Deadline: 30-Dec-22
To help foster climate services innovation the UK Space Agency are looking to provide small grants to help the UK develop business-viable ideas which use space data in a climate related application.
Call Themes
- The UK Space Agency is looking to give grants to support:
- The use of space data in a climate-related application
- New or novel ideas in the pre-commercial stage.
- Collaboration with another organisation/entity such that the work/skills/data needed should not all be readily available within one organisation. For example, you might buy access to data or consultancy time.
- Ideas that can be developed into a business viable idea by the end of March
- Opportunities for discussion the user community such that the new climate service is needed/wanted.
They have scoped the example themes alongside Space4Climate. Climate services can cover any number of themes across mitigation, adaptation and resilience etc. For example:
- Land use
- Biodiversity
- Carbon
- Energy
- Agriculture
- Health
- Water management
- Education
- Natural disaster response
Funding Information
- UK Space Agency has up to £80,000 to be split between successful applicants.
- You must ensure that your total costs of any one proposal do not exceed £10,000. The £10,000 is inclusive of VAT.
- Funding will be managed through the UK Space Agency Low Value Grant Funding Agreement.
- Match funding is only required where applicable as per the details listed under Subsidy Control and not applicable in this circumstance.
Eligibility Criteria
- There are a series of requirements for eligibility to receive grant funding:
- Grant Recipients must demonstrate the ability to effectively manage a project
- Grant Recipients must have a UK bank account and all grant payments will be made in UK sterling (as per grant funding agreement)
- All project members must have in place and provide evidence of appropriate anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies
- All project members must provide evidence of a process for declaring and managing conflicts of interest
- All project members must be able to provide evidence that they are GDPR compliant
- Projects cannot work in areas that are in active conflict and any travel to overseas must comply with FCDO recommendations
- Projects must pass due diligence checks on company viability (financial standing assessment, governance, conflicts of interest, technical expertise)
- Formal teaming, or equivalent agreements between project partners must be in place within 60 days of grant signature
- Projects must comply with the rules stated in this guidance document
Criteria
- All applications will be reviewed by the UK Space Agency Earth Observation and Climate team. In considering the proposal, the team will use the following criteria with equal weighting:
- Project plan
- Skills and expertise
- Innovation
- Value for money
For more information, visit UK Space Agency.