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EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

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The European Regional Development Fund provides support to encourage research, development and innovation, create and grow SMEs, develop a low carbon economy and reduce the risk to businesses from flooding.  The breakdown of funding can be found in the table below.

Cumbria LEP is particularly interested in hearing from organisations interested in developing projects in the following key areas;
  • R&D, Innovation and STEM development.
  • Business support and business premises development.
  • Low Carbon initiatives including retrofit, renewable energy generation, SMART grids and energy efficiency advice.





Final calls for project applications will take place during 2018. 

If you would like to discuss a project idea, please email cumbriaesif@cumbria.gov.uk as soon as possible.

Priority Number
Objective
Total Allocation*
Key Activities
1
R&D and Innovation
£8.798m
Technology and innovation
Commercialising innovation
R&D facilities
2
Superfast Broadband
£0.470m
Superfast broadband for business
3
Entrepreneurship
£16.502m
SME start up
SME growth
International trade
Advanced manufacturing supply chains
Access to finance
4
Low Carbon
£7.416m
Low carbon business growth
Low carbon R&D
Energy efficiency and micro-generation
5
Climate Change Adaption
£3.716m
Providing flood relief measures to enable business security and growth
6
Resource Efficiency
£1.200m
Providing resource efficiency advice and support to businesses
Funding will be made available through open and competitive funding calls which will be issued at regular intervals.   Applications will involve a two stage process, submitted to the Department for Communities & Local Government who will evaluate applications and contract with successful bidders.  The minimum ERDF request is £500,000.

All information required to submit an application will be available at https://www.gov.uk/european-structural-investment-funds.  Information on live funding opportunities will be made available on the LEP website as well as publicised in the local press.

ERDF funding calls during 2017 are likely to include;
  • Business premises for growth
  • Support to access business finance
  • District heating and energy distribution
  • Research, development and innovation facilities
  • Support to utilise superfast broadband
  • Renewable Energy Generation including Micro Generation

Do you have a potential project?

If you have a potential ERDF project you would like to discuss please download and complete the Strategic Outline Case form the Documents and  Links page and submit to cumbriaesif@cumbria.gov.uk.  The form allows us to look at your idea in more detail and consider whether ESIF funding is appropriate for the project.  Completing the Strategic Outline Case form is no guarantee of any funding.
There are a number of live ERDF funding calls open at present;

  • Access to Finance - Up to £500,000 available
 
  • International Trade Support - Up to £500,000 available
 
  • Business Start Up - Up to £1,000,000 available
 
  • Manufacturing Support - Up to £215,000 available
 
  • Business Support - Up to £2,000,000 available

Funding Call specifications, guidance and eligibility criteria can be found at
https://www.gov.uk/european-structural-investment-funds?keywords=&fund_state%5B%5D=open&fund_type%5B%5D=business-support&location%5B%5D=north-west
In January, the LEP hosted a Low Carbon Workshop to provide potential applicants with information on how to apply for ERDF as well as the types of activities that can be funded through Low Carbon ERDF funding calls.

The information from the session can be found below;
ERDF Priority 4 Guidance
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File Type: doc
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DCLG Presentation: Cumbria P4 Workshop
File Size: 150 kb
File Type: pdf
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ERDF Operational Programme - Priority Axis 4
File Size: 426 kb
File Type: pdf
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Cumbria LEP P4 Workshop Presentation
File Size: 432 kb
File Type: pdf
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The Cumbria Technical Assistance project is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund. 
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