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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