Born from a successful bid into the ADEPT Smart Places Live-Lab programme and funded by the Department for Transport, SIMULATE combines research and feasibility with collaborative incubation and trialling of SMEs to deliver a radical new vision for air quality and Mobility in Staffordshire.

The programme is based on challenges in two areas: urban air quality and mobility.

The benefits of participating in the programme can be found here. 

What's the Process?

1. Head to the challenge section of the site and have a read of the challenge documents, that can be found here.

2. Pick the challenges that your solution can address. 

3. Download the application form that can be found on the same page. 

4. Fill out the application form and send it into info@simulate-adeptlivelabs.co.uk. 

5. The SME's with the strongest performing applications will be invited onto the programme. The first stage will be a bespoke acceleration cycle to further develop the solution. 

6. SME's will then be invited to trial the solutions in the live test beds in Staffordshire. SME's on the programme will be able to secure up to £100,000 once on the programme to deliver the live trial. The trials will be closely monitored by Staffordshire CC, Amey, ADEPT, the Department of Transport and other local authorities. 

7. After trials have taken place, successful solutions trialled in further locations and receive support to scale the solution.