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Design and pilot digital skills training programmes to embed digital skills in arts and humanities research
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Opens: 03/05/2022
Closes: 28/07/2022
Apply for funding to design and pilot digital skills training programmes for the use of digital tools and methods in arts and humanities research. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
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SBRI: Fusion Industry Challenges - phase 1
Opens: 09/05/2022
Closes: 22/06/2022
Organisations can apply for a share of £2 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop solutions to encourage innovation in the fusion industry, through the use of novel and innovative heating and cooling systems, materials, manufacturing and technologies.
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iX challenge: Extending the life of fleet vehicles via low or zero carbon technologies
Opens: 25/04/2022
Closes: 17/06/2022
A consortium of Local Authorities, led by Luton Borough Council, is working with the Innovation Exchange programme to find technologies capable of extending the life of their current diesel powered fleet through implementing retrofittable low/zero carbon solutions.
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Innovate UK Smart Grants: April 2022
Opens: 25/04/2022
Closes: 27/07/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing, commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. It must be an innovative, disruptive, ambitious, world-class solution, with no similar technology commercially available anywhere in the world.
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Net Zero Hydrogen Fund – Strand 2: Capital expenditure (CAPEX)
Opens: 25/04/2022
Closes: 13/07/2022
Strand 2 of the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund will provide capital expenditure (CAPEX) support for new low carbon hydrogen production facilities to begin deployment in the early 2020s. This is to ensure the UK has a diverse and secure decarbonised energy system fit for meeting our ambition of 10GW low carbon hydrogen production by 2030, and commitment to reach net zero by 2050.
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Net Zero Hydrogen Fund – Strand 1: Development Expenditure (DEVEX)
Opens: 25/04/2022
Closes: 23/06/2022
Strand 1 of the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund will provide development expenditure (DEVEX) support for front end engineering design (FEED) and post-FEED studies for new low carbon hydrogen production facilities. This will support the commercial deployment of new low carbon hydrogen production projects during the 2020s.
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SBRI: FOAK 2022 Rail Freight
Opens: 20/04/2022
Closes: 08/06/2022
This competition aims to support innovative products to enter the rail market. In this strand, DFT are looking for innovations focused on rail freight.
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SBRI: FOAK 2022 cost efficiency and performance priorities for a reliable railway
Opens: 20/04/2022
Closes: 08/06/2022
This competition aims to support innovative products to enter the rail market. In this strand, you must address industry cost efficiency and network performance priorities to support a reliable railway for customers.
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SBRI: FOAK 2022 Low emissions and a greener railway
Opens: 20/04/2022
Closes: 08/06/2022
This competition aims to support innovative products to enter the rail market. In this strand, you must address reduced carbon emissions and the impact of the railway on the environment, by either improving train batteries, introducing hydrogen trains, or reducing harmful emissions from diesel trains.
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Design Ecosystem Fellowships
Opens: 17/02/2022
Closes: 30/04/2022
The Design Ecosystem Fellowships are Future Observatory-funded awards for up to six researchers to map transformative design ecosystems in the UK. The aim of the scheme is to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of production systems that support environmental sustainability, circular economies and waste reduction – a process that is key to achieving UK and global net zero targets.
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Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition – Round Two
Opens: 14/04/2022
Closes: 11/05/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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GovStart: a free six month programme to help technology startups transform the public sector
Opens: 06/04/2022
Closes: 01/05/2022
GovStart is a free six month programme to help technology startups transform the public sector. PUBLIC run two GovStart programmes – one in the UK and one in Germany – aimed at startups at different stages and in various sectors, working with products that have powerful public sector applications.
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iX Challenge: Sustainable Transport & Energy system related technologies and innovative approaches for enabling a region to reach net zero ahead of 2050
Opens: 07/04/2022
Closes: 13/05/2022
The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Electric Corby Community Interest Company, on a Community Renewal Funded approach for North Northamptonshire Council, to develop a roadmap options programme, on how to get the region to net zero. This challenge is specifically looking for transport and energy-related ideas.
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iX Challenge: Ideas for Innovative Sustainability strategies for housing developments within North Northants
Opens: 07/04/2022
Closes: 13/05/2022
The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Electric Corby Community Interest Company, on a Community Renewal Funded approach for North Northamptonshire Council, to develop a roadmap options programme, on how to get the region to net zero. This challenge is specifically looking for sustainable approaches in delivering new housing developments within the North Northants region.
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Automotive Transformation Fund Scale up Readiness Validation (SuRV)
Opens: 20/04/2022
Closes: 25/05/2022
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £15 million to validate readiness of net zero technologies and processes for scale up through pilot production, with a maximum grant request of £2 million.
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MyWorld Collaborative Research & Development
Opens: 25/04/2022
Closes: 01/06/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2million for collaborative R&D projects in creative technology. Your proposal must demonstrate a positive impact in the West of England area.
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Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space
Opens: 22/12/2021
Closes: 16/11/2022
Horizon Europe has a wide variety of open calls for digital, industry and space, with over €150m total funding. Current open calls in cluster 4 relate to 2D materials, graphene, robotics and AI.
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ATI Programme strategic batch: expression of interest April 2022
Opens: 04/04/2022
Closes: 27/04/2022
The ATI (Aerospace Technology Institute) Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive.
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NATEP helping SMEs innovate in aerospace: Spring 2022
Opens: 04/04/2022
Closes: 18/05/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to carry out industry led civil aerospace collaborative R&D projects. The aim of this competition is to provide help for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop innovative aerospace technologies.
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iX challenge: Delivering a Digital Twin for the North Northamptonshire region to optimise a roadmap for achieving Net Zero
Opens: 31/03/2022
Closes: 04/05/2022
The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Electric Corby Community Interest Company on how to get the region to net zero. This challenge is aimed at finding innovative digital twin providers that can best digitally represent the region and offer a visual route to help in identifying the optimal projects and locations to deliver Net Zero solutions.
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APC 21: Developing automotive technologies and capability for net zero
Opens: 31/03/2022
Closes: 18/05/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of £25 million for late-stage R&D projects that help accelerate the UK towards a net-zero automotive future.