Deadline: 20-Apr-22
The Innovate UK’s 20th Round of Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) is now open as an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) program to establish a competitive and sustainable UK supply chain.
Your project must support industrialization at the scale of an electrified automotive supply chain. It must be appropriate and in proportion to the planned objectives and prioritization of the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF).
You should be looking to transform the automotive industry through significant business or production expansion. They expect your project to be centered around a product, process, or technology that you have already demonstrated and have confirmed as technically and economically feasible.
Focus Areas
Your project must focus on one or more of the following:
- Batteries including cells (’Giga factories)
- cathode materials and manufacturing
- anode materials and manufacturing
- electrolyte
- cell assembly components (including separators)
- Electric motors and drives
- magnet materials and manufacturing
- electrical steel materials and manufacturing
- electrical machine assembly
- driveline components
- assembly and test into a complete drive unit
- Power electronics
- Wide-bandgap semi-conductors
- sensors
- passives
- power electronics assembly
- Fuel cells
- Menu
- fuel cell stack assembly
- storage tanks
- Upstream Supply Chain including:
- raw materials
- component manufacturing
- sub-assembly manufacturing
Funding Information
- Up to £1billion has been allocated to fund capital-focused projects in this competition.
Eligibility Criteria
- To lead a project or work alone your organization must:
- be a business of any size
- carry out its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
- address the requirements of the Automotive Transformation Fund
- Non-UK businesses can apply to this expression of interest (EoI) competition about activities they are considering undertaking in the UK. The business must be registered in the UK before any funding can be awarded.
For more information, visit https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1128/overview#summary
