The PBIAA Collaborative Funding Pot leverages early-stage commercialisation and academic entrepreneurship, facilitating company formation in the South Wales region. Funded proposals collaborate with and use facilities at the ICS, CISM and any other cluster entity to innovate and set up in the region. All award recipients have the opportunity to attend a suite of research and commercialisation activities delivered by SETsquared, including webinars, 1:1 training, equity finance workshops, iCURE programme access, and CR&D bid development sessions. The SWCS PBIAA has funded 10 – out of a target of 15 – commercialisation and company formation projects to date, supporting an array of academics across UK universities at all career stages. Past and current award holders include:
Round 1
Dr Sam Bishop (Cardiff)
Dr Fabien Massabuau (Strathclyde)
Profession Vincent Barrioz (Northumbria)
Round 2
Professor Martin Cryan (Bristol)
Dr Sam Shutts (Cardiff)
Dr Vishal Shah (Warwick)
Dr Saptarsi Ghosh (Swansea)
Round 3
Professor Anthony Bennett (Cardiff)
Dr Mengxun Bai (UCL)
Dr Gregory Burwell (Swansea)
**The fourth and final Funding Call, to support another 5 proposals, has been launched. Please contact PBIAA Programme Manager Dr Rachel Morgan for more information and eligibility criteria or click here.**
