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Automotive Transformation Fund Expression of Interest: Round 14
Opens 23/08/2021
Closes: 15/09/2021
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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Defence Sourcing Portal: Connectivity of Disparate Remote Autonomous Systems
Opens 23/08/2021
Closes: 06/09/2021
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Future Capability Group (FCG) are conducting early market engagement that will improve their understanding of the industrial base capabilities to integrate remote autonomous systems.
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SBRI: Digital transformation of Hanoi Metro Line 5, Vietnam
Opens 13/09/2021
Closes: 13/10/2021
Organisations can apply for a share of £300,000, inclusive of VAT, to deliver feasibility studies to support digital innovation for the Hanoi Metro System in Vietnam.
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SBRI: Global Rail Export Innovation for Australia, Canada and India
Opens 13/09/2021
Closes: 13/10/2021
Organisations can apply for a share of £450,000, inclusive of VAT, to support innovation on overseas rail opportunities in Australia, Canada and India.
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Future flight challenge phase 3: two strands - demonstration and cross-cutting technologies
Opens 06/09/2021
Closes: 03/11/2021
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £65 million to develop and demonstrate integrated aviation systems and new vehicle technologies. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
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SBRI: Digital Regulatory Navigation Platform (Health Products)
Opens 24/08/2021
Closes: 20/09/2021
Organisations can apply for a share of £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop a digital regulatory navigation platform for health product innovators.
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Helping the military shrink its cyber attack surface
Opens 16/08/2021
Closes: 05/01/2022
The defence sector is full of legacy systems vulnerable to cyber attack. Do you have the technology to reduce defence exposure to cyber effects?
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Autonomous Resilient Cyber Defence – Intelligent Agents
Opens 16/08/2021
Closes: 05/01/2022
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching a new Innovation Focus Area (IFA) called Autonomous Resilient Cyber Defence , which aims to develop self-defending cyber security systems for military operational platforms and technologies.
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Audience of the Future – Design Foundations 2
Opens 23/08/2021
Closes: 29/09/2021
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £800,000 for early-stage, human-centred design projects in creative or immersive experiences. £25k-£50k per project.
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Climate Challenge Cup
Opens 23/08/2021
Closes: 24/09/2021
The Climate Challenge Cup is a new international competition to elevate and help scale transformative civic research partnerships between research bodies, civic organisations and local communities to combat climate change. It will culminate in an innovation showcase and award ceremony during COP26, the United Nations 2021 Climate Change Conference in November.
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ISCF Transforming Foundation Industry: Small scale R&D, two strands
Opens 16/08/2021
Closes: 29/09/2021
The Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) Challenge fund will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, to invest up to £1.5 million in innovation projects. Projects must address the resource productivity or energy performance opportunities of the sector and its supply chains.
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Global cooperation feasibility studies for SMEs
Opens 09/08/2021
Closes: 03/09/2021
The aim of this competition is to increase the international engagement of innovative UK registered SMEs. It will support them in looking to establish or strengthen international research and innovation partnerships and networks and aid them to grow and scale up.
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Innovate UK Smart Grants: August 2021
Opens 26/08/2021
Closes: 06/10/2021
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.
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APC 19: Developing automotive technologies and growing capability
Opens 09/08/2021
Closes: 06/10/2021
UK businesses can apply for a share of £25 million for late-stage research and development projects that help accelerate the UK towards a net-zero automotive future.
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SBRI: Develop innovative solutions for soil sampling
Opens 03/08/2021
Closes: 02/09/2021
AFBI has SBRI Innovate UK funding available to work with innovative companies to develop solutions to improve soil sampling and monitoring.
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Fibre in Water: Improving access to advanced broadband and mobile services via drinking water mains
Opens 09/08/2021
Closes: 04/10/2021
Fibre in Water (FiW) is a competition run by DCMS from HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund and supported by DEFRA, BEIS and Cabinet Office. It will allocate up to £4m R&D funding to projects that develop and build a pilot to facilitate delivery of advanced broadband and mobile services via drinking water mains.
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KTN-iX challenge: Heat recovery and reuse within the food manufacturing process
Opens 30/07/2021
Closes: 10/09/2021
The iX competition, delivered by the Knowledge Transfer Network, is supporting Lewis Pies to identify solutions to innovation challenges. This current challenge relates to the need to reduce the energy demand and cost associated with producing pies and pasties at their Swansea site, particularly relating to capturing and reusing the heat produced by the chillers, freezers and ovens onsite.
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KTN-iX challenge: Energy efficient air compressors for food manufacturing
Opens 30/07/2021
Closes: 10/09/2021
The iX competition, delivered by the Knowledge Transfer Network, is supporting Lewis Pies to identify solutions to innovation challenges. This current challenge relates to the need to reduce the energy demand and cost associated with producing pies and pasties at their Swansea site, particularly relating to the air compressors used to drive the manufacturing equipment.
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Children and Young People’s Emotional Health, Wellbeing and Resilience Challenge
Opens 02/08/2021
Closes: 31/08/2021
An SBRI challenge from NHS Wales, to provide digital support around early intervention and prevention for children and young people aged 8-11 to build resilience in their emotional health and well-being.
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Women in Innovation Awards 2021/22
Opens 23/08/2021
Closes: 13/10/2021
Women with exciting, innovative ideas who will inspire others can apply for a £50,000 grant and bespoke business support.
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Automotive Transformation Fund Expression of Interest: Round 13
Opens 30/07/2021
Closes: 18/08/2021
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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