The RISE website and members portal will no longer be available after 31 October 2023.

We are not deleting the site but temporarily archiving it until we have more funding to run programmes – hopefully not too long in the future.

If you wish to visit your locker area to retrieve any Innovation Canvas reports or records of activity under RISE, for state aid or other purposes please do so by the end of this month.

Don’t worry, we still have records and everything on file securely, if you do need any information or access to anything on the site such as the knowledge area and business tools please contact rise@brighton.ac.uk

Accessing expertise – We are still here!

We are always available to talk about your R&D needs or just drop us a line to let us know how you are getting on. If you wish to speak to either university please find contact details below:

Knowledge Exchange Team – University of Brighton

Research and Enterprise – University of Sussex

FREE Innovation Clinics will continue to run across the county at the Business and IP Centres in Brighton, Crawley and in East Sussex.

Fully funded places on Help to Grow

For businesses with five or more staff we still might be able to help with a fully funded place on the successful Help to Grow programme – there are a couple of spaces left on the February 2024 cohort – for more information and to enquire about a fully funded place mention #RISE via this link

FREE Grow Digital sessions are running across the county every month – well worth attending

You will still continue to receive business newsletters from the University of Brighton and our Linkedin Page is still live for updates.

We hope to have new funding news soon.

Also a final thank you to all the members who have helped complete the final elements of our project audit.

Best wishes,

Lorraine, Mark, Laurie and all involved in the RISE project.