Deadline: 6-Sep-23
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop innovative proposals with India. This funding is from Innovate UK.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £5 million in innovation projects in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
The aim of this competition is to fund collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects between the UK and India focused on sustainability.
Your project must demonstrate:
- a clear game changing or disruptive innovative idea leading to new products, processes or services
- a strong and deliverable business plan addressing market potential and needs
- sound, practical financial plans and timelines
- value for money
- a clear, evidence-based plan to deliver significant economic impact, return on investment (ROI) and growth through commercialisation, as soon as possible after project completion
- clear potential to significantly benefit the UK economy or national productivity
- the benefits and value of participants from the countries working together
- a clear definition of where intellectual property (IP) can be used and shared between the participants and countries
- a clear route to exploitation or commercialisation
- Your project must focus on one or both of the following themes.
- Sustainable materials and manufacturing
Your project must focus on at least one of these areas:
- enabling technologies for sustainability, including digital solutions, sensors and controls, bio-based feedstocks, waste recycling and value-added processes for waste streams
- new supply chain and business models for the manufacturing, materials or foundation industries (glass, paper, cements, ceramics, chemicals and metals), including, but not limited to, the move to a circular economy, industrial symbiosis, co-location and servitisation
- new and efficient production processes for the manufacturing, materials or foundation industries, including, but not limited to, transformative low temperature processes, waste heat capture and recovery systems, planning optimisation
- smart design for resource efficiency and through-life value using effective design methods
- next generation materials involving the discovery, scaling, processing and adoption of advanced and sustainable materials
- other sustainability improvements for the manufacturing, materials or foundation industries
- Power electronics, machines and drives
Your project must focus on one or more of these areas:
- power electronic semiconductor fabrication or device packaging, including innovations in Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide
- power conversion innovations including invertors and convertors for any application, such as electric vehicles or energy systems
- electric machine design innovations, including design for manufacture, for any application
- electric machine control innovations, including design and manufacturing
- magnet manufacturing and end of life recycling solutions
- electric vehicle (EV) chargers
- 2 and 3 wheeler electric vehicle powertrains
Funding Information
- UK applicants must apply for a grant funding request of between £100,000 and £300,000 per project.
- Your project must:
- have a grant funding request of between £100,000 and £300,000
- start by 1 March 2024
- end by 31 August 2025
- last between 6 and 18 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Lead Organisation
- To lead a project your organisation must:
- be a UK registered business of any size
- be or involve at least one grant claiming UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
- collaborate with an Indian registered business, which must be a separate legal entity, not linked to the UK partners
- To lead a project your organisation must:
- UK Project team
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered:
- business of any size
- academic institution
- research and technology organisation (RTO)
- Each UK 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.
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered:
Projects they will not fund?
- They will not fund projects that:
- work on non-civilian applications
- are not in scope
- do not meet Innovate UK’s eligibility criteria
- do not have an eligible Indian partner
- do not submit all mandatory documentation
- request grant of below £100,000 or more than £300,000 from Innovate UK
- They cannot fund projects that are:
- dependent on export performance, for example giving a subsidy to a baker on the condition that it exports a certain quantity of bread to another country
- dependent on domestic inputs usage, for example giving a subsidy to a baker on the condition that it uses 50% UK flour in their product.
For more information, visit Innovate UK.