Innovate UK Infocus Global: EMERGE Boston 2017

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 11/08/2017 11:00 HOURS. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER.

Innovate UK is the UK's innovation agency. We work with people, companies and partner organisations to find and drive the science and technology innovations that will grow the UK economy. infocus is the brand for Innovate UK's work on diversity and inclusion. A good idea for innovation can come from anyone and diversity is proven to contribute to business success. The objectives for infocus are: • Boost the UK economy by encouraging more diversity in business • Create role models and challenge perceptions of what and who an innovator/entrepreneur is • Find potential leaders in innovation/successful entrepreneurs and invest in them • Raise awareness of Innovate UK and achieve greater diversity in applications to Innovate UK • Build understanding of barriers to engaging in innovation and how to overcome these

Our approach is to shine a spotlight where there is currently under representation in business innovation and a significant opportunity to boost the economy in addressing this. We take action where we believe this will make a positive difference.

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