Are you: Staff Student Alumni If Alumni, which year did you graduate?
If a current student or member of staff, please choose your school/faculty or department:
If a current student please complete the section below:
Year of study: 1st 2nd 3rd Other If other, please state
Student ID
Are you a: UK student EU student International student
How did you hear about our support services?
1. Personal details
Full Name: Tel no:
Email:
Business support enquiry form
Email your completed enquiry form to:
ipr@coventry.ac.uk
2. Your idea
Is your idea related to your: Course Academic research Job role Social enterprise
(tick all that apply)
Have you conducted any patent or literature searches to identify related products or services? Yes No
If yes, summarise your findings in the additional information section.
Please provide a brief description of your idea:
Intellectual
Property Rights
Please Choose
If you wish to apply for a £5,000 HEIF university grant identify what it would enable you to achieve in the commercialisation process i.e. on
what and with whom would the grant be spent? These grants can be used to:
• Build demonstrators to showcase new ideas
• Protect the Intellectual Property through patent, design or trade mark registration
• Contribute to larger development projects as eligible contributing funds
• Commission market research
2. Your idea (continued)
What stage of idea or business development best describes your current position:
Early idea development Nearly ready to trade Trading for less than 12 months
Trading for more than 12 months
If you are already trading, are you a:
Limited company Sole trader Freelancer Social enterprise Other
If other, please state
What type of business support do you think would be most useful to you at this stage of your idea/business development?
Additional information (including any people or organisations involved with the idea/business)
3. £5,000 HEIF university grant
The information that you provide on this application form will be available to: university project and finance staff involved in the management of
support services and its auditors, and auditors appointed by Coventry University.
You agree that your personal information may be used for evaluation purposes and to participate in any evaluation exercise carried out by the
Funding agency or an external consultant.
All enquiries are reviewed on this initial form, we therefore can only assess on what is provided.
Please tick here to confirm that you have read and understood the above conditions.
Signed: Date:
4. Declaration
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