Deadline: 13-Jul-22
The UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) is inviting applications for Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 – Collaborative R&D to transform the UK into a global leader in the design and manufacturing of clean maritime technology.
Themes
Prioritised technology themes:
- pilot fuel free hydrogen internal combustion engine technologies for maritime applications.
- whole-ship energy efficiency design and integration
- safe on-board storage of hydrogen and ammonia
- larger (2.5 Mega Watt plus) marinised fuel cell systems
- small craft alternative for fuel bunkering and charging
Funding Information
- They have allocated funding from the £12 million budget for innovation projects in this strand 2 of the competition.
- Innovate UK and the Department for Transport (DfT) reserves the right to move funding between the two strands of this competition.
- DfT and Innovate UK reserves the right to dedicate a proportion of this funding, approximately £3.5 million, to prioritised technology themes for this strand. These technologies are considered strategic areas of importance for the UK.
- Approximately £2.5 million will be used to support projects addressing other technology themes.
- If your organisation’s work on the project is mostly commercial or economic, your funding request must not exceed the limits below. These limits apply even if your organisation normally acts non-economically.
- For feasibility studies, you could get funding for your eligible project costs of:
- up to 70% if you are a micro or small organisation
- up to 60% if you are a medium-sized organisation
- up to 50% if you are a large organisation
Eligibility Criteria
- Lead organisation
- To lead a project your organisation must:
- be a UK registered business of any size
- collaborate with other UK registered organisations
- To lead a project your organisation must:
- Project team
- To collaborate with the lead organisation, your partner organisation must be one of the following:
- business of any size
- academic institution
- charity
- not for profit
- public sector organisation
- research and technology organisation (RTO)
- To collaborate with the lead organisation, your partner organisation must be one of the following:
- Your project
- Your project must:
- have total costs between £100,000 and £3 million
- end by 31 August 2023
- carry out all of its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
- Your project must:
For more information, visit https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1191/overview#eligibility