This week Creative Edinburgh announced the first round of Creative Informatics Connected Innovators. Nine projects from emerging leaders across the creative industries will receive up to £10,000 funding to explore new approaches to their work and advance their careers using data and data-driven technologies!

Our Round 1 Connected Innovators are Alex Durussel-Baker, Applied Arts Scotland, Brian Baglow, Caro Overy, Chris Dooks, Chris Harrison, Michael Begg, Sarah Calmus, and Sian Bevan. Here’s what they had to say about their projects…

If you would like more information about any of our Round 1 Connected Innovators, or are interested in applying to be a Connected Innovator in the future, contact the Creative Informatics team at creativeinformatics@ed.ac.uk.