DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A NOVEL ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY?

Enter Innovate and you could win £10,000 of free consultancy

Innovate is the annual environmental technology competition hosted by Stopford. The winner of Innovate receives £10,000 of free consultancy support.

INNOVATE 11

You will see from the Stopford website that we have vast project experience, from technology concept right through to plant commissioning. As an Associate Company of Lancaster University’s Environment Centre, we are ideally placed to take ideas and turn them into a commercial reality. Our team of dedicated consultants has vast experience in technology development, laboratory trials and sample analysis, feasibility studies, market assessments, front end engineering design, process scale-up and technology optimisation. To read more about Stopford’s environment & energy consultancy capabilities click here

Furthermore, we acknowledge that grant funding and legislative compliance can be extremely complicated, however, we can help. Our team aim to demystify and clarify funding opportunities and regulatory compliance to ensure the successful commercialisation of new technologies. So if you have an idea for a new environmental technology and are apprehensive about the next steps, please enter the competition by sending us a few details (treated with the strictest confidence) and you could be collaborating with us soon.

Competition Application and Assessment Process
Applications can be made by simply downloading the below entry form, completing and returning to innovate@stopford.co.uk
All applications must be received by 02.09.11 and can be downloaded here.
Applications will be judged on their novelty, technology application, stage of development and level of assistance required. A short list will be made and successful applicants will be invited to pitch their technology in a” Dragons Den” setup to a panel of judges on finals day.

Intellectual Property
Stopford understand how important Intellectual Property (IP) is and we advise that it is protected in the most appropriate way. Therefore if you would like us to sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to revealing details of your idea or technology, please don’t hesitate to get in contact (innovate@stopford.co.uk). Please note the final day will be in front of a panel of judges and potentially a small audience. If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact us.

Prize
Up to £10,000 of consultancy support will be awarded to the winner of Innovate ‘11. The prize will be delivered by both Stopford through the provision of the most suitable technology development consultancy. Services could include grant identification, grant writing, technology assessments, technology applications, market studies, regulatory review, site identification, process engineering or design.

Sponsors & Supporters

Click here to read more about the sponsors and supporters of Innovate ‘11

Previous Winners

2009 – Josef Tapper, Statix Industries Ltd.
“Winning this competition will give us a substantial boost in the engineering experience that we’re currently lacking” said Josef Tapper after winning the prize.
The £10,000 consultancy support delivered to Statix by Stopford encompassed an independent review of the Statix technology, providing process engineering support to the project and assisting in the development of a proof of concept test plant.

2010 - Jon Topping, MFN Technologies Ltd
MFN Technologies had a very strong technical understanding of their product and had developed small scale prototypes that they had rigorously tested. The next step for MFN technologies was to secure investment to develop their product further. To assist MFN technologies, Stopford developed a comprehensive business plan to strengthen their existing business case.

“This excellent work fed directly into our business case for the technology, allowing me to seek and gain investment while having a very professional business plan” said John Topping seven months after winning Innovate’10