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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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SBRI: Increasing access to and capacity in Occupational Health: Phase 1
Opens: 30/01/2023
Closes: 15/03/2023
Apply for a share of £1m (inc. VAT) to develop innovative solutions that increase access to Occupational Health Services for SMEs and the self-employed.
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Water Discovery Challenge 2023
Opens: 25/01/2023
Closes: 05/04/2023
A £4 million competition for bold and ingenious innovation that can help solve the biggest challenges facing the water sector today and in the future.
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UK - Singapore Collaborative R&D Round 2
Opens: 06/02/2023
Closes: 13/05/2023
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore.
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UK Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange
Opens: 03/01/2023
Closes: 03/02/2023
The UK Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange programme represents a consortium of organisations across the UK and Canada, working together to improve the health and well-being of older people in the UK and Canada by supporting innovation in healthy ageing.
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UK – Germany Bilateral: Collaborative R&D
Opens: 07/02/2023
Closes: 07/06/2023
UK registered organisations, collaborating with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme, can apply for a share of up to £4 million for collaborative research projects resulting in innovative solutions.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Accessible Boarding Ramps For Trains
Opens: 23/01/2023
Closes: 27/02/2023
The Innovation Exchange is working alongside South Western Railway (SWR), who are looking to engage innovators and innovative companies to design accessible boarding ramps for the platform-train interface on narrow-width platforms. It is essential that any solution is simple and safe for staff to use.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Advancing Vehicle Operations in Ports with 5G
Opens: 17/01/2023
Closes: 20/02/2023
The Port of Tyne is looking to engage with innovators and innovative companies to help solve their challenge of accurately tracking the movement of assets using 5G.
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Innovate UK Smart grants: January 2023
Opens: 19/01/2023
Closes: 14/06/2023
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy. The dates for this round of Smart have been extended to maximise funding opportunities for applicants.
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GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards Round 5: African Aquaculture Genetics
Opens: 25/01/2023
Closes: 07/03/2023
Successful UK-registered organisations will receive a grant of up to £30,000 to support new UK- Africa collaborations on aquaculture genetics. Application deadline: 7th March 2023 at 11am GMT.
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SHAPES - support smart and healthy ‘Agile Ageing’ in the built environment
Opens: 01/01/2023
Closes: 17/03/2023
Organizations are invited to apply for a share of €500,000, to facilitate the creation of novel applications that support smart and healthy ‘Agile Ageing’ in the built environment. Individual grants of €50,000–€100,000 are available for scale-up of existing products or services, or development of new solutions.
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Transport Pathfinder 2023
Opens: 01/01/2023
Closes: 27/02/2023
Do you have an inspirational, life-enhancing idea, prototype, or plan to reimagine how transport options in the UK can better support a rapidly ageing population to stay connected, active, and independent for longer?
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Made Smarter Innovation: Industry ready Robotics and Automation
Opens: 18/01/2023
Closes: 05/04/2023
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £6 million for late-stage robotics and automation innovation projects. This is to develop industrially ready solutions deployable within manufacturing processes in factories.
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Farming Innovation Programme: Research Starter Round 3, expression of interest
Opens: 30/01/2023
Closes: 08/03/2023
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £850,000 for feasibility projects to improve productivity, sustainability, resilience and move the agricultural sector to net zero.
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APC23: Industrialising net-zero automotive technology
Opens: 16/01/2023
Closes: 15/03/2023
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million for late-stage R&D projects that help accelerate the UK towards a net zero automotive future.
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Unloc Young Entrepreneurs Challenge 2023
Opens: 20/10/2022
Closes: 20/01/2023
If you’re 16-25 and have a fresh and innovative technology led idea for a business, or have started one already – then Verizon and Unloc want to hear from you!
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Advancing precision medicine
Opens: 16/01/2023
Closes: 08/03/2023
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20m over two rounds, to develop digital and data-enabled tools and multi-modal approaches. Your proposal must address an unmet clinical need or respond to NHS demand signalling.
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Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition: Round 8
Opens: 13/01/2023
Closes: 08/03/2023
UK registered businesses can apply for loans of £100k-£2m for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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Freight Innovation Fund Accelerator
Opens: 09/01/2023
Closes: 05/02/2023
Up to 12 SMEs will be selected to join a 6-month programme with up to £150,000 of funding to trial their freight solutions.
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Defence Innovation Loans 2023
Opens: 01/01/2023
Closes: 18/04/2023
Loans of up to £2m to help convert your mature defence innovation into a strong business proposition for defence procurement, with a below market interest rate of 7.4% per annum
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Net Zero Living: Fast Followers
Opens: 18/01/2023
Closes: 01/03/2023
Local authorities can apply for a share of up to £6 million to build skills and capabilities to accelerate local progress towards net zero.
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ATI Programme strategic batch: expression of interest January 2023
Opens: 09/01/2023
Closes: 25/01/2023
The ATI Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive.