Case Studies

Colour Imaging Pipeline for Orchard Aerial Surveys

Outfield Technologies is an agri-tech startup based in Cambridge that is developing applications for drone and imagery recognition systems in managing fruit crops.

Norwich Business School is supporting the development of a new online coaching programme

EIRA grant enables vital research into how businesses can get more energised.

Streamlining pre-crisis mental health support for The User Story

EIRA have awarded an innovation voucher to The University of East Anglia and The User Story for a pathfinding project to tackle the problem space people find in searching for mental health services.

Development and Evaluation of Conjugation Processes for a Novel Alkaline Phosphatase for Commercialisation

A conjugated novel alkaline phosphatase with superior activity could lead the way for developing sensitive diagnostic tests

Innovative Practice in Living Archives, Digital Creativity and Music Making

Britten Pears Arts worked with UEA academics to develop a pioneering digital interface for projects, creators and specialists that makes use of the sharing and collaborative culture they are developing at their Creative Campus.

Using artificial intelligence for identifying and classifying online information related to significant events

UEA academics examined the feasibility of introducing AI techniques into the TEAL web application, which will search and classify news and web pages related to significant climate events, giving context for app users.

Innovation Weekender 2021

University partners work collaboratively with local businesses on a three-day programme to improve students’ transferable business skills.

Universities and the Essex Record Office develop a digital strategy to enhance the Marconi Photographic Archive

EIRA are supporting university partners to collaborate with the Essex Record Office. The project, ‘Marconi Memories’, will develop a digital strategy that enhances public engagement with the Marconi Photographic Archive.

The University of Essex is helping to uncover the hidden commercial potential of an important historical archive

EIRA are supporting a collaborative project between the Warner Textile Archive and the University of Essex, enabling the exploration of key objects within the collection. 

Collaborative project creates e-learning platform for Suffolk Mind

EIRA have awarded grant funding to two universities and Suffolk Mind for a digital project that will create a new e-learning platform to help improve people’s wellbeing.

Printed polypill eases swallowing difficulties and paves the way for personalised medicine in the future

Developing innovative 3D printing solutions for the improved treatment of oral medicines and dysphagia

Market research for online recruitment platform

VidCareer, an online recruitment platform, wanted to help candidates and small business owners network via virtual career events to promote the benefits of working for SMEs and reduce the cost of recruitment for them.