Funding opportunity

Canada-UK critical minerals: sustainability and circularity

• Opportunity status: Closed
• Funders: Innovate UK
• Co-funders: National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)
• Funding type: Grant
• Total fund: £5,400,000
• Publication date: 24 October 2023
• Opening date: 20 November 2023 9:30am UK time
• Closing date: 3 April 2024 5:00pm UK time

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.

UK registered organisations and Canadian micro, small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £5.4 million for joint research and development projects focused on driving circularity in critical minerals.

Eligibility summary

This competition is open to Canada and UK collaborations only.

The project consortium must include:

• at least one grant claiming UK registered SME
• a Canadian SME, which must be a separate non-linked entity to the UK project partners