Deadline: 21-Jul-21
Applications are now open for the Automotive Transformation Fund Round 12, a new 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.
Scope
- 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.
Specific themes
Your project can focus on one or more of the following:
- Batteries
- 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.
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 a business, academic institution, charity, not-for-profit, public sector organisation or research and technology organisation (RTO)
- carry out its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
- be invited by the lead organisation
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must:
- Subcontractors
- Subcontractors are allowed in this competition. Subcontractors can be from anywhere in the UK and you must select them through your usual procurement process.
- You can use subcontractors from overseas but must make the case in question 6 for why you could not use suppliers from the UK.
- You must also provide a detailed rationale, evidence of the potential UK contractors you approached and the reasons why they were unable to work with you.
For more information, visit https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/948/overview#summary