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Innovate UK – open competitions
By Andrew James
Last week, I was in receipt of an email from UKRI Innovate UK detailing the “current funding opportunities”. One of which intrigued/ pleased me in particular was “Ocean plastic solutions investment accelerator: reducing plastic pollution” – interestingly the £2m referred to below is a mix of grant and private investment from Sky Ocean Ventures. I suspect one of my colleagues has passed on a link to this one to a couple of contacts to see if could be useful in funding their development plans.
You can find all of the UKRI Innovate UK current open & upcoming funding opportunities here.
I set out below an overview of some of these with links to further information.
A selection of the Open Competitions
| Ocean plastic solutions investment accelerator: reducing plastic pollution
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UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop solutions that tackle the environmental crisis of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. |
| Transforming Construction Network Plus: £1million funding call
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The Transforming Construction Network Plus is opening its first call for proposals for research that will help transform construction. Two rounds of funding calls will be launched, to distribute £1m of funding. The first call launches on 1 February and KTN will run briefing events in London on 12 February (webcast is available) and in Manchester on 13 February. |
| Business Basics 2 – SME productivity (proof of concept)
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A share of up to £2 million is available to run proof of concept projects aimed at how to encourage SMEs to adopt productivity boosting technology or management practices. |
| Biomedical Catalyst 2019 round 1: early and late stage awards
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UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £7 million to explore and evaluate the commercial potential of a scientific idea to solve a healthcare challenge. |
| UK Aerospace Research and Technology Programme: collaborative feasibility studies round 1
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UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £8 million to carry out collaborative R&D, collaborative fast-track and feasibility projects to enhance the UK’s position in civil aerospace. |
Other information
The email also contained the following links which may be of interest to potential applicants to one of the competitions:
As always with R&D grant funding, care is required in connection with interaction of grant funding and R&D Tax Credits.
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