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  • UK-Canada: enhancing agricultural productivity and sustainability

    UK businesses with Canadian business partners can apply for a share of up to £2 million, from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, for innovative projects that enhance productivity and sustainability of crop, livestock and aquaculture systems.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project your organisation must be a:

    • UK registered business of any size
    • or Canadian registered small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) with 500 or fewer employees

    For the overall project a UK or Canadian organisation can be the lead.

    In the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) application you must list the UK lead as lead organisation and identify the Canadian lead in the application.

    The project consortium must contain at least:

    • one UK registered business of any size
    • and one registered Canadian SME (500 or fewer employees)

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    27 January 2020
    Closes:
    20 May 2020

  • Subsea autonomous systems: next generation technologies

    Individuals can apply to join a 5-day collaborative workshop to develop proposals for autonomous subsea systems that can significantly improve mission duration, sensing and communications.

    Eligibility

    To apply for the collaborative residential workshop (the Innovation Lab) you must:

    • be nominated to act as a representative on behalf of your organisation
    • attend on behalf of a UK registered business, academic organisation, public sector organisation, research and technology organisation (RTO) or charity
    • have the technical competence necessary to collaborate with other participants on solutions to the challenge

    Open now

    Opened:
    14 January 2020
    Closes:
    12 February 2020

  • ISCF smart sustainable plastic packaging: feasibility studies and industrial research

    UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million for early-stage projects in smart and sustainable plastic packaging. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size or a research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
    • collaborate with others

    Open now

    Opened:
    13 January 2020
    Closes:
    1 April 2020

  • SBRI rail demonstrations: first of a kind 2020

    Businesses from the UK, EU or EEA can apply for a share of up to £9.4 million, including VAT, to develop demonstrators for sustainability, customer experience, operations or maintenance.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project, you can:

    • be an organisation of any size
    • be based in the UK, EU, or EEA
    • work alone or with others as subcontractors

    You must:

    • involve a railway asset owner (stations, rolling stock, infrastructure), an experienced railway organisation and a railway organisation that has the potential to become a customer (these can all be the same organisation)
    • include a potential integration partner

    Open now

    Opened:
    13 January 2020
    Closes:
    11 March 2020

  • APC 15: developing the UK’s low carbon automotive capability

    UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £30 million for UK-developed late stage R&D, to support growth in advanced low carbon propulsion capability in the automotive sector.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    Open now

    Opened:
    13 January 2020
    Closes:
    4 March 2020

  • Innovate UK Smart Grants: January 2020

    Opportunity to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver ambitious or disruptive R&D innovations that can make a significant impact on the UK economy.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size or a research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • carry out your research and development (R&D) project activity in the UK
    • intend to commercially exploit the project results from the UK
    • be, or collaborate with, at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)

    Open now

    Opened:
    10 January 2020
    Closes:
    22 April 2020

  • Eureka Eurostars 2: round 13

    UK SMEs can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to collaborate in research with partners across Europe and associated countries.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project in the UK you must:

    Open now

    Opened:
    20 December 2019
    Closes:
    13 February 2020

  • ISCF smart sustainable plastic packaging: demonstrator projects, round 1

    UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £12 million for practical demonstrator projects in smart and sustainable plastic packaging. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    Open now

    Opened:
    9 December 2019
    Closes:
    19 February 2020

  • ISCF smart sustainable plastic packaging: feasibility studies for demonstrators

    UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £700,000 to develop proposals for practical demonstrator projects in smart and sustainable plastic packaging. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:

    • be a UK based business of any size or a research and technology organisation (RTO)

    Open now

    Opened:
    9 December 2019
    Closes:
    19 February 2020

  • Commercialising quantum technology: technology projects round 1, full stage

    UK businesses can express an interest in applying for a share of up to £30 million to collaborate on quantum technology development projects. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

    Eligibility

    To be eligible for funding you must be one of the following:

    • a UK registered business of any size
    • an academic institution
    • a charity
    • a public sector organisation or
    • a research and technology organisation (RTO)

    Closing soon

    Opened:
    9 December 2019
    Closes:
    5 February 2020

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