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Latest Funding Opportunities
Competition closes: ongoing
The Global Incubator Programme is open to small or medium enterprises across the UK. It enables businesses to build up the necessary partnerships, collaborations, and networks to scale globally.
SMEs are invited to apply to join cohorts relevant to their industry to develop a global innovation ecosystem.
Current opportunities:
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Singapore: Agri-Food Innovation (competition closes: 12 June 2024)
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New York: Clean Growth Technologies (competition closes: 7 June 2024)
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Canada: Advanced Manufacturing (competition closes: 28 June 2024)
Competition closes: 29 May 2024
Apply for funding to develop novel tools and technologies that can be used within the community for patient-specific prediction, early and accurate diagnosis of physical and mental health conditions.
Projects should contribute to tackling heath inequalities and embed equitable, diverse, and inclusive patient and public involvement.
Competition closes: 1 August 2018
Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £16 million in 4 large scale creative industries demonstrator projects through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). This is part of the Audience of the Future (AotF) programme. This competition aims to explore future global, mass market, commercial opportunities in the creative industries. Primarily this will be through pre-commercial collaboration at scale. You must demonstrate you can significantly improve on the current state of the art in your field. Proposals must include access to globally recognised intellectual property (IP) and reach an audience of 100,000 people. They must detail how the project will generate consumer insight at scale. Projects must be business-led and carried out in collaboration with organisations from relevant sectors. Information sourced from Innovate UK and available from www.gov.uk
Competition closes: 19 June 2024
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.1 million for business focused innovation in advanced and high value dairy production and manufacturing.
Projects can focus on:
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Novel and high value products from dairy systems
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Decarbonising dairy production and manufacturing
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Waste minimisation and resource recirculation
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Reduced environmental impact an increased sustainability
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Sensor development and digitisation
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Value addition in the dairy supply chain
Competition closes: 26 Jun 2024
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovative smart shipping technologies for maritime decarbonisation. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).
Projects will carry out innovative feasibility studies for technology demonstrations of scalable smart shipping technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality. Projects should plan for the real world demonstration or deployment developed in the projects to be operational by the end of 2027.
Competition closes: 17 July 2024
The aim of this competition is to fund collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. Proposals must include at least one partner from the UK and one partner from Taiwan.
They are particularly looking for applications from the following sectors:
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Smart technology
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Green energy technologies
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Smart manufacturing
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Biotechnology
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Service innovation
Competition closes: 12 June 2024
UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £500,000 to develop adoptable and investable innovations within communication networks. This funding is from the Telecoms Technology Missions Fund programme.
Innovations must lead to new products, processes or services that are significantly ahead of others currently available or propose an innovative use of existing products, processes or services.
Competition closes: 3 June 2024
UK registered organisations, collaborating with at least one German SME, can apply for a share of up to £4 million for collaborative projects resulting in innovative solutions in emerging technologies. The fund is open to a variety of projects across a range of sectors and technology areas. Applications from the following areas are particuarly encouraged:
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Quantum
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Artificial Intelligence
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Semiconductor Applications
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Engineering Biology
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Future Telecommunications
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Green Technologies (including hydrogen and battery technologies)
Competition closes: September 2024
The aim of this grant intervention is to strengthen R&D and innovation in the local entrepreneurial ecosystems and support businesses at early stages of development of innovative product, process and/or service within the business operation and/or sector, marketplace, etc.
Grants of between £1,000 and £50,000 are available to support local businesses and Inward investors to undertake product, process and /or development grow, prosper and be sustainable.
Competition closes: 2025
Welsh Government has launched a £10m Circular Economy Fund to support projects that will grow the economy and address the climate emergency. Funding is available for businesses, research organisations, third sector organisations, and health boards in Wales. Aligned with the Welsh Government’s Net Zero Wales and Circular Economy strategy, Beyond Recycling, the Circular Economy Fund will support organisations moving towards a net zero carbon economy. The funding will support investment in manufacturing processes to increase the use of recycled and re-used content in products or components, or to extend the lifetime of products and materials. The level of support provided for individual projects will depend on the organisation applying and the type of project proposed. As an example, businesses may be awarded up to £200,000 per year for two years, with a 50% intervention rate.