Acceleration grants

The Acceleration Grants are smaller grants for our Education Incubator Fellows who have completed Incubation Grants (or Project Grants) that have demonstrable outputs and who want to continue the development of their project and scale their promising innovations. We would expect applicants to seek external and/or internal funding and our acceleration grant will be awarded as match funds, up to £5000.

What are we looking for?

• Applicants have secured Incubation Grant funding previously;
• The project has the potential to scale and be viable;
• Demonstrable goal for long-term sustainability;
• Applicants have secured funding through internal or external sources which we can potentially match fund.

What will the project team receive?

• Sharing of the Experimentation and Innovation team grant network for known opportunities;
• Mentorship within the Experimentation and Innovation team.
• Network opportunities with Exeter Innovation.

Match Funds

We have created a list of available internal and external funding opportunities that could be used as potential match funding. 

In-kind match funding will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Click here to access the Match Funding information.   

How to apply

You can apply by completing the online application form: Experimentation and Innovation Project Proposals

Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis through 2024-2025 and will be reviewed monthly by a convening panel.

If you would like to know more please contact Exeter Education Incubator Manager Kerry Deacon via email k.r.deacon@exeter.ac.uk