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Digital security by design – business led demonstrators: phase one EoI

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million to collaborate on market demonstrator projects showcasing the use and adoption of digital security by design technologies.

This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Publication date:
8 March 2021
Opening date:
1 March 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Automotive transformation fund: round eight expression of interest

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000,000
Publication date:
5 March 2021
Opening date:
1 March 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Expression of interest: ISCF smart sustainable plastic packaging demonstrators

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £16 million for bold and ambitious demonstrator projects in smart and sustainable plastic packaging.

This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£16,000,000
Publication date:
17 February 2021
Opening date:
10 February 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Commercialising quantum technologies: germinator projects, round 1

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for high risk, high return, quantum technology projects with defined commercial outputs.

This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,000,000
Publication date:
17 February 2021
Opening date:
10 February 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Farming innovation pathways (FIP): industrial research

UK registered businesses and research organisations can apply to carry out industrial research.

Projects will address these farming challenges:

  • productivity
  • sustainability
  • net zero emissions.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,000,000
Publication date:
16 February 2021
Opening date:
1 March 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Farming innovation pathways (FIP): feasibility studies

UK registered businesses and research organisations can apply to carry out feasibility studies.

Projects will address these farming challenges:

  • productivity
  • sustainability
  • net zero emissions.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
16 February 2021
Opening date:
1 March 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Innovate UK Smart Grants January 2021

Opportunity for UK-registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver game-changing and commercially viable research and development innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Publication date:
16 February 2021
Opening date:
21 January 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

SBRI first of a kind rail demonstrations: 2021

Apply for a share of up to £9 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop a demonstrator.

The demonstrator must:

  • increase customers’ confidence
  • enhance customers’ experience
  • deliver a railway that:
    • is easy to use
    • offers low emissions and is greener.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Transport (DfT)
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£9,000,000
Publication date:
10 February 2021
Opening date:
8 February 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

Knowledge transfer partnerships: 2021 to 2022, round one

These organisations can apply:

  • higher or further education institutions
  • research and technology organisations (RTOs)
  • Catapults.

They must be registered in the UK.

Applicants will help fund innovation projects with businesses or not-for-profit organisations.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£6,000,000
Publication date:
8 February 2021
Opening date:
8 February 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

IETF deployment of energy efficiency technologies, spring 2021

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for grants to improve the energy efficiency of industrial processes, reducing energy bills and cutting carbon emissions.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Industrial Energy Technology Fund (IETF), Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£40,000,000
Publication date:
8 February 2021
Opening date:
8 March 2021 09:30 UK time
Closing date:

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