Deadline: 31-Aug-22
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million to resolve productivity and competitiveness issues by working with top scientists and research facilities.
The aim of this competition is to match the best UK scientists and cutting-edge facilities with businesses that have complex analysis or measurement problems. These are problems that are best explored by scientists and cutting-edge facilities available in the UK.
Funding Information
- Your project’s total costs must be no more than £50,000.
- Up to £3 million has been allocated to fund innovation projects in stage two of this competition.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your proposed project in stage two must:
- have total costs of up to £50,000
- start between 1st March 2023 and 1st June 2023
- end by 31 August 2023
- last up to 3 months
- carry out all of its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
- involve at least one of the A4I partner organisations
- Lead Organisation
- To lead a project or work alone your organisation must be a UK registered business micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
Ineligible
They will not consider problems that are:
- not measurement or analysis problems
- ones they consider to be resolvable with easily available methods, such as those that do not require any innovative or cutting-edge science or facilities
- solely computer software analysis problems, such as algorithms to analyse objects
- not related to a company’s existing processes, products or services
- involved with primary production in fishery and aquaculture
- involved with primary production in agriculture
- not allowed under De minimis regulation restrictions
- not eligible to receive Minimal Financial Assistance’
- relating to the purchase of road freight transport
- dependent on export performance – for example giving an award to a baker on the condition that they export a certain quantity of bread to another country
- dependent on domestic inputs usage – for example if they give an award to a baker on the condition that they use 50% UK flour in their product.
For more information, visit https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1265/overview/42809751-1062-471c-91d0-5c97ef1b8637