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  • Digital Twin Energy Grids

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.2 million for collaborative projects that enable digital twins, data interoperability and cyber resilience in the UK energy networks. This funding is from Innovate UK.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.
    To lead a project your organisation must:

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    22 April 2024
    Closes:
    24 May 2024

  • SBRI: Dementia Mission Bio-Hermes 2 - phase 3

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4 million, inclusive of VAT, to enable selected blood-based and digital biomarkers to be evaluated as part of the Bio-Hermes 2 study led by the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP).

    Eligibility

    To lead a project, you can:

    • be an organisation of any size
    • work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors

    Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.

    Closing soon

    Opened:
    15 April 2024
    Closes:
    22 April 2024

  • Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2024 to 2025 Round 2

    UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profits.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult
    • collaborate with a UK registered business of any size, eligible public sector organisation, charity or charitable business with two or more full time employees

    The business must contribute to the project’s costs.

    Open now

    Opened:
    15 April 2024
    Closes:
    26 June 2024

  • International Green Corridors Fund: UK – IE Feasibility Studies

    UK registered organisations and Irish organisations can apply for a share of up to a combined total of £860,000 (EUR 1 million) for joint R&D projects focused on UK and IE Green Shipping Corridor routes.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to Ireland and UK collaborations only.

    The project consortium must include:

    • a UK registered port or harbour
    • an eligible Irish registered port or harbour
    • a UK or Irish registered business that is a vessel owner or operator with a vessel operating on a route between Ireland and the UK

    Open now

    Opened:
    15 April 2024
    Closes:
    30 May 2024

  • Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: Investor Selection April 2024

    Investors can apply to partner with Innovate UK to invest in innovative SMEs aligned with grant funding.

    Eligibility

    To be considered as an investor partner you must:
    • be an investor
    • demonstrate that you are credible, have capacity for investment and have the capability to be an Innovate UK investor partner
    • confirm an interest in investing in businesses innovating in one or more of the future economy areas described in the Innovate UK plan for action
    • demonstrate your good financial standing

    Open now

    Opened:
    15 April 2024
    Closes:
    15 May 2024

  • Automotive Transformation Fund Feasibility Studies: Round 5

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million. This is for business case feasibility studies to support scale up of the UK’s zero emission automotive supply chain.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.

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

    You may still apply to lead a project if you are a non-UK registered business at the time of application, but you must set up a UK registered business before you can receive an award.

    Open now

    Opened:
    10 April 2024
    Closes:
    17 May 2024

  • UK-Taiwan CRD 2024

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Taiwan. You must collaborate with at least one Taiwan business applying under the equivalent DoIT programme.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size
    • partner with a Taiwan registered business, which must be a separate non-linked entity to the UK project partners

    Open now

    Opened:
    8 April 2024
    Closes:
    17 July 2024

  • Resource-efficient or bio-based materials and manufacturing, FS 2

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for innovative feasibility studies in advanced low carbon manufacturing. This funding is from Innovate UK and BBSRC.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.
    To lead a project, your organisation must be a UK registered:
    You must be or involve at least one grant claiming micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).

    Open now

    Opened:
    2 April 2024
    Closes:
    29 May 2024

  • Feasibility studies for AI solutions: Series 2

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million in grant funding to deliver feasibility studies. These studies will be to develop innovative solutions using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address business challenges and opportunities.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.

    To be eligible, a consortium can only consist of two organisations who must apply for funding when entering their costs into the application.

    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).

    The project lead must collaborate with one other organisation: either a UK registered SME or UK registered academic institution.

    Open now

    Opened:
    27 March 2024
    Closes:
    8 May 2024

  • APC: ARMD3 - Advanced route to market demonstrator 3

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £15 million for late stage R&D projects that help accelerate the UK towards a zero emission automotive future.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.
    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.

    Open now

    Opened:
    25 March 2024
    Closes:
    1 May 2024

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