Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficiency Impacts Competition Online Clinic
Innovate UK Business Connect, Innovate UK and Dept for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) are hosting a clinic to help businesses planning on bidding for the Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficiency Impacts Competition by enabling them to speak directly to IUK and DESNZ and ask questions around potential bids, scope of the competitions, eligibility criteria, how to apply for funding and information services available during the competition window (competition closes August 27th).
This online clinic is a Q&A session only and DESNZ will not be presenting any information about the competition itself. Please note this is an open clinic, not 1:1, hence any specific queries on eligibility and definitive scope checks should be emailed to support@iuk.ukri.org. You can find all the competition details including the recorded briefing below.
£3m Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficiency Impacts Competition funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) in collaboration with Innovate UK. The aim of this competition is to build on the DESNZ Unlocking Resource Efficiency research by supporting organisations to deliver an impact validation report for a resource efficiency solution, identifying the environmental and commercial impacts of deploying the solution in a real world setting.
This should be informed by a demonstration using data from technologies in the true operating environment. In order to get this data, the funding can cover the cost of doing a demonstration of the technology in the relevant operating setting, which may be carried out as part of the funded project from this call. We recognise that demonstrators have been run in other recent programmes, so funding can also cover deeper analysis (LCA) that includes findings from previous demonstrations, provided this was conducted within the last 5 years.
The innovative resource efficiency solutions should address themes in one of the following strands:
- Resource Efficient Chemicals Impacts
- Resource Efficient Construction Impacts
- Resource Efficient Automotive Impacts
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Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Automotive Impacts
Opens: 14/07/2025 Closes: 27/08/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.
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Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Chemicals Impacts
Opens: 14/07/2025 Closes: 27/08/2025
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Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Construction Impacts
Opens: 14/07/2025 Closes: 27/08/2025
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