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The Digital Specialist Advice Grant offers organisations based in the Highlands and Islands area towards the costs of obtaining digital specialist advice.

Introducing digital technologies into your business has many advantages, including cutting costs, speeding up processes, improving customer insights, creating the ability to make faster business decisions and increase revenue.

This funding is available to cover the costs of one-to-one consultancy on digital technologies leading to an action plan or a feasibility study for your business.

Digital technologies may include:

• robots/robotics/cobotics
• sensor technologies
• Internet of Things
• data innovation
• artificial intelligence
• cyber security/risks
• software development
• augmented reality/virtual reality/3D visualisations
• additive manufacturing and laser machining
• cyber security solutions

Projects that have an element of ‘deep tech’ will also be considered (e.g. blockchain, photonics, aerospace and space technologies, electronics, cyber threat intelligence, fusion power and quantum computing).

This funding can be used for projects focused on the adoption of advanced digital technologies including artificial intelligence or robotics.

The funding is for consultancy costs to develop a feasibility study or action plan for digital technologies leading to, for example, increased productivity, impact on jobs, skills or workforce development, efficiency gains, reducing energy costs, or carbon reduction.

The consultancy can include:

• market research / testing, opportunity analysis and market assessments
• energy efficiency feasibility study associated with application of a digital technologies
• project feasibility, identify and appraise options and preparing a business case for investment
• feasibility and impact analysis of new workplace practices and organisational structures and approaches to learning and development to reduce costs or improve resource utilisation
• research supporting emerging digital technologies e.g. Industry 4.0 related, within the business
• specialists to fill a skills gap relating to adoption of digital technologies

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Geographical areas funded: Argyll and Bute Highland Moray Na h-Eileanan Siar Orkney Shetland

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Grant

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Revenue

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Who can apply

Organisations of any size based within the Highlands and Islands region are eligible to apply. Applicants must comply with HIE’s fair work conditions for financial support.

When to apply

Now open. No stated deadlines.

How to apply

Complete the enquiry form and a member of the HIE team will get in touch.

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Activites funded: Organisational development and capacity building Science and technology

Beneficiaries funded: Voluntary sector organisations

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