Deadline: 18-May-22
Applications are now open for the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF), an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) programme that aims to establish a competitive and sustainable UK supply chain.
It offers a share of up to £1billion 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.
Your project must support the industrialisation at scale of an electrified automotive supply chain. It must be appropriate and in proportion to the planned objectives and prioritisation of the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF).
Focus Areas
Your project must 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)
- Electric 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 cells
- MEA
- fuel cell stack assembly
- storage tanks
- Upstream Supply Chain including:
- raw materials
- component manufacturing
- sub-assembly manufacturing
Eligibility Criteria
To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
- be a UK registered 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 in reference to 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/1140/overview#summary