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SBRI Competition rail demonstrations: first of a kind 2021
Opens 08/02/2021
Closes: 10/03/2021
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £9 million inclusive of VAT, to develop demonstrators that increase customers’ confidence and enhance experience, deliver a railway that is easy to use, offer low emissions and a greener railway.
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Expression of interest: transforming UK food systems for health and environment
Opens 02/02/2021
Closes: 22/04/2021
Apply for funding to support interdisciplinary research into interventions that will transform the UK food system. Businesses, civil society and government (local, devolved or national) are all strongly encouraged to collaborate and co-design proposals.
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Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2021-22, round 1
Opens 08/02/2021
Closes: 14/04/2021
UK registered higher or further education institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £6 million to help fund innovation projects with businesses
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IETF energy efficiency and decarbonisation studies, Spring 2021
Opens 08/03/2021
Closes: 14/07/2021
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million to carry out feasibility and engineering studies into energy efficiency and decarbonisation technologies for industrial processes.
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IETF deployment of energy efficiency technologies, Spring 2021
Opens 08/03/2021
Closes: 14/07/2021
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for grants to improve the energy efficiency of industrial processes, reducing energy bills and cutting carbon emissions.
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Right On Time: Automating Military Logistics
Opens 02/02/2021
Closes: 25/03/2021
DASA is seeking to identify innovations that can deliver a step change in military logistics capability across the Maritime, Land and Air domains.
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SBRI : Improving Hip Fracture Outcomes Using Data, phase 1
Opens 01/02/2021
Closes: 31/03/2021
Organisations can apply for a share of £160,000 inclusive of VAT to develop a solution which will improve quality of care and outcomes for hip fracture patients.
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ATI Programme strategic batch: expression of interest February 2021
Opens 01/02/2021
Closes: 17/02/2021
The ATI Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive.
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Automotive Transformation Fund expression of interest: February 2021
Opens 02/02/2021
Closes: 24/02/2021
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital focused investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
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Innovate UK Smart Grants January 2021
Opens 21/01/2021
Closes: 27/05/2021
Opportunity for UK registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million from Innovate UK to deliver game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. DEADLINE EXTENDED to 27th May.
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KTN Innovation Exchange challenge – Measuring and communicating the benefits of nature-based flood prevention measures
Opens 18/01/2021
Closes: 26/02/2021
This Innovation Exchange challenge is looking at how to measure the effectiveness of nature-based flood prevention measures and communicate this in an effective and engaging way to the communities who are being protected by them. The winning organisation(s) in this competition will be given an opportunity to present their solutions direct to Severn Trent, with potential for a collaborative commercial opportunity.
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KTN Innovation Exchange challenge – Identifying lead supply pipes with minimal disruption
Opens 18/01/2021
Closes: 26/02/2021
This Innovation Exchange challenge is looking at how to identify pipe material (especially lead) in domestic customers’ water supply pipes, without excavation or disruption to the flow or quality of the drinking water. The winning organisation(s) will be given an opportunity to present their solutions direct to Severn Trent, with potential commercial collaboration.
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SBRI : Improving Multimorbidity Acute Care Using Data Analytics, phase 1
Opens 04/01/2021
Closes: 03/03/2021
Organisations can apply for a share of £160,000 inclusive of VAT to develop a data-driven solution to improve the care and outcomes for patients with multimorbidity admitted to A&E, working with Health Innovation South East Scotland.
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Commercialising Quantum Technologies: feasibility studies round 2
Opens 18/01/2021
Closes: 10/03/2021
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £7 million for feasibility studies or market research projects. This funding is from ISCF. Projects must exploit second generation quantum technologies, and must involve an SME.
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ISCF TFI (Transforming Foundation Industries): large collaborative R&D projects
Opens 11/01/2021
Closes: 10/03/2021
The aim of this competition is to improve the productivity and competitiveness of foundation industry companies and supply chains, by funding cross-sector collaborative research and development projects. Sectors include cement, glass, paper, ceramics, metals and chemicals.
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Cyngor Gwynedd - Developing a Net Zero Farm Innovation Competition
Opens 07/01/2021
Closes: 28/01/2021
The “Developing a Net Zero Farm” Project is a pilot SBRI-type competition being held by the North Wales Economic Ambition Board (NWEAB) in partnership with Coleg Cambria Llysfasi seeking projects developing innovative technology, systems and/or process solutions that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within a commercial agricultural setting in line with Wales’ Innovation in Agriculture agenda.
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Rhondda Cynon Taf - Decarbonising Assets and Developing Innovative Multi Vector Energy Model Solutions to achieve Net Zero
Opens 01/01/2021
Closes: 25/01/2021
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (RCTCBC) are launching a Small Business Research Initiative competition to identify innovative solutions to address NetZero and decarbonise council assets. The challenge is to develop a net zero multi-vector heat, storage and electricity micro-grid solution which will serve as part of a wider energy mix in an initial proposed ‘zone’ of a group of designated buildings.
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Smart Living – Whole System Business Research Innovation for Decarbonisation
Opens 23/12/2020
Closes: 25/01/2021
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council are launching a Whole System Business Research Innovation for Decarbonisation (WBRID) pilot competition based upon Research and Development Pre-Commercial principles to identify innovative solutions which will support energy supply, demand and storage for commercial end users (and in the future domestic end users) and to work towards creating zero energy parks for Blaenau Gwent
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Map the Gap Phase 2 - £2m innovation funding for surveying technology
Opens 12/01/2021
Closes: 09/03/2021
DASA launches Map the Gap Phase 2 competition to develop survey system demonstrators to help troops safely and stealthily advance into enemy territory over water.
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Take Cover! Phase 3
Opens 15/12/2020
Closes: 11/02/2021
The Defence and Security Accelerator seeks proposals for novel and innovative technologies for lightweight, rapidly deployable protection on the front-line.
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Care Home Data Platform Innovation Foundation Challenge
Opens 16/12/2020
Closes: 05/02/2021
This Challenge will invite companies to assess if currently collected data on residents by care homes, can – alone or when combined with health and social care records – provide a holistic digital picture of a resident’s health, wellbeing and care needs.
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