Incubators

Research can be turned into commercial advantage, used as the foundation for a business, or to add value to existing applications or manufacturing techniques.  Research today is more than likely to be a business enterprise with a combination of research and commercialisation.

Edinburgh Research and Innovation

ERI is a subsiduary of the University of Edinburgh and seeks to promote their world-class research and commercialisation activities to potential research sponsors and collaborators, licensees or investors and assists entrepreneurs within the university who have a good idea or potential product to set up a company to develop it.

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Scottish Microelectronics Centre

SMC is a world class Centre for incubation, research and development in the semiconductor sector.  A joint venture between University of Edinburgh King’s Buildings and Scottish Enterprise, it provides a dynamic environment that links academia and hi-tech companies.

The objective is that after 1 – 3 years in incubation, companies move into one of the science parks.

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