Opportunities Archive
Here you can view details of archived opportunities and funding. These are no longer open for applications and should only be used for reference.
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Farming Innovation Programme - feasibility round 2
Opens 31/08/2022
Closes: 12/10/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of £5.5 million for feasibility projects, from the Industry-led R&D Partnerships Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.
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iX Challenge: Mental Health Management Competence for construction / infrastructure managers and teams
Opens 12/08/2022
Closes: 23/09/2022
The Innovation Exchange is supporting the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership (i3P) to connect with innovators that can provide engaging and practical ways of offering guidance to construction/infrastructure managers and teams (including office-based and on-site management) on preventative measures which reduce the effects of work-related stress. EDF is leading this initiative along with other i3P client and supply chain members.
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Zero emission road freight demonstrations 2022
Opens 15/08/2022
Closes: 12/10/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £140 million to demonstrate battery and/or hydrogen fuel cell trucks.
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The Defence Technology Exploitation Programme
Opens 08/08/2022
Closes: 31/12/2023
The Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (DTEP) aims to inspire companies to win new business, develop industrial capabilities, and provide new cutting-edge answers to defence problems at home and abroad, ensuring the UK expands its competitive, pioneering and world-class defence and security industries.
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iX Challenge: Novel Sensor Payloads for Asset Inspection Drones
Opens 05/08/2022
Closes: 14/10/2022
The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Futureworx to find novel sensors and/or data processing techniques that can be deployed in scenarios offering relatively low Size-Weight-Power-Cooling (SWAPC) budgets. These will initially be aimed at demanding industrial environments, such as the ongoing survey and maintenance of offshore infrastructure.
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Royal Society Industry Fellowships August 2022
Opens 01/08/2022
Closes: 06/10/2022
This long-standing scheme enables the mobility of talented scientists and engineers from industry and academia in order to move between the sectors. These secondments support the researcher’s development, fosters exchange of knowledge, stimulates longer-term collaborations, and establishes personal, scientific and corporate links between sectors.
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2022 CRACK IT Challenges - replacing, reducing and improving animal testing
Opens 08/09/2022
Closes: 03/10/2022
Funding of £1.2M is available through the 2022 CRACK IT Challenges competition to solve two Challenges: “Animal-free tumourigenicity assessment of CAR-T and other genetically modified T cells” and “Development of an in silico model to predict thyroid receptor mediated human endocrine disruption”.
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iX Challenge: Innovative approaches to data-driven asset management solutions
Opens 01/08/2022
Closes: 09/09/2022
EQUANS is searching for innovators who are developing data-driven asset management solutions that can help digitise and decarbonise energy-consuming assets within buildings and industry, accelerating the zero carbon transition. Through the Clean Growth Innovation Fund, EQUANS is looking to make strategic investments in cleantech start-ups and SMEs.
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iX Challenge: Lightweight Energy Storage at Cold Temperatures
Opens 01/08/2022
Closes: 23/09/2022
The focus of this Challenge, working with the NSTIx Operational Technology Co-Creation Centre and the British Antarctic Survey, is to develop a person-portable energy storage system (along with the associated charging/safety electronics) that can be recharged at a temperature as low as –40°C.
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Global Incubator Programme: business acceleration for SMEs in Clean Growth or Agritech
Opens 01/08/2022
Closes: 22/09/2022
An acceleration programme from Innovate UK Edge. New York Clean Growth programme deadline extended to 22nd Sept.
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TechX Clean Energy Accelerator
Opens 01/08/2022
Closes: 09/10/2022
TechX’s Clean Energy Accelerator is an intensive 15-week programme for 12 innovative clean energy start-ups with clear potential to significantly accelerate the transition to an affordable net zero energy industry.
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Women in Innovation Awards 2022/23
Opens 22/08/2022
Closes: 19/10/2022
Women with exciting, innovative ideas who will inspire others can apply for an award which includes a £50,000 grant and bespoke business support.
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Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 2: Industry-led R&D
Opens 15/08/2022
Closes: 12/10/2022
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £25 million to develop innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges.
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Analysis for Innovators (A4I) Round 8
Opens 01/08/2022
Closes: 31/08/2022
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million to resolve productivity and competitiveness issues by working with top scientists and research facilities. Projects can have costs of up to £120k.
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Automotive Transformation Fund Expression of Interest: Round 24
Opens 25/07/2022
Closes: 17/08/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
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SBRI: Home glaucoma monitoring Phase 1
Opens 25/07/2022
Closes: 21/09/2022
The aim of this competition is to develop disruptive innovative solutions that focus on home (or near-patient) glaucoma monitoring, including home tonometry and home assessment of visual function, and optic disc imaging.
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Scottish EDGE round 20
Opens 20/07/2022
Closes: 23/08/2022
Having already invested £20 million into over 500 businesses with entrepreneurial potential, the Scottish EDGE Awards round 20 opens in July 2022. Awards can be up to £100,000 per company.
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Privacy Enhancing Technologies Challenge Prize
Opens 20/07/2022
Closes: 19/09/2022
The aim of this competition is to develop innovative privacy-preserving solutions that address one or both of the specific challenge use cases in financial crime or public health.
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Innovate UK Smart Grants: July 2022
Opens 28/07/2022
Closes: 26/10/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.
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Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Phase 2: Summer 2022
Opens 16/06/2022
Closes: 09/09/2022
Phase 2 of the IETF provides grant funding for feasibility and engineering studies, and for the deployment of industrial energy efficiency and deep decarbonisation projects.
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SBRI: Mental Health Innovation Challenge (NHS Scotland)
Opens 22/06/2022
Closes: 17/08/2022
The aim of this competition is to develop disruptive innovative solutions that deliver sustainable, accessible and equitable mental health services, addressing any of: young people, hard to reach populations, patient centred care pathways, treatment resistant conditions, or prioritisation of backlog.
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