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  • Energy Catalyst Round 10: Mid Stage

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million in total across the 3 stages, to create new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.

    To be eligible for funding you can be from any country and must be either a:

    • business of any size
    • research organisation
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • charity
    • non-governmental organisation (NGO)

    You must involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    27 February 2023
    Closes:
    28 June 2023

  • Energy Catalyst Round 10: Late Stage

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million in total across the 3 stages, to create new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only

    To be eligible for funding you can be from any country and must be either a:

    • business of any size
    • research organisation
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • charity
    • non-governmental organisation (NGO)

    You must involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    27 February 2023
    Closes:
    28 June 2023

  • Energy Catalyst Round 10: Early Stage

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million in total across the 3 stages, to create new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants or collaborations.

    To be eligible for funding you can be from any country and must be either a:

    • business of any size
    • research organisation
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • charity
    • non-governmental organisation (NGO)

    You must involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    27 February 2023
    Closes:
    28 June 2023

  • Hydrogen storage and distribution supply chain Collaborative R&D

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.35 million for CR&D projects related to hydrogen storage and distribution supply chain. This funding is from Innovate UK.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.

    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.

    You must be or involve at least one grant claiming micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    13 February 2023
    Closes:
    26 April 2023

  • UK – Germany Bilateral: Collaborative R&D

    UK registered organisations, collaborating with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme, can apply for a share of up to £4 million for collaborative research projects resulting in innovative solutions.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to UK and German collaborations only.

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size
    • be or involve at least one grant claiming UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
    • collaborate with a German registered business, which must be a separate non-linked entity to the UK project partners

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    7 February 2023
    Closes:
    7 June 2023

  • Safety Tech Challenge: link sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £700,000 for projects that help protect children by identifying and disrupting the sharing of links to child sexual abuse material online. This funding is from the UKST challenge fund.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants only.

    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size, academic institution, charity, not-for-profit, public sector organisation or research and technology organisation (RTO)

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    7 February 2023
    Closes:
    15 March 2023

  • UK - Singapore Collaborative R&D Round 2

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project your organisation must:
    • be a UK registered business of any size
    • be or involve at least one grant claiming UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
    • partner with a Singapore registered business, which must be a separate non-linked entity to the UK project partners

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    6 February 2023
    Closes:
    3 May 2023

  • ATI Programme strategic batch: expression of interest February 2023

    The ATI Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations. To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size to lead a research project
    • be a UK registered business of any size, an academic institution, research organisation or a research and technology organisation (RTO) to lead a capital infrastructure project
    • plan to carry out an aerospace research or technology development project in the UK
    • address the requirements of the UK Aerospace Technology Strategy
    • sign up to the Aerospace Technology Institute framework agreement

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    6 February 2023
    Closes:
    22 February 2023

  • SBRI: Overdose detection, response and intervention demonstration

    Organisations can apply for a share of £5 million inclusive of VAT. This is to deliver innovations addressing key drug related overdose priorities across two competitions.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project, you can:

    • be an organisation of any size
    • work in conjunction with a test bed research partner
    • work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors

    Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.

    Open now

    Opened:
    31 January 2023
    Closes:
    21 April 2023

  • SBRI: Overdose detection, response and intervention - feasibility

    Organisations can apply for a share of £5 million inclusive of VAT. This is to deliver innovations addressing key drug related overdose priorities across two competitions.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project, you can:

    • be any type of organisation of any size
    • work alone or with subcontractors

    Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.

    Open now

    Opened:
    31 January 2023
    Closes:
    21 April 2023

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