Deadline: 18-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Automotive Transformation Fund to help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) is a new Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) programme that aims to establish a competitive and sustainable UK supply chain.
It offers a share of up to £1 billion of funding for capital and associated industrial research projects. This will be to support the industrialisation of a high value, electrified automotive supply at scale in the UK.
Specific Themes
Your project can focus on one or more of the following:
- Batteries including cells (’gigafactories’)
- cathode materials and manufacturing
- anode materials and manufacturing
- electrolyte
- cell assembly components (including separators)
- cell or module assembly
- cell testing
- battery pack components
- battery pack assembly and test
- Motors and drives
- magnet materials and manufacturing
- electrical steel materials and manufacturing
- electrical machine assembly
- drive line components
- assembly and test into complete drive unit
- Power electronics
- wide band gap semi-conductors
- sensors
- passives
- power electronics assembly
- Fuel cell
- MEA
- catalysts
- bipolar plates
- gas diffusion layer
- air handling systems
- balance of plant
- fuel cell stack assembly
- storage tanks
- fuel delivery (where specifically required for development purposes)
- Recycling
- e-motors
- batteries
- fuel cells
- power electronics
Funding Information
- They have allocated a share of up to £1 billion to fund capital focused projects in this competition.
Projects they will not fund
They are not funding projects that:
- do not transform the automotive industry through significant business or production expansion
- are not centred around a product, process or technology that you have already demonstrated
- are not confirmed as technically and economically feasible
- are dependent on export performance
- are dependent on domestic inputs usage
Eligibility Criteria
- Lead organisation
- To lead a project or work alone your organisation 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
- To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
- Project team
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following:
- a business of any size
- academic institution
- charity
- not-for-profit
- public sector organisation
- research and technology organisation (RTO)
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following:
For more information, visit https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/972/overview