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News & Press: March 2021

Current funding opportunities from Innovate UK

01 March 2021  

Innovate UK have prepared the following announcement.

Innovate UK smart grants: January 2021

Opportunity for UK registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million from Innovate UK to deliver disruptive R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy.
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Commercialising quantum technologies: feasibility studies, round 2

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £7 million for feasibility studies or market research projects.
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ISCF TFI large collaborative research and development projects

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million for research and development projects to improve the productivity and competitiveness of UK foundation industries.
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Expression of interest: ISCF smart sustainable plastic packaging demonstrators

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £16 million for bold and ambitious demonstrator projects in smart and sustainable plastic packaging.
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Commercialising quantum technologies: germinator projects, round 1

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for high risk, high return, quantum technology projects with defined commercial outputs.
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Farming innovation pathways (FIP): industrial research (multiple streams)

UK registered businesses and research organisations can apply to carry out industrial research.
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IETF deployment of energy efficiency technologies, spring 2021 (multiple streams)

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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Cyber security academic startup accelerator programme: year 5, phase 1

Individuals based in a UK academic institution can apply to join the cyber security academic startup accelerator programme (CyberASAP).
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Expression of interest: automotive transformation fund: Feb 2021

UK registered businesses can apply to run a capital investment project. The project must help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
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Expression of interest: transforming UK food systems for health and environment

Funding is available to support interdisciplinary research into interventions that will transform the UK food system.
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African agriculture knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2020 to 2021, round 5

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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Driving the electric revolution: supply chains for net zero

UK registered businesses can apply for funding to research supply chain development for power electronics, electric machines and drives.
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SBRI funded competitions

SBRI supports a range of competitions with public sector organisations and departments. Find out more about SBRI: the Small Business Research Initiative here.

Latest SBRI competitions:

SBRI: improving multimorbidity acute care using data analytics, phase 1

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.
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SBRI improving hip fracture outcomes using data, phase 1

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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SBRI first of a kind rail demonstrations: 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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