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Call for Applications for Net Zero Living: Pioneer Places in the UK

Deadline: 30-Nov-22

UK registered businesses and local authorities can apply for a share of up to £2 million to plan for a place based demonstration of ways to accelerate progress towards net zero.

Aim

The aim of this first phase competition is to fund up to 30 place based projects. These will develop detailed local plans for innovative approaches to unlock non-technical systemic barriers to the delivery of net zero targets.

Your plan must show how non-technical systemic barriers to rapidly accelerate progress to net zero targets in a defined place can be overcome.

You must explain how these places, local businesses and communities can thrive through that transition through innovative technologies and solutions. The removal of these barriers will enable innovative solutions to be adopted at scale and drive local economic growth.

Your proposal must demonstrate a deep understanding of the opportunities from any non-technical systemic barriers, to delivery of net zero objectives in the area.

You must consider the whole net zero system in your area, including:

  • Power.
  • Heat.
  • Mobility.
  • Product manufacture and usage.
Funding Information
  • Up to £2 million has been allocated to fund innovation projects in this competition. Funding will be in the form of a grant.
  • If your organisation’s work on the project is commercial or economic, your funding request must not exceed the limits below. These limits apply even if your organisation normally acts non-economically but for the purpose of this project will be undertaking commercial or economic activity.
Project

Your project must:

  • Focus on a whole systems approach which considers power, heat, mobility, product manufacture and usage in domestic, commercial and industrial settings, as appropriate for your local area.
  • Identify and address non-technical systemic barriers, not infrastructure and technical barriers.
  • Clearly show how the proposal links to your ongoing delivery of your existing net zero plans and development in your area.
  • Show how you will work to align with other ongoing activities for example in financing and capability provision.
  • Have a total grant funding request between £50,000 and £75,000.
  • Start on 1 April 2023.
  • End by 30 June 2023.
  • Last between 1 and 3 months.
  • Carry out all of its project work in the UK.
  • Intend to exploit the results from or in the UK.
  • Demonstrate alignment with current delivery activities within your existing Net Zero Transition Plans or Climate Action Plans.
  • Be based on existing experience of delivering systems based approaches to net zero.
  • Be scalable or replicable by other places within the UK.
  • Have an equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) policy in place for the organisations involved.
Eligibility Criteria
  • Lead Organisation
    • To lead a project your organisation must:
    • be a UK Local Authority or a UK registered business of any size
    • collaborate with other UK registered organisations
    • The term local authority includes, county councils, district councils, unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs. Regional collaborations coordinated through bodies such as Combined Authorities are also eligible.
    • Your project must include eligible partners in its collaboration with a minimum of one local authority and one UK registered business.
    • They welcome collaborative applications between multiple authorities.
  • Project team
    • To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following:
      • UK registered business of any size
      • Academic institution
      • Charity
      • Not for profit
      • Public sector organisation
      • Utilities and regulators
      • Local authority
      • Community groups
      • Health authorities
      • Education establishments
      • Energy network operator
    • A minimum of two grant claiming partners must be included to be an eligible collaboration and must include a minimum of one UK registered business and one Local Authority.
    • Each partner organisation must be invited into the Innovation Funding Service by the lead to collaborate on a project. Once accepted, partners will be asked to login or to create an account and enter their own project costs into the Innovation Funding Service.
    • The lead and at least one other organisation must claim funding when entering their costs during the application.
  • Non-funded partners
    • Your project can include partners that do not receive any of this competition’s funding, for example non UK businesses. Their costs will count towards the total project costs.
  • Number of applications
    • A local authority or business can only lead on one application but can be included as a collaborator in a further single application.
    • If an organisation is not leading any application, it can collaborate in any number of applications.

For more information, visit https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1339/overview/5d09118e-f402-419c-8735-dc7ec563e89f