SBRI FOAK 2: demonstrating tomorrow’s stations and a greener railway
Key features
Businesses can apply for a share of £3.5 million, including VAT, to develop demonstrators for decarbonisation of the railway and customer experience in stations.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £3.5 million
Sectors
Rail
Opens:
8th Oct 2018
Closes:
28th Nov 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £300,000 for projects that develop and demonstrate tools to automatically plan rail infrastructure.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £300,000
Sectors
Manufacturing & Materials, Rail
Opens:
22nd Oct 2018
Closes:
19th Dec 2018
Key features
Funding available to facilitate research and innovation in support of the industry’s decarbonisation challenge, in particularly by developing intelligent, zero-carbon technologies to enable the industry to be world leader in delivering low-carbon transport solutions.
Programme
RSSB
Award
Share of up to £1 million
Sectors
General/Open, Rail
Opens:
30th Oct 2018
Closes:
9th Jan 2019
Energy Catalyst Round 6: Transforming Energy Access
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million to address the need for clean, affordable and secure energy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £10 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
20th Aug 2018
Closes:
14th Nov 2018
Open grant funding competition: round 3
Key features
Opportunity to apply for a share of up to £20 million to deliver game changing or disruptive innovations with significant potential for impact on the UK economy.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £20 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
24th Sep 2018
Closes:
14th Nov 2018
Agri-tech Catalyst round 7: agriculture and food systems innovation
Key features
UK businesses and research organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million from DFID for projects with partners in eligible African countries.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £3 million
Sectors
Agriculture
Opens:
28th Aug 2018
Closes:
21st Nov 2018
Innovation Loans: September 2018 Open Competition
Key features
Loans for game-changing innovations with strong commercial potential that will significantly improve the UK economy.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £10 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
21st Nov 2018
Audience of the Future: Production Innovation for Immersive Content
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million for research and development projects to create faster, more efficient immersive content. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £8 million
Sectors
AI & Robotics, General/Open
Opens:
1st Oct 2018
Closes:
28th Nov 2018
SBRI: improve firefighters’ operations and safety with digital technology
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of £1.25 million (including VAT) for an instantly deployable solution for real time tracking of firefighters at incidents.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of £1.25 million
Sectors
Automotive, General/Open
Opens:
15th Oct 2018
Closes:
28th Nov 2018
BEIS Hydrogen Supply Programme Phase 1
Key features
A share of up to £5 million available for organisations to conduct feasibility studies to accelerate the development of low carbon bulk hydrogen supply solutions.
Programme
BEIS
Award
Share of up to £5 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
1st Jul 2018
Closes:
5th Dec 2018
IDP 15: the road to zero emission vehicles, feasibility studies
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to research and develop technologies that accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
Automotive
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
6th Dec 2018
IDP 15: the road to zero emission vehicles, R&D
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £16 million to research and develop technologies that accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £16 million
Sectors
Automotive
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
6th Dec 2018
IDP 15: the road to zero emission vehicles, large R&D
Key features
UK businesses can apply for up to £4 million to research and develop technologies that accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £4 million
Sectors
Automotive
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
6th Dec 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £23 million for R&D projects focused on de-risking the scale up of battery development technology. This funding comes from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £23 million
Sectors
Automotive, Defence, Energy, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
12th Dec 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million for feasibility studies focused on de-risking the scale up of battery development technology.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
Automotive, Defence, Energy, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
12th Dec 2018
Key features
These awards support any stage of the translational research and development pathway, including the clinical development of laboratory-validated technologies or interventions.
Programme
NIHR
Award
no upper funding limit
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
31st Oct 2018
Closes:
12th Dec 2018
Key features
This is Cycle 5 of the DASA Open call. The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and/or security of the UK.
Programme
DASA
Award
See below for further details
Sectors
Defence
Opens:
19th Oct 2018
Closes:
3rd Jan 2019
Key features
Organisations can apply to develop new solutions to reduce air pollutant emissions from road vehicle brake or tyre wear, non-road mobile machinery used in construction and transport refrigeration units.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £300,000
Sectors
Automotive
Opens:
12th Nov 2018
Closes:
9th Jan 2019
SME support to evaluate innovative medical technologies
Key features
SMEs can apply for a share of £1.5 million to support the evaluation of innovative medical devices, diagnostics and regulated digital health products.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £1.5 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
26th Nov 2018
Closes:
30th Jan 2019
Key features
A share of up to £18 million available to invest in technologies to recover hear from industrial processes and increase the deployment of such technologies in England and Wales.
Programme
BEIS
Award
Share of £18 million
Sectors
Energy, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
15th Oct 2018
Closes:
30th Sep 2019
Key features
The British Business Bank has announced the first wave of its £250million Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), with the launch of £120million of SME debt finance, which is now available to businesses across the 10 Local Enterprise Partnership areas in the Midlands. Aimed at eliminating regional imbalances in funding, the British Business Bank is keen to support fast-growth organisations and businesses looking to expand into new markets and boost productivity, supporting job creation.
Programme
British Business Bank
Award
Up to £2m in lending and investment
Opens:
29th Aug 2017
Closes:
26th Aug 2022