Deadline: 31-Jan-23
£450,000 is available through the Tay5G Challenge Fund to support up to six applicants who can demonstrate impactful projects for products, services or solutions which use 5G.
Focus Sector
- Agriculture, Food and Drink
- Digital & Creative
- Energy & Renewables
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Mobility / Transportation
- Smart Cities IoT
- Tourism
Funding Information
- The Tay Cities Deal Tay5G Challenge Fund is a UK-wide grant funding opportunity worth £450,000
- The Challenge Fund can provide grant funding of up to 70% of eligible costs depending on organisation size and status. Successful applicants are asked to provide match funding in cash or in-kind such as staff time, expertise, resources and facilities.
Location of the funded projects
- The project must take place in the Tay Cities Region. They acknowledge that some remote work may be required.
Outcomes
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Tay5G aims to deliver a range of outcomes, including productivity growth, digital skills, and connectivity improvement and promote the region and Scotland’s innovation credentials. The key outcomes include:
- Demonstration of which use cases and applications work
- Disseminating evidence and lessons learnt during project delivery which will reduce costs/barriers to 5G deployment – and identify barriers
- Increased and/or accelerated 5G R&D Investment in TCR
- Increased commercial certainty about 5G opportunities in the TCR and beyond
- Increased participation/collaboration with 5G ecosystems across SMEs, academia, larger companies, public and third sector
- Enhanced perception of 5G in the TCR, greater awareness of 5G capability
- Creating new opportunities for local businesses, including SMEs, to develop new applications and services they can market at home and overseas
- Projects supported by the Tay5G Challenge Fund are required to contribute to these outcomes.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Challenge Fund is open to all UK registered organisations.
- If there is only one applicant, they must be an SME registered in Scotland.
- Consortia can apply, which may include organisations from the public, private, third or research sectors. Rules for applications from consortia;
- Consortium members can be any type of UK-registered organisation.
- At least one consortium member must be a business registered in Scotland.
- The consortium must have the resources (identified/committed) to complete the project.
For more information, visit Tay5G Challenge Fund.