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Robotics for a more resilient future: feasibility strand
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Opens: 12/10/2020
Closes: 20/11/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million in ISCF grant funding for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This strand is for feasibility studies with a project size of £25,000 to £100,000.
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Robotics for a more resilient future: R&D strand
Opens: 12/10/2020
Closes: 20/11/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million in ISCF grant funding for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This strand is for industrial research and experimental development with project size of £75,000 to £500,000.
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Transforming Foundation industries: Investor partner selection
Opens: 19/10/2020
Closes: 09/12/2020
Investors can apply to align their investments with up to £7 million grant funding from Innovate UK to make foundation industries globally competitive. We are seeking investor partners that want to invest in high growth potential SMEs concerned with one or more of the themes of reducing resource and energy consumption.
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African agriculture knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2020 to 2021, round 4
Opens: 06/10/2020
Closes: 28/10/2020
UK registered higher or further education institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £2 million to help fund an innovation project with another knowledge base and a business partner registered in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa.
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Creative Informatics at the University of Edinburgh: Resident Entrepreneurs Round 4
Opens: 05/10/2020
Closes: 09/11/2020
If you are an individual or a small team that would like to develop a new product or service using data or data-driven technology, you can apply for funding of up to £12,000 to support your work. You must be based in and/or be undertaking work that has impact for the creative industries within Edinburgh and/or South East Scotland.
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CivTech Sprint Challenge: Explainable AI
Opens: 05/10/2020
Closes: 27/10/2020
How can technology be used to create scalable, repeatable approaches to the development of explainable and ethical Artificial Intelligence solutions for the Public Sector, starting with Police Scotland?
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NATEP: helping SMEs innovate in aerospace Autumn 2020
Opens: 05/10/2020
Closes: 18/11/2020
UK registered micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million for industry led civil aerospace research projects.
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SBRI - AI supporting early detection and diagnosis in heart failure management
Opens: 12/10/2020
Closes: 09/12/2020
Organisations can apply for a share of £120,000 inclusive of VAT, to develop an AI tool to provide accessible heart failure data from routine patient information.
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Innovation continuity loans: Strand 2 October 2020 follow-on competition
Opens: 01/10/2020
Closes: 04/11/2020
Innovate UK is offering up to £210 million in loans to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and third sector organisations that have a challenge in continuing, completing or following on an innovation project. Loans are for organisations that find themselves facing a sudden shortage or even unavailability of funds resulting directly from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ATI Programme strategic batch: expression of interest October 2020
Opens: 05/10/2020
Closes: 21/10/2020
The ATI Programme represents a £3.9 billion joint government and industry investment to maintain and grow the UK’s competitive position in civil aerospace.
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Horticultural Quality and Food Loss Network 2020 Funding Calls
Opens: 23/09/2020
Closes: 15/01/2021
A new 3-year, £500K Network is being established to tackle food waste and to improve quality in
horticultural and potato crops.
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SBRI: using geospatial data to solve transport challenges, phase 1
Opens: 29/09/2020
Closes: 04/11/2020
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop feasibility studies for one of the themed challenges: mobility as a service, active travel, supply chains, or increasing capacity.
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Faraday Battery Challenge: Innovation Feasibility Studies, Round 4
Opens: 28/09/2020
Closes: 09/12/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million in grant funding for innovation in electric vehicle battery technology. This competition strand will draw on the most exciting, high potential impact, early stage research where a 12 month feasibility study can catalyse the route to commercialisation. Recorded video briefing now available!
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Faraday Battery Challenge: Innovation R&D, Round 4
Opens: 28/09/2020
Closes: 09/12/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million in grant funding for innovation in electric vehicle battery technology. The aim of this competition strand is to support the research and development of the most promising innovative battery technologies for the propulsion of electric vehicles, building on the outputs of previous activity to accelerate towards commercialisation. Briefing recording now available.
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SBRI competition - Modernising Energy Data Applications phase 1
Opens: 12/10/2020
Closes: 18/11/2020
Organisations of any size can apply for a share of £750,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop data applications that help to address core challenges faced in the UK. The aim of the competition is to develop data applications that address the challenges faced by organisations and individuals to deliver net zero local energy systems. Briefing recording now available.
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Automotive Transformation Fund expression of interest: September 2020
Opens: 21/09/2020
Closes: 14/10/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital investment and R&D projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
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British Antarctic Survey: decarbonising the energy supply at Antarctic research stations
Opens: 14/09/2020
Closes: 23/10/2020
BAS is using KTN’s Innovation Exchange to search for solutions to purchase to decarbonise its energy demand for heating, hot water and power at two of its island research stations – Bird Island and Signy.
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British Antarctic Survey: decarbonising polar vehicles
Opens: 14/09/2020
Closes: 23/10/2020
BAS is using KTN’s Innovation Exchange to look for solutions to help decarbonise the polar vehicles used at its Sky Blu Logistics Facility.
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GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards Competition
Opens: 15/09/2020
Closes: 10/11/2020
KTN is pleased to announce a further call for GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards to encourage UK research partners to address AgriFood challenges in Africa. In total, up to £800k will be available to support a maximum of 20 awards.
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SBRI Competition - Next generation home vision testing
Opens: 21/09/2020
Closes: 18/11/2020
Organisations can apply for a share of £100,000 inclusive of VAT, to develop remotely deployed vision testing.
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5G enabled road and rail transport trials in the West Midlands, round 2
Opens: 16/09/2020
Closes: 02/12/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to support development of 5G enabled transport innovations. This funding is from West Midlands 5G (WM5G).