Creative Industries
The Innovate UK Business Connect Creative team helps organisations interested in innovation in the Creative Industries to access funding, expert knowledge and to make powerful and diverse connections.
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We can help you take the next step by connecting you with the right funding, people and expertise.
Our people have a deep expertise and work with a wide range of companies who are developing new technologies, platforms, products and solutions that enable the Creative Industries to thrive. These companies are innovating in the areas of production, creation, distribution and sales of creative content. They are improving workflows and ways of doing things, enabling inspiring media and content to be produced and sold across the globe.The kind of Creative industries companies we work with are developing new technologies for use in sectors like Broadcast, Streaming and Film, VFX, Immersive and VR, Games, Live Events. They are utilising technologies such as AI, IoT, Machine Vision, fast 5G and telecoms tech, cybersecurity and online safety technologies, advanced projection and lighting, smart and green fabrication and manufacturing.
The Creative Industries team will help you find out about opportunities for the sector including funding. We’ll also support you when applying for funding so you maximise your change for success. We’ll identify partners best suited to your needs from our network of innovators, across sectors and technology areas.
By helping connect organisations and people across all sectors, we help shape the future and build a better and stronger innovation system.
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Related Opportunities
Global Business Innovation Programme in Singapore - Creative Catalyst
Opens: 15/08/2024 Closes: 29/09/2024
Innovate UK invites ambitious companies from the UK creative industries to participate in a Global Business Innovation Programme in Singapore.
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European Space Agency: Cultural Change for Green Transition
Opens: 28/06/2024 Closes: 19/09/2024
Funding for teams to develop services related to applications that trigger cultural change, by raising climate change awareness and providing mitigating actions.
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Contracts for Innovation: AI tools for education
Opens: 09/09/2024 Closes: 09/10/2024
Organisations can apply for a share of £994,000 to develop AI Education tools for assessment of progress and feedback for pupils using an AI code library.