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  • UK-China: precision for enhancing agricultural productivity

    UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million to work with Chinese partners to develop new integrated precision farming technology and help achieve net-zero emissions. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

    Eligibility

    Your consortium must include at least:

    • a UK registered business of any size
    • a UK academic institution or research and technology organisation
    • a Chinese business of any size
    • a Chinese academic institution or research organisation

    The UK partners must:

    • carry out their project work in the UK, and in China where reasonable
    • intend to exploit the results from or in the UK

    Open now

    Opened:
    14 October 2019
    Closes:
    22 January 2020

  • Agri-tech catalyst round 9: agriculture and food systems innovation, mid stage

    UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to work on agri-tech and food chain innovations in Africa.

    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:
    14 October 2019
    Closes:
    8 January 2020

  • Agri-tech catalyst round 9: agriculture and food systems innovation, late stage

    UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to work on agri-tech and food chain innovations in Africa.

    Eligibility

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

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

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

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

    Open now

    Opened:
    14 October 2019
    Closes:
    8 January 2020

  • Agri-tech catalyst round 9: agriculture and food systems innovation, early stage

    UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to work on agri-tech and food chain innovations in Africa.

    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:
    14 October 2019
    Closes:
    8 January 2020

  • Application of whole genome sequencing approaches to cancer

    UK businesses and research organisations can apply for a share of up to £5.4 million. This is for projects involving the application of whole genome sequencing to analyse cancers. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project you must:

    • be a UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) for feasibility studies
    • be a UK registered business of any size or a research and technology organisation (RTO) for collaborative research and development (R&D)
    • include an SME if you want to collaborate with others

    Open now

    Opened:
    7 October 2019
    Closes:
    22 January 2020

  • SME support to evaluate innovative medical technologies: round 5

    UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of £1.2 million to support the evaluation of innovative medical devices, diagnostics and regulated digital health products.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project you must:

    • be a UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME)
    • 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 subcontractors

    Open now

    Opened:
    30 September 2019
    Closes:
    11 December 2019

  • ISCF healthy ageing trailblazers: stage 1

    This is stage 1 of a 2-stage competition. A total fund of up to £2 million is on offer for stage 1 to conduct research and develop a business plan for a healthy ageing ‘trailblazer’. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

    Eligibility

    To lead a stage 1 project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size (including social enterprises)
    • or a public sector organisation (including local authorities or Local Enterprise Partnerships)

    Open now

    Opened:
    23 September 2019
    Closes:
    27 November 2019

  • ISCF Future food production systems

    Apply for a share of up to £20 million to transform food production systems, improve productivity and sustainability, and help the industry move towards net zero emissions by 2040. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    Open now

    Opened:
    17 September 2019
    Closes:
    22 January 2020

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