One national winner of the programme will receive £150,000, while five regional winners will each receive £40,000 of equity-free funding, as well as support from leading academics, investors and policy makers to help scale-up their enterprises.

The programme is open to applications until Friday 28 October 2016.

Since its launch in 2005, the Shell Springboard programme has awarded more than £3.5 million to 92 different enterprises operating in the low carbon economy.

Read more about the Shell Springboard programme online.

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Coming up with new ideas and making the most of them is a major step along the road to growth, but if you cannot capitalise on a great idea, it becomes merely a chance that got away.

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