Interface Standard Innovation Voucher (Scotland)
Interface (with the Scottish Funding Council) · Innovation voucher
$10KVoucher of £1,000–£7,500 (~$10k max) paying a Scottish university or college for R&D work on your project; you match it in kind
Scottish Funding Council voucher, run by Interface, for a company's first collaboration with a Scottish university or college to develop a new product, process or service (or a workforce innovation).
Key terms
- SMEs (fewer than 250 employees), sole traders, social enterprises and third-sector organisations with main operations in Scotland
- First-time collaboration with a university or college; one Product/Process/Service voucher per company (a Workforce voucher is separate)
- £1,000–£7,500, paid directly to the academic partner; the company matches the value in kind (staff time, materials, equipment)
- Businesses not registered in Scotland and sole traders submit a pre-submission form first
- Rolling: no deadline; approval can take up to 3 weeks and projects usually run about 3 months
Eligibility
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Stages
- pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Eligible
Also required
- Main operations in Scotland
- First collaboration with a Scottish university or college
- SME, sole trader or social enterprise
How to apply
Agree a project with a Scottish university or college (Interface can find one), then complete the application together through the Interface Partner Portal.
- Benefit
- in-kind
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-11-09 · source
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