Open University launches funding opportunity to support disabled entrepreneurs

12 September 2024

The Open University’s (OU) brand new Open Business Creators Fund for Disabled Entrepreneurs is now open. £25,000 in total funding is being offered from the OU to help disabled individuals in the UK kickstart their business ideas. This opportunity has been launched in collaboration with Scope, the UK’s leading disability equality charity, to support disabled […]

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Open University competition awards £60k in grants to small businesses

18 July 2024

The Open University (OU) has awarded a total of £60,000 to 18 aspiring business owners to support the next generation of student entrepreneurs. 350 people registered for this year’s Open Business Creators Fund competition that has been co-funded by Santander Universities, the Higher Education Innovation Fund and the Welsh Regional Innovation Fund. 90 people took […]

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2024 Open Business Creators Fund competition now open

2 February 2024

The Open University (OU) has relaunched the Open Business Creators Fund competition for 2024. The funding competition, in collaboration with Santander and funded by the Higher Education Innovation Fund, offers grants from £1,000 to £10,000 to support OU students and alumni. This year the competition also introduces two separate funding streams – commercial enterprise and […]

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