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£1.5m

February 26, 2020

UK - Israel open collaborative R&D Competition 2019

A joint UK & Israel funding competition under the EUREKA framework, to support collaborative, business-led R&D projects which should result in a new product, industrial process or service. Projects must be innovative, involve technological risk and tarket global markets.

£250,000

February 26, 2020

ISCF TFP science and technology into practice: Feasibility Studies

Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund - Apply for up to £250,000 to test the feasibility of solutions that can transform food production and help the industry move towards net zero emissions by 2040.

£4m

February 26, 2020

ISCF TFP science and technology into practice: Demonstration

Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund - Apply for £400,000 to £4 million to demonstrate solutions that can transform food production and help the industry move towards net zero emissions by 2040.

£30m

March 4, 2020

APC 15: developing the UK’s low carbon automotive capability

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £30 million for UK-developed late stage R&D, to support growth in advanced low carbon propulsion capability in the automotive sector.

£9.4m

March 4, 2020

SBRI rail demonstrations: first of a kind 2020

Businesses from the UK, EU or EEA can apply for a share of up to £9.4 million, including VAT, to develop demonstrators for sustainability, customer experience, operations or maintenance.

£150,000

March 4, 2020

NHS Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Award is run by the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) in partnership with NHSX and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). It will make £140million available over three years to accelerate the testing and evaluation of the most promising AI technologies which meet the strategic aims set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

£8m

March 17, 2020

Enabling Research in Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), is inviting proposals under the Enabling Research workstream for projects to establish academic‑led research that addresses widely understood problems in relation to plastic packaging, whose solutions are unknown today, but which if solved will unlock existing barriers to fundamental systems change, and make an important contribution to achieving the objectives of the SSPP Challenge.

£100,000

March 25, 2020

Citizen Food Waste Behaviour Change Grant

WRAP is looking to identify new behaviour change interventions that can be tailored to food waste prevention. The intervention must encourage citizens to waste less food.

£100,000

March 26, 2020

Value from food waste small scale grant

WRAP is looking to support new projects that can demonstrate the commercial potential of biochemical processing options for high-volume challenging / hard-to-tackle streams of wasted food.

£1m

April 1, 2020

ISCF smart sustainable plastic packaging: feasibility studies and industrial research

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million for early-stage projects in smart and sustainable plastic packaging. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

April 1, 2020

Bridging for Innovators

From start-ups to large corporates, B4I helps companies to overcome product, manufacturing or process performance issues by leveraging more than £2bn worth of government investment in world-leading science facilities. Working closely with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) research and innovation experts, companies can develop projects that address specific innovation challenges to accelerate business productivity.

£250,000

April 20, 2020

UK Seafood Innovation Fund

The £10 million UK Seafood Innovation Fund will support the UK’s fishing, aquaculture and seafood industries to deliver cutting-edge technology and innovation. By supporting ambitious projects with a long-term view, the fund aims to kick-start a step-change in the productivity and sustainability of UK seafood into the future.

The UK Seafood Innovation Fund will run open competitions, and welcomes applications from both inside and outside of the seafood sector. Your idea, technology or product must benefit the sustainability and/or productivity of the UK seafood industry.

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£99m

April 21, 2020

Horizon 2020 Next Generation Batteries Projects

Four next-generation batteries topics under the 2018 - 2020 Work Programme are open for application. They make available EU funding of €90 million.

£99m

April 21, 2020

Horizon 2020 Mobility for Growth Projects

15 Mobility for Growth topics under 2018 - 2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme are open for application. They make available EU funding of €99 million.

£105m

April 21, 2020

Horizon 2020 Transport Projects

Six transport topics under the 2018 - 2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme are open for application. They make available a total of €105 million.

£25m

April 22, 2020

Innovate UK Smart Grants

Apply for a share of £25million to deliver ambitious or disruptive R&D innovations that can make a significant impact on the UK economy.

£2m

May 20, 2020

UK-Canada: enhancing agricultural productivity and sustainability

UK businesses with Canadian business partners can apply for a share of up to £2 million, from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, for innovative projects that enhance productivity and sustainability of crop, livestock and aquaculture systems.

€2.5m

October 7, 2020

Horizon 2020: SME instrument Phase 2

Have you got an idea for an innovation that targets new markets and could boost the growth of your company?

Are you looking for substantial funding to develop and scale up your idea?

And could you make use of business development resources and coaching to take your company forward? Then the SME Instrument is for you.

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£8m

December 31, 2020

Longitude Prize

Nesta have dedicated a £10 million prize to the innovator who creates a paradigm shift in the way antimicrobial diagnostics are delivered globally.

€5m

February 3, 2021

Horizon 2020: Fuel from the sun: Artificial Photosynthesis

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