AI solutions to develop AI competencies in key sectors

To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:

• be a UK registered business of any size
• be or involve at least one UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)

To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered:

• business of any size
• academic institution
• charity
• not for profit
• public sector organisation
• research and technology organisation (RTO)

A business can only lead on one application but can be included as a collaborator in two further applications. If an organisation is not leading any application, it can collaborate in any number of applications.

Your project must:

• have a grant funding request of between £50,000 and £100,000
• last between 6 and 10 months
• carry out all of its project work in the UK
• intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
• start by 1 June 2025
• end by 31 March 2026

The aim of this competition is to develop responsible and ethical AI personalised learning solutions, to support AI competency development in the BridgeAI key sectors of:

• construction
• transport and logistics
• creative industries
• agriculture and food processing

Your project must:

• accelerate sector relevant AI competency development in a responsible and ethical manner
• support high quality education through evidence based teaching and learning approaches
• align proposed content with the relevant industry sector standards and the AI Skills for Business Competency Framework with a view to accreditation
• identify proposed learning outcomes
• support upskilling and reskilling of the existing workforce in this competition’s BridgeAI key sectors
• identify an end user to pilot your solution

Your project must focus on:

• developing AI competencies in at least one of the competition’s key sectors
• one or more of the learner personas defined in the AI Skills for Business Competency Framework, including AI Workers, AI Professionals or AI Leaders
• equality, diversity and inclusion in AI focussed personalised learning journeys

(Briefing slides will be available to download from Supporting Information after the event)

If you would like help to find a collaboration partner, or have any other queries about the competition, contact Innovate UK Business Connect’s AI team.