Collaborative R&D & Funding Support

Accelerate your innovation with RSSL’s collaborative R&D expertise

 

Securing R&D funding is critical to growth — and a strong application needs the right consortium partner. RSSL brings credible, experienced scientific expertise to collaborative R&D projects, helping you strengthen funding applications and accelerate innovation from concept to commercialisation.

 

Whether you're pursuing industry grants, philanthropic funding, or consortium initiatives, we provide full end-to-end technical and market relevant delivery to maximise your project's success.

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Why choose RSSL as your partner?

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Proven track record

in collaborative R&D project delivery

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Specialist equipment

and state-of-the-art facilities

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End-to-end scientific expertise

from feasibility to commercialisation

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Highest standards

with full confidentiality on every project

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Full bid support

from opportunity identification and application writing through to project delivery

Choose how we work with you

 

We adapt our role to suit your project and competition rules. Choose the level of involvement that fits your needs:

Partner

Join your consortium as a contributing scientific partner

Lead

Take the lead on technical delivery within the project

Subcontractor

Provide specialist support within a defined scope

Consortia lead

managing relevant partners to achieve a shared vision

We also support opportunity identification, bid development, and application writing — so you can engage us from the earliest stages of your funding journey.

 

 

 

End-to-end scientific delivery

 

Our scientists deliver commercially relevant expertise across the full product lifecycle — from research and proof of concept through to pilot scale and full commercialisation (Technology Readiness Levels 4–9).


This means your funded project benefits from a single partner who can support every technical milestone, reducing risk and ensuring continuity.

 

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Delivering projects across different sectors

 

Last year, RSSL’s Collaborative R&D and R&D grant funding support empowered organisations across food and life sciences to deliver new projects, advance ideas and investigate new possibilities. From the creation of the UK’s first digital community for Novel Food innovators to the method development and validation of new Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, we successfully aligned our approach to achieve positive outcomes. 

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    Agri-food tech

    • Functional food prototyping and clinical trial sample preparation
    • Developing & validating analytical methods for natural nutrient detection
    • Evaluating novel ingredients across food matrices for commercial opportunity
    • Assessing novel packaging materials for end-product suitability
    • Convening & leading industry networks
    • Compiling industry resources for sector specific sustainability challenges
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    LifeSciences

    • Confirming stability of novel formulations for target markets
    • Evaluating packaging materials against pharmaceutical standards
    • Analytical method development and validation for new APIs
    • Confirming novel excipient sources meet Pharmacopeia requirements
    • Biopharmaceutical characterisation, including peptide mapping and
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    Cross-Sector

    • Validating novel rapid analytical technologies against traditional methods
    • Evaluating waste materials for market potential
    • Proof of concept evaluation of novel technologies
    • Project based training, consultancy and innovation support

Our scientific expertise

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Food

Product development, safety testing & regulatory support

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Life Sciences

Material testing & characterisation, method services & pharmaceutical training

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Cross-Sector

Troubleshooting, investigations & risk assessments

 

Strengthen your next funding application

 

Ready to explore how RSSL can enhance your consortium bid? Get in touch to discuss your needs and how our scientific expertise can support your latest project.

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