Written question WQ89156
- Asked by
- Adam PricePlaid
- To be answered by
- Minister for Economy
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
What is the Welsh Government doing to incentivise collaboration between Welsh higher education institutions and the small to medium-sized enterprise sector on innovation activity?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Economy
Welsh Government provides direct funding to support collaboration between academic institutions and businesses in Wales through its Flexible Innovation Support. Funding also flows via HEFCW (CTER) for the Research Wales Innovation Fund. Funds can be used for RD&I activity, knowledge transfer and in the pursuit of larger funding streams.