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We are working with our partners to help deliver on the innovation agenda to enable the industry to deliver on the Construction Sector Deal which encompasses the Construction 2025 Strategy, the Transforming Infrastructure Pipeline and the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund which calls for transformation across the sector to eliminate waste, drive down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, speed up delivery and lower costs. As a modern efficient industry we will gain recognition on a World stage and improve the export potential of UK companies.
The innovation programmes we are championing are enabling new technologies and solutions to disrupt the market in key areas such as:
- Digital – Delivering better, more certain outcomes using digital technologies
- Manufacturing – Improving productivity, quality and safety by increasing the use
of manufacturing - Performance – Optimising through-life performance though the development of smart assets, using digital technologies to deliver digital twins. This key area also encompass the development of integrated renewable energy technologies to decarbonise the built environment.
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European Space Agency: Space For Sustainable, Connected and Liveable Cities
Proposals reviewed periodically - apply from 28/3/25, final deadline 30/9/25.
ESA invites proposals for feasibility studies and demonstration projects to leverage space-based services and applications for smart cities.
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Horizon Europe 2025 EU Missions: 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030
Opens: 06/05/2025 Closes: 20/01/2026
Funding available through Horizon Europe to support climate-neutral and smart cities, with up to €15m for the largest projects.
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Horizon Europe 2025: New European Bauhaus Facility
Opens: 06/05/2025 Closes: 12/11/2025
Aiming to revitalise European neighbourhoods with design for sustainability and inclusion, with up to €8m per project from a total budget of €118m.
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Contracts for Innovation: Clean Air, Phase 3
Opens: 19/05/2025 Closes: 25/06/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of £800k to further develop clean air pre-commercial innovations in extended field trials.
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Contracts for Innovation: Net Zero Living Tech Trials, phase 3
Opens: 19/05/2025 Closes: 25/06/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of £800,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop pre-commercial innovations that support Local Authorities in meeting net zero goals. Projects must include field trials to test and improve solutions ahead of commercialisation.
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Global Incubator Programme: India (Hyderabad) - Urban Systems, Cohort 4
Opens: 23/05/2025 Closes: 25/07/2025
Delivered by Innovate UK, in partnership with T-Hub, this Global Incubator Programme (GIP) provides an opportunity for UK-based companies to expand into the Indian market and collaborate with one of the world’s largest innovation hubs.
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Opportunities in Horizon Europe Cluster 5: Climate, Energy, and Mobility
14.00 - 15.30 GMT | Online