Deadline: 29-Jul-22
The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has launched an open call with a total funding pot of £2m for projects that will help companies improve competitiveness and/or increase capability to accelerate their growth in the sector.
The call is open to a wide range of proposals across the existing supply chain and beyond, to fund projects that will lead to an increase in UK content, jobs, turnover and/or exports in the offshore wind sector. This covers investment in new equipment and facilities as well as the development and implementation of new processes
Focus Areas
In line with the strands, OWGP is seeking applications from UK companies with proposals focused on one of the following areas:
- Investing in new equipment or facilities to increase manufacturing or service delivery capacity or capability.
- Developing and implementing new operational processes that will increase competitiveness in the UK and global markets
- Investing in new technologies, products and/or services to improve operational performance, reliability and/or efficiency. Please note that any technology development should be near-to-market, ready for commercialisation.
- Other activity that will grow the company and lead to increased jobs, turnover and/or exports.
Funding Information
The minimum grant is £50,000, the maximum grant is £500,000.
Duration: Projects can be between 9 months and 24 months duration.
Targets
This competition is open to UK companies that are currently working in offshore wind but also from adjacent sectors such as:
- Onshore Wind
- Renewables (other)
- Aerospace
- Oil & Gas
- Nuclear
- Automotive
Eligibility Criteria
- Be a UK-registered company of any size
- Show a clear intent to develop their business further in offshore wind
- Have not received OWGP grant funding (as lead organisation) through a funding competition launched in the last 12 months, i.e., the May 2021 Development Grants, the September 2021 Innovation Grants or the December 2021 Development Grants.
- If resubmitting a proposal from a previous OWGP funding competition that was unsuccessful, this is the first and only resubmission.
- Have not already started the eligible project activities outlined in the funding proposal or anticipate commencing these activities prior to an official award decision.
- Show a clear intent to improve competitiveness and/or increase capability in offshore wind
- Demonstrate existing capability in offshore wind or have a firm plan for working in offshore wind
- Show a clear intent to grow the business in terms of turnover, UK jobs, UK exports and UKbased IP with justification and evidence provided.
- Provide an in-kind contribution to the total project costs
- Make only one submission to this funding call per company
- Explain how this project would not take place without OWGP support and why this funding is additional to business-as-usual activity.
- In addition to the Applicant, they encourage the inclusion of other organisations as part of the wider Project Team. These could be:
- Other UK-based business, academic institution, public sector organisation, charity or Research and Technology Organisation (RTO)
For more information, visit https://owgp.org.uk/about/grant-funding/