The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) addresses the big societal challenges being faced by UK businesses today.
It’s made up of 23 challenges, covering the four themes of the government’s industrial strategy:
The fund is backed by £2.6 billion of public money, with £3 billion in matched funding from the private sector.
Find out how we’re working with business and researchers to tackle some of the biggest innovation challenges of our time – creating jobs and building prosperity (PDF, 12MB).
Read more about ISCF activities on Innovate UK’s ISCF blog and on ISCF Medium.
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The ISCF challenge themes
You can find out more about each of the four ISCF themes below.
