Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
CoSTAR Showcase Labs: Createch infrastructure and commercialisation
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Join the Convergent Screen Technologies and performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) Network and host national research and development (R&D) infrastructure for the creative sector.
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- —To lead an application for this funding opportunity, you must: be a resident in the UK be employed at, or have a formal affiliation with an organisation eligible to receive UKRI funding under standard eligibility criteria (see above) have a doctorate or demonstrate equivalent professional experience or training have an outstanding track record of strategic planning and delivery of major capital or R&D and innovation programmes for the screen and performance sectors have or be able to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders from the creative research community, screen (film, TV, games) and performance sectors government and the wider creative industries be engaged in leading-edge research and innovation of professorial or equivalent standing applicable to the creative industries demonstrate a level of skills, knowledge and experience appropriate to the nature of the project You should not apply if your organisation has limited knowledge or does not have expertise in R&D and innovation in the screen and performance industries and in technology related to the creative industries.
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Join the Convergent Screen Technologies and performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) Network and host national research and development (R&D) infrastructure for the creative sector. You will reduce barriers to creative businesses’ technology adoption, improve commercialisation support for creative technology businesses and drive scale up and investment. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. Over three years via the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)’s Createch Futures programme, AHRC will fund up to two Showcase Labs up to £4 million each.
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