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Green Energy and Digital Technologies ICURe Discover: February 2027

Green Energy and Digital Technologies ICURe Discover is a support programme with up to £2,500 for academics, postgraduate research students and technicians at Scottish universities. Open, closes 4 January 2027.

Run by Innovate UK · funded by North East Scotland Investment Zone

Checked against the official page (app.launchcan.com) on 6 Nov 2026.

A part-time market discovery programme with up to £2,500 support for testing assumptions and market discovery activities. It is for academics, postgraduate research students and technicians from Scottish universities, not businesses.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Closes 4 January 2027 at midnight

As stated: Closes: 04/01/2027 11:59pm

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £2,500

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Open to academics, postgraduate research students and technicians (all disciplines) from University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University (up to 10), with further participants from across Scottish Universities. Researchers must have engaged with their university Technology Transfer Office or equivalent first.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

Sectors

digital, sustainability

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How to apply

Complete the online application form via the Apply link; you must first have engaged with your university Technology Transfer Office or equivalent commercialisation contact.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: Scotland

Scotland

Confirmed on the official page

Things we could not confirm

  • Opens 01/11/2026, so applications were not yet open as the page is dated; the page status is taken as upcoming.
  • Businesses cannot apply: the programme is for researchers and technicians at named universities.
  • Delivered with Scottish Enterprise, University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University and North East Scotland Investment Zone; their own rules may apply.
  • Eligibility for the wider Scottish Universities cohort is not fully set out in the text.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (app.launchcan.com) on 6 Nov 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 6 Nov 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Innovate UK before you apply.

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