Norwich Research Park Innovation Hothouse Competition 2025
Application Deadline 8th June 2025 at 5pm.
The competition will take place on 25 November 2025 1.30pm – 6.30pm
Following on from a successful competition last year, the Norwich Research Park Innovation Hothouse competition, which showcases the very best of innovation in science and technology across the NRP, is back once again.
- Do you have research that has the potential to break new ground, create an impact and set up a product or service?
- Are you an early-stage start-up already wanting to gain prominence and investment and need a mentor?
- Do you want to have access to angel investors, VCs, legal advisors, multi-national companies, and those who have connections to these groups of people?
If the answer is YES to any of these, then why not apply for the 2025 ‘Innovation Hothouse’ Competition!
Successful applicants will receive expert mentoring, the opportunity to present in front of esteemed judges (including Prof Sheng Qi, Roz Bird, Zickie Lim, Dr Jerry Wu, Faye Holland and James Thomas) and the potential to win CASH prizes.
Eligibility (This is a UEA run competition that is open to Norwich Research Park-wide applicants including those within Park-based businesses):
- Undergraduate and PGR students
- Research or Technical Staff
- Early career researchers
- Academic spin-out / early-stage start-ups (must not be more than 5 years old and must have less than 10 employees)
- Companies based on Norwich Research Park (including virtual tenants)
To find out more, click HERE.
To apply, click HERE.
