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  • Professional & Financial Services Data Access Innovation Lab: ESG

    Individuals employed by a UK registered business or organisation can apply to be part of a 3 day innovation lab. During this they will develop consortia and innovation projects. After the lab, consortia will have the chance to apply for project funding.

    Eligibility

    To apply for the collaborative residential innovation lab you must:

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

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    26 June 2023
    Closes:
    30 August 2023

  • UK-South Korea Digital Health CRD

    £3 million is available for UK registered SMEs and eligible partners from Innovate UK and Medical Research Council for business led R&D projects, delivering industrial innovation through academic collaboration in Digital Health, for the UK and South Korea

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations of UK organisations only.
    To lead a project you must:
    • be a grant claiming UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
    • collaborate with a UK registered academic institution or research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • collaborate with at least two eligible South Korean registered organisations, which must be separate non-linked entities to the UK project partners

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    19 June 2023
    Closes:
    2 August 2023

  • UK-Israel Eureka Bilateral Collaborative R&D: Round 2

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop collaborative research and development projects focussed on industrial research and development with Israel. This funding is from Innovate UK.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.

    To be eligible for grant funding from Innovate UK your collaboration:

    • must include at least one UK registered business of any size
    • must include at least one eligible partner from Israel participating in the competition
    • can include other UK registered organisations

    Open now

    Opened:
    5 June 2023
    Closes:
    13 September 2023

  • Innovative technologies: Nucleic acid medicines manufacture Rd 2

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million for manufacturing innovation for nucleic acid medicines. 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
    • research organisation
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • charity
    • not for profit
    • public sector organisation

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

    Open now

    Opened:
    5 June 2023
    Closes:
    19 July 2023

  • Industrial Decarbonisation: Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop strategic plans for place-based industrial decarbonisation.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.
    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered:
    • business of any size
    • charity
    • not for profit
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • public sector organisation

    Open now

    Opened:
    5 June 2023
    Closes:
    2 August 2023

  • ATI Programme strategic batch: expression of interest June 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

    Closing soon

    Opened:
    5 June 2023
    Closes:
    21 June 2023

  • Ofgem Round 3: Call for Ideas

    This Call for Ideas is delivered in partnership with Ofgem. Future funding may be available from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund. The fund aims to deliver net zero at lowest cost to consumers and support innovative businesses to grow and scale.

    Eligibility

    This opportunity is open to sole innovators or organisations of any type or size.

    Open now

    Opened:
    1 June 2023
    Closes:
    11 August 2023

  • SBRI: Vaccine development for potential epidemic diseases stage 1

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million inclusive of VAT to develop vaccine candidates, technologies and platforms, up to and including phase 1 clinical trials.

    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.

    Open now

    Opened:
    31 May 2023
    Closes:
    12 July 2023

  • India – UK Collaborative R&D for industrial sustainability

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop innovative proposals with India. 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
    • be or involve at least one grant claiming UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
    • collaborate with an Indian registered business, which must be a separate legal entity, not linked to the UK partners

    Open now

    Opened:
    31 May 2023
    Closes:
    6 September 2023

  • Design Foundations Round 2: Responsive

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4 million for people-centred and system-aware design projects across a range of themes and innovation areas to influence their future R&D activity.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.

    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered:

    • business of any size
    • public sector organisation
    • charity
    • not-for-profit organisation

    Open now

    Opened:
    31 May 2023
    Closes:
    26 July 2023

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