What is on offer?

Media Sandbox is a development scheme which offers a ‘safe space’ for collaboration between creative talent, technology companies and content commissioners. It is an entirely unique opportunity for creatives from the South West of England to collaboratively create radical new products and processes – pushing forward understanding and potential usage of  interactive digital media.

Participation in Media Sandbox offers:

Research support:
- £9,000 commission
- Opportunity to focus intensively on development of new idea
- Early access to emerging technologies

Development support:
- Peer community of potential collaborators for current and future projects
- Structured ‘innovation lab’ process featuring research blogs and regular catch up, showcase and feedback events
- A panel of leading industry advisers who will take a mentoring role in the development of ideas and potential routes to market

Timeline
Proposal forms available to download | 1 December 2008
Open to submissions: 15 December 2008
Closed to submissions: 9 January 2009
Interviews with shortlisted teams: w/c 19 January 2009
2009 Media Sandbox participants announced: 26 January 2009

Participants will develop their projects between February and May 2009.