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  • May expression of interest: UK Aerospace Research and Technology

    The UK Aerospace Research and Technology Programme provides grant funding to industrial research and capital projects to encourage innovation in UK civil aerospace.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project or work alone you must:

    This is an expression of interest competition. You must have a successful application in this competition before you can be invited to apply to the full stage competition.

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    3 May 2019
    Closes:
    22 May 2019

  • SME support to evaluate innovative medical technologies: Round 4

    SMEs can apply for a share of £1.5 million to support the evaluation of innovative medical devices, diagnostics and regulated digital health products.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project you must:

    • be a micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME) based in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
    • have a medical or diagnostic device, or regulated digital health product with a CE marking, that has been marketed for less than 5 years
    • work alone or collaborate with others as unfunded partners or sub-contractors

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    23 April 2019
    Closes:
    3 July 2019

  • April expression of interest: UK Aerospace Research and Technology

    The UK Aerospace Research and Technology Programme provides grant funding to industrial research and capital projects to encourage innovation in UK civil aerospace.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project or work alone you must:

    This is an expression of interest competition. You must have a successful application in this competition before you can apply to the full stage competition.

    Closing soon

    Opened:
    8 April 2019
    Closes:
    24 April 2019

  • CELTIC - NEXT spring 2019: innovative 5G infrastructure and applications

    UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for 5G collaborative R&D projects in the EUREKA CELTIC programme.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project you must:

    • be a UK based business, of any size
    • be, or involve, at least one UK micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
    • collaborate with at least one other UK organisation
    • collaborate with at least one other organisation from a EUREKA country
    • have submitted a CELTIC proposal before applying to this competition

    Open now

    Opened:
    2 April 2019
    Closes:
    29 May 2019

  • Agri-tech Catalyst round 8: agriculture and food systems innovation

    UK businesses and research organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million from DFID and Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for projects with partners in eligible African countries.

    Eligibility

    Your project must be collaborative and include all of the following:

    • a business
    • at least one partner from the UK
    • one partner from an eligible African country

    The technical project work can be led by a partner from the UK, an eligible African country or another country.

    The administrative work must be led by a partner from the UK.

    Open now

    Opened:
    1 April 2019
    Closes:
    5 June 2019

  • Improving housing management to enhance health outcomes: SBRI competition

    Organisations can apply for a share of £1.25 million, including VAT, to develop a solution to improve the management of housing stock, which leads to improved health outcomes.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project, you can:

    • be an organisation, of any size
    • work alone or with others as subcontractors (businesses, research base or third sector)

    Open now

    Opened:
    1 April 2019
    Closes:
    15 May 2019

  • EUREKA collaborative R&D: photonics for advanced manufacturing

    UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop photonic technologies in partnership with organisations from EUREKA countries.

    Eligibility

    To be eligible for funding from Innovate UK your collaboration:

    Open now

    Opened:
    25 March 2019
    Closes:
    25 July 2019

  • UK and South Korea: joint research and development

    The UK and South Korea announce a joint funding competition for R&D projects under the EUREKA programme. UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million.

    Eligibility

    To lead an application you must:

    • be a UK based business, of any size
    • collaborate with the South Korean lead, who must be a business of any size
    • collaborate with at least one UK-based micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME)

    Open now

    Opened:
    18 March 2019
    Closes:
    12 June 2019

  • Electronics, sensors and photonics for robotics in extreme environments

    UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop reliable extreme environment grade electronics, sensors and photonics for robotics and AI systems. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project you must:

    • be a UK-based small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) for feasibility studies
    • be a UK-based business, of any size, for collaborative research and development (R&D)

    The lead applicant and collaborators must carry out all project work in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK.

    Open now

    Opened:
    11 March 2019
    Closes:
    8 May 2019

  • SBRI rail first of a kind round 3: resilience, freight, noise and environment

    Businesses can apply for a share of £5.5 million, including VAT, to develop demonstrators to enhance resilience, freight operations and the environment.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project, you can be an organisation of any size and must:

    • carry out your project in the UK
    • involve an owner of railway assets (such as stations, rolling stock or infrastructure), an experienced railway organisation and a railway organisation that has the potential to become a customer (this can be the same organisation or 3 separate organisations)
    • include a potential integration partner as a subcontractor

    Partners can only be involved on a subcontract basis.

    Closing soon

    Opened:
    25 February 2019
    Closes:
    24 April 2019

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