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The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is the driving force behind sustainable economic growth and regeneration in the East of England. Our task is to improve the region's economic performance and ensure the East of England remains one of the UK's top performing regions.
Click here to read our introduction to EEDA (opens in a new window).
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Become an EEDA board member
We are looking for three exceptional people to join the EEDA board. Are you one of them?
Who we're looking for
Three new board members who are passionate about the region, passionate about improving its economy and passionate about making it a better place to live, work, visit and invest in.
We need two people who have extensive local authority experience and one person with strong background in business.
Applications
EEDA encourages applications from a wide range of people. You must be open-minded, able to take a broad view across the full range of issues affecting the region and be a strategic thinker.
Download the flyer for more information. Application packs will be available on line from 1 June 2008 at http://www.rdaappointments.co.uk/ or alternatively please call 01256 383624.
EEDA is again administering the competition for Industrial Co-operative Awards in Science and Engineering (ICASE) Studentships for the East of England region on behalf of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
In the last few years these studentships have been allocated to regional small and medium sized companies (industrial or commercial) based within the East of England region. These are to enable a company to take the lead in defining projects for students and selecting the academic partner of their choice. Companies interested in sponsoring a student will need to contact the relevant academic department. Direct links to universities and their websites can be found at www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/uk.map.html or through the EEDA regional academia - industry portal, i10 at http://www.i10.org.uk/.
Benefits to business include:
For full details, read the information sheet (.doc, 217 kb) and to apply, use the application form (.doc, 297 kb).
A conference to set the national agenda for migrant workers is to be hosted at Newmarket in June
One week remains for East of England entrepreneurs to access up to £1.5m of funding
The 'Proof of Concept fund' is designed to help entrepreneurs carry out market assesment
EEDA awards funding to Cranfield University and University of Cambridge to establish presence at Colworth Science Park
£1.85m for Cranfield University and Cambridge University
£1 billion regional fund for transport and infrastructure projects
EEDA is to explore £1 billion regional fund for transport and infrastructure projects
TV production centre set for state-of-the-art technology
EEDA grant EPIC £1.5million to convert studios to HD