We are four universities supporting Greater Manchester SMEs to innovate and grow by connecting
them with cutting-edge AI research and knowledge.
This project has been part-funded by the European Union Regional Development Fund.With Manchester Metropolitan University leading the way, four universities from the North West: The Manchester Metropolitan University, Lancaster University, The University of Manchester and University of Salford have teamed up to ensure 150 forward-thinking businesses are at the forefront of the evolution of Artificial Intelligence in Greater Manchester.
By sharing the knowledge and research from all four universities we aim to help accelerate your business through exploring the potential of adopting AI!
Our vision is fourfold:
This is a fully funded opportunity, with £3m funding from the European Regional Development Fund via the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Goverment, with partners delivering a further £3m in matched funding. The project is providing innovation consultancy and advisory aid in line with the De Minimis Exemption and Innovation R&D aid in line with the General Block Exemption Regulation.
With space for only 150 Greater Manchester businesses to participate on the programme make sure you get in touch today to secure your spot!
Greater Manchester AI Foundry will be a major contributor to both regional and national priorities, supporting the promotion and adoption of AI and helping Greater Manchester to build back better.”
PROFESSOR ANDY GIBSON, PRO-VICE CHANCELLOR OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Our university partnership first came together with the launch of the Greater Manchester Cyber Foundry. The proven success of the Greater Manchester Cyber foundry has lead to the four North West universities coming together again, this time, to help SMEs to grow and innovate through the adoption of Artificial Intelligence.
Explore our partnership journey as SMEs share with you their Greater Manchester Cyber Foundry experiences:
All the partners have core AI knowledge:
You will embark on phase one with any one of our partner universities, completing a series of knowledge and commercialisation workshops with them.
In addition to the core AI knowledge, each partner will also bring their own AI specialisms to the Greater Manchester AI Foundry. For those businesses that they are in scope to receive technical support in phase two, your AI vision will be review and realigned to the university with the most relevant specialisms.
Manchester Metropolitan University specialises in Big Data-Driven AI and Image Processing and Computer Vision.
The University of Salford specialises in Cost Sensitive Data Mining and Immersive Data Visualization.
The University of Manchester specialises in in Text Mining and Natural Language Processing and Robotics and AI.
The Lancaster University specialises in Smart, Digital Materials for Product Funtionalisation using Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing.