We are part of Norwich Research Park - one of Europe's leading research centres for food, health and the environment – changing lives and rethinking societal challenges through pioneering research and innovation.
World-leading researchers work alongside industry to drive innovation and create solutions to real-world problems.
Norwich Research Park is comprised of six world-leading partners:
- John Innes Centre (JIC), an international centre of excellence in plant science, genetics and microbiology
- Quadram Institute (QI), dedicated to researching links between food science, gut biology and human health and disease
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), a National Health Service academic teaching hospital
- Earlham Institute (EI), which uses biotechnology and computational science to tackle some of today’s most ambitious biological questions
- The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), home to daring, long-term research into plant-microbe interactions
- University of East Anglia (UEA), a research-intensive institution recognised for the quality of its research.
About Norwich Research Park
The community consists of 3000 researchers and clinicians within a 1km radius, sharing expert knowledge, highly skilled staff, and cutting-edge facilities. Norwich research Park is also home over 150 science and technology companies, based in flexible commercial laboratory/office space or with virtual presence, form a significant part of the innovative community.
The Park’s unique concentration of globally renowned expertise, and multifaceted and multidisciplinary collaborative approach, means there are few places so well-equipped to make significant contributions to the challenges of the 21st Century
The Park explores some of society’s greatest challenges: food, nutrition, climate, health and healthy ageing, soil, plants, therapeutics and diagnostics, all underpinned by world-leading genomics.
Norwich Research Park is equipped with high-spec facilities and infrastructure to support new and growing businesses. The Park provides an environment that stimulates collaboration and innovation in which research-based businesses can emerge, exist, and grow.
Innovation and investment
Your business could benefit from access to a wide range of research facilities and support services including state-of-the-art technology platforms, services and meeting room hire. There is also access to mentoring and funding opportunities to help to facilitate business growth.
If you are looking for investment for your world-changing idea, you can tap into several sources of investment at Norwich Research Park.
Grants
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New Anglia Growth Hub
Funding for companies looking to invest, recruit and transform their businessesmore... -
Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI)
Connecting government and businesses to solve important social challengesmore... -
Innovate UK
Apply for grants to deliver disruptive R&D innovations that could impact societymore...
Equity Investment
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Anglia Capital Group (ACG)
A leading group of business angel investors in Norfolk and Suffolk supporting spinouts, new ventures and growth businesses. Expertise in food, agri/biotech, specialist engineering and energymore... -
BBSRC Rainbow Seed Fund
This fund makes equity investments between £25,000 and £750,000 into either projects or small businesses in return for an equity share in the businessmore... -
Low Carbon Innovation Fund
A venture capital fund, providing equity finance for eligible SME’s based wholly or partially in in the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Hertfordshire LEP, and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority region. The Fund co-invests alongside private sector investors such as founders, angel investors and/or other funds to provide finance to early and growth stage businesses in a variety of sectors to enable them to develop technologies, products or services that are more energy or resource efficient.more...
To find out more about how Norwich Research Park is driving research and innovation, go to www.norwichresearchpark.com