Deadline: 17 April 2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to respond to new and urgent needs in UK and global communities during and following the Covid-19 pandemic.
The aim of this competition is to support UK businesses to focus on emerging or increasing needs of society and industries during and following the Covid-19 pandemic. By fast-tracking innovation, the UK will be better placed to maintain employment levels, a competitive position in global markets and make the UK more resilient to similar disruption.
Specific Themes
Innovate UK are interested in solutions, which tackle the new or emerging societal or industry needs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, including but not exclusively:
- community support services
- couriers and delivery (rural and/or city based)
- education and culture
- entertainment (live entertainment, music, etc.)
- financial services
- food manufacture and processing
- healthcare
- hospitality
- personal protection equipment
- remote working
- retail
- social care
- sport and recreation
- transport
- wellbeing
Funding Information
- Your project’s total eligible costs must be between £25,000 and £50,000.
- Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £20 million in innovation projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your project
- have total eligible costs between £25,000 and £50,000
- be able to start by 1st June 2020 at the latest
- be no longer than 6 months in duration
- Lead organisation
- be a UK registered business of any size
- carry out its project work in the UK
- intend to deliver the proposed outcomes for UK domestic or global benefit
- Sole traders are not eligible to apply for this competition.
- Your application must demonstrate:
- a clearly innovative and ambitious idea, which would realistically and significantly meet a societal need that has emerged or increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic or the need of an industry that has been severely impacted and/or permanently disrupted
- that you have the capacity and capability to deliver the project successfully and on time during the working restrictions of Covid-19
- the ability to start your project no later than June 2020
- value for money
For more information, visit https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/583/overview#scope