Deadline: 2-Jul-25
As part of the Made Smarter Innovation Challenge (MSI), Innovate UK will invest up to £2 million in innovation projects to examine the feasibility of developing new industrial digital technologies.
These are for micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME) manufacturers to improve their energy or resource efficiency that would lead to a more productive, resilient and sustainable sector.
Specific Themes
- Your project must focus on one or more of the following.
- Energy efficiencies:
- boilers and steam
- air compressors or vacuum
- motors, drivers, pumps or hydraulics
- induction or welding
- chilling or freezing
- spray, extraction or dryers
- ovens, kilns or furnaces
- heavy machinery or presses
- Resource efficiencies:
- raw material waste
- production process waste
- packaging waste
- maintenance or service station waste
- utilities waste
- end of life waste
- Energy efficiencies:
Funding Information
- Your project’s total eligible costs must be between £25,000 and £100,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- To work alone or lead a collaborative project, your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.
- 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
- research and technology organisation (RTO)
- A business can lead and be included as a collaborator in any number of applications. If an organisation is not leading any application, it can collaborate in any number of applications.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They will not fund projects that:
- do not support the challenges outlined in the scope of this competition
- do not evidence the potential for your proposed innovation to generate positive economic or societal impact
- duplicate other UK government or EU funded initiatives already funded
- are covered by existing commercial agreements
- fall outside of manufacturing according to a process in a controlled environment (such as traditional methods of on-site construction) or manufacturing supply chains.
For more information, visit Innovate UK.