Technology and Innovation major projects and industry engagement

Our group has been extremely successful in attracting major grants from a variety of sources, including ESRC, EPSRC and ARHC, the EU and from industry.

Current major projects include:

• DCLabs – The Digital Creativity Labs
  Total funding £18.3M awarded in 2015
  Sponsored by Research Councils UK (EPSRC, ESRC, AHRC) and 80 Business Partners
  Prof. Feng Li (Business Theme Leader and Co-Investigator)

• INJECT – Innovative Journalism: Enhanced Creativity Tools  
  Total funding €1M awarded in 2016
  Sponsored by EU H2020 Innovation Action
  Prof. Neil Maiden (Project Coordinator and Principal Investigator)

• NEMOG – New Economic Models and Opportunities for Digital Games  
  Total funding £1.2M awarded in 2013
  Sponsored by EPSRC & ESRC Joint Programme (Research Councils)
  Prof. Feng Li (Co-Investigator)

• GAMBIT – GAMification for better living in the cities by influencing tourist behavior
  Total funding £700K awarded in 2015
  Sponsored by Innovate UK  and 6 Business Partners (including Bosch, Virtual Viewing, and ARUP)
  Prof. Feng Li (Co-Investigator)

• CareVBook ­– Digital Apps to Capture and Assess Care Experiences  
  Total funding £240K awarded in 2016
  Sponsored by Innovate UK – KTP Programme
  Prof. Neil Maiden (Principal Investigator)

• CarePulse ­– Digital Apps to Capture and Assess Care Experiences
  Total funding £150K awarded in 2015
  Sponsored by Innovate UK – KTP Programme
  Prof. Neil Maiden (Principal Investigator)

• Creative Goal Modelling   
  Total funding €210K awarded in 2014
  EU-Funded Marie-Curie Fellowship
  Prof. Neil Maiden (Principal Investigator)

Major past projects include:

• SiDE - Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy [2008-2013]  
  Total funding £12.6M
  Sponsored by the UK Research Councils (EPSRC/ESRC) under the Digital Economy Programme
  Prof. Feng Li (Business Theme Leader and Co-Investigator)

• COLLAGE: Social Creativity and Learning [2012-2015]  
  Total funding €3,7M
  Sponsored by the EU STREP Programme
  Prof. Neil Maiden (Scientific Director and Principal Investigator)

• SALT - Designing Scalable Assistive Technologies and Services for Independent Healthy Living and Sustainable Market Development in the Mixed Digital Economy [2011-2014]
  Total funding £2M
  Sponsored by TSB (InnovateUK), ESRC, NIHR and 10 business partners
  Prof. Feng Li (Principal Investigator and Project Leader)

• Information Visualisation for Creativity [2011-2013]
  Total funding £243K
  Funded by E.ON
  Dr. Sara Jones (Principal Investigator) and Prof. Neil Maiden (Co-Investigator)