotland’s universities. Your hard work & perseverance has paid off

📣We’re proud to have connections into all of Scotland’s unis. Each year, we’re inspired by the innovative thinking & entrepreneurial energy coming from students, researchers & graduates alike

Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne awarded an honorary degree | Interface Online Congratulations to our Strategic Board member Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne on receiving an honorary degree, Doctor of Business Administration from Queen Margaret University, for her outstanding contribution ...

🎉Congratulations to our Strategic Board member Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne on receiving an honorary degree, Dr of Business Administration from Queen Margaret University, for her outstanding contribution to food development & innovation.
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Planning for Change: A Whole Farm Approach to Animal Health🐄🌱

📅Wed 16 Jul 👇
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Join us at Oakwood Mill Farm, Selkirk to explore what a #WholeFarm approach to #AnimalHealth looks like

A focus on breeding & genetics can mean less need for intervention 🐮
Free to attend!

Airglove Medical Ltd | Interface Online Airglove innovative healthcare products disrupting the Peripheral Arterial Disease treatment market, improving patient care and leading to clinical efficiency.

📈Working in the healthcare and pharmaceuticals and want to learn how Interface can help? Read our latest case study between Airglove Medical Ltd & Edinburgh Napier University

🔗 Uncover the benefits of the project, including award noms, funding, and new jobs
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The Venture Builder Incubator at The Uni of Edinburgh is now open for applications. Postgrad students and research staff from Scotland’s unis can benefit from a share of £100k+ in funding, expert mentorship, and tailored support for digital and science-based innovations
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🗓️ 07 July

CreativeTech Scotland Gathering | Interface Online CreativeTech Scotland Gathering on 20th of June at the University of Edinburgh campus will be day of cutting edge creative tech keynotes, demos, panels and workshops

👋Join @louisearnold.bsky.social & Howell Davies at Social‬ CreativeTech Scotland Gathering, an exciting day of cutting edge keynotes, demos, panels, workshops & a closing reception with music from Boardgame.

🏠University of Edinburgh
📅20th June, 8:30
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Inward investment support boosted by £100,000 for business – academic collaborations   | Interface Online Funding of £100,000 has been announced by the Scottish Government and innovation support organisation Interface to encourage businesses outwith Scotland to collaborate/partner with academics, bringing...

🗺️£10,000 to encourage new collaborations between business & Scottish academia!

📍If you're a businesses currently engaged/looking to engage with a Scottish university, college, research institute, innovation centre or research pool then this fund is for you.

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Social Enterprise Summit Scotland | Interface Online The Social Enterprise Summit Scotland is back for 2025. This year’s theme is ‘Fair Economy, Shared Future’. Taking place at the The Barracks, Stirling on Tuesday 2 September, the Social Enterprise Sum...

📢 Tickets are now available for this year’s Social Enterprise Summit Scotland – happening on the 2 Sep. This event will celebrate how social enterprises across Scotland are leading a movement toward fairer, more participatory ways of doing business.

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Glasgow City Region: Accelerating Ideas into Impact | Interface Online The Glasgow City Region is defined by reinvention- where a legacy of industry has evolved into a future powered by innovation. As Scotland’s only metropolitan region and one of the UK’s fastest-growin...

From photonics to quantum, Glasgow’s £110M Innovation Accelerator is building the industries of tomorrow—bringing skills, jobs & growth to where they’re needed most. Be part of the 4 June Summit. 🎟️ Free tickets: interface-online.org.uk/interface-ev...

Creating Connections in Scotland | Interface Online This event will bring together experts from academia, industry and government to address scientific and technical opportunities and challenges in Scotland.

Creating Connections in Scotland
⏰18th June

Taking place at the Technology and Innovation Centre, this event will bring together experts from academia, industry and government to address scientific and technical opportunities and challenges in Scotland.

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The art of knowledge exchange | Interface Online This year, I have visited the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art  (Seoul), Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), Musée D’Orsay (Paris) and the National Museums Scotland (Edinburgh). Whilst I make v...

🌍This year alone Suzy Powell has explored artistic masterpieces from all over the world - all from her phone.

🖼️Learn more about XR, which makes this possible. Ft Smartify, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @stgilescathedral.bsky.social & more...

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Matched by Interface companies in the news | Interface Online Matched By Interface companies in the news. Interface are here to help you realise your goals. Talk to us about your innovative ideas.

We're delighted to hear about the great success organisations we've had the pleasure of working with. Here's a collection of some of those stories from the last month, including:

🟢Huge investment
🟣Inspiring press coverage
🟢Inspiring talent being recognised

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Protecting inventions in Europe and beyond | Interface Online HGF Ltd is sponsoring Innovation of the Year in the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025. The leading European patent and trademark attorney firm helps businesses protect their Intellectual Propert...

🧠Last weekend marked World IP Day which raises awareness about how IP impacts daily life, supports innovation, and drives creativity.

🙌If you're interested in learning about the value of IP read our blog from HGF Limited, highlighting its importance interface-online.org.uk/blog/protect...

Innovation support organisation strengthens Board | Interface Online Two appointments strengthen Strategic Board of business-academic innovation organisation, Interface.

📢 We're pleased to welcome two new appointments to the Interface Strategic Board.

John Whaling, Lead Officer for Innovation & Commercialisation at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority & Sam Myers, Head of Investment Strategy at UK Research and Innovation

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🌍 AI & the environment, what’s the real impact?

You might’ve heard that AI can harm the planet, but how does that happen?

This blog breaks it down, exploring the climate cost of AI technologies.

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📣Funding Opportunity

🔵The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme is a translational research funding scheme aimed at medical devices, in vitro diagnostic devices and digital health technologies addressing an existing or emerging health or social care need.

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💡 Great ideas need great support! The #SESupportMap helps you #StartSustainGrow with expanded information. Discover resources to nurture your social enterprise at www.sesupportmap.scot

Congratulations to Dr Alicia Greated – RSE Fellow 2025 | Interface Online We are delighted to share that Dr Alicia Greated, a member of Interface’s Strategic Board, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). This prestigious honour recognises Alicia’...

We're delighted to share that Dr Alicia Greated, a member of Interface’s Strategic Board, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).

We’re proud to work alongside her and extend our warmest congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.

Our ECR Team is excited to announce a new tranche of funding being made available for Early Career Researcher-led projects.

📅 Deadline 17 April
More information and apply today ➡️ buff.ly/4aMAZBu

#ECR #EarlyCareerResearcher #funding

Interim joint chairs appointed - Scottish Funding Council Arrangement provides strong leadership as new recruitment push for permanent chair gets underway.

Announced this morning - the minister for further and higher education has appointed Lorna Jack and Professor Cara Aitchison as co-interim chairs SFC.

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Impact of Digital Dairy Chain honoured with Knowledge Exchange Award The SRUC-led Digital Dairy Chain was among the winners at this year’s Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards in Edinburgh. The UKRI Strength in Places-funded programme took the Place-based Impact award (s...

The SRUC-led Digital Dairy Chain has won the Place-based Impact Award at the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards!

This award recognises collaborations that drive real change for local communities. Huge thanks all our partners for making this possible!
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Curious about #WholeFarmPlans?

Join our FREE lunchtime webinar THIS THURS to find out 👇
🐄What #WholeFarmPlans are
🪱An outline of the new requirements
🌱How a whole farm planning approach can boost the resilience of your business

Book your spot 👇
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#Agroecology

Reasons to smile today...
☀️Scotland is covered in sun
🌸Cherry blossom is blooming
🧠The Interface team have joined Bluesky