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SPUR AND SPURPlus Awards

SPUR is a research and development support scheme provided by the Scottish Government aimed a small and medium sized businesses in Scotland.

It aims is to help small and medium-sized businesses improve their competitiveness by developing new products and processes and provides grants on a discretionary basis for development up to pre-production prototype stage of a new product or process as long as it involves a significant technological advance. The grant provides 35% of eligible project costs up to a maximum grant of £150,000.

A limited number of SPURPlus awards are also available for small and medium-sized businesses attempting to develop world-beating products and processes. These are targeted at markets such as telecommunications and biotechnology, which demand particularly expensive leading edge technology. The grant provides 35% of eligible project costs up to a maximum grant of £450,000.

Both schemes are open to established independent businesses in Scotland if they have between 50 and 249 employees and meet set financial criteria.