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Find out more about Northern Accelerator and how we support research commercialisation from the North East’s world-class universities.
To access Northern Accelerator’s support, please visit the support pages of our website to find out how to apply.
Please note that our support is for academics and spinout businesses from our partner universities, as well as experienced business leaders who are interested in leading a spinout from one of our universities.
To find out more about Northern Accelerator, please get in touch with our project team:
Project Manager: Edwin Milligan
Email: northern.accelerator@durham.ac.uk
You’ll also find us on LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/company/northern-accelerator
The project leads at each of our partner universities are:
Richard Baker
Director of Economic Development, Commercialisation and Policy
Research and Innovation Services,
Durham University
Rick McCordall
Head of Company Creation,
Newcastle University
Chelsea Brain
IP Commercialisation Manager , Research and Innovation Services,
Northumbria University
Nickola Gray
Strategic Projects and Funding Manager, Enterprise & Innovation,
University of Sunderland
Emma Barron
Head of Partnerships & Business Development, Teesside University
James Kitson
Head of Commercialisation, University of York
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