Deadline: 01-Feb-23
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
Focus Areas and Priorities
- Your proposal must prioritise the scale up in areas mentioned in the Automotive Transformation Strategy for an electrified supply chain. Your project must prioritise scale up and focus on one or more of the following:
- Batteries including cells (’gigafactories’)
- Electric motors and drives
- Power electronics
- Fuel cells
- Upstream supply chain for, batteries including cells, electric motors and drives, power electronics or fuel cells
- The ATF will prioritise support to projects that:
- Can act as anchors to their respective supply chains
- Are likely to lead to further investments while creating a sustainable and competitive supply chain for the future
Specific Themes
- Your project must focus on one or more of the following:
- Batteries including cells (’gigafactories’)
- Cathode materials and manufacturing
- Anode materials and manufacturing
- Electrolyte
- Cell assembly components (including separators)
- Electric motors and drives
- Magnet materials and manufacturing
- Electrical steel materials and manufacturing
- Electrical machine assembly
- Drive line components
- Assembly and test into complete drive unit
- Power electronics
- Wide band gap semi-conductors
- Sensors
- Passives
- Power electronics assembly
- Fuel cells
- Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA)
- Fuel cell stack assembly
- Storage tanks
- Upstream Supply Chain including:
- Raw materials
- Component manufacturing
- Sub-assembly manufacturing
- The Automotive Transformation Fund provides detailed information on the specific themes of this competition.
- Batteries including cells (’gigafactories’)
Funding Information
- Up to £1 billion has been allocated to fund capital focused projects in this competition.
Eligible Projects
- Your project must:
- Fit with the overall strategy of the ATF
- Offer value for money for the UK
- Have an ongoing benefit to the UK from the exploitation of your project
- Include deliverables such as time, cost and quality (including risks)
Eligibility Criteria
- To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
- Be a UK registered business of any size
- Carry out its project work in the UK
- Intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
- Address the requirements of the Automotive Transformation Fund.
- Project Team
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be a UK registered:
- Business of any size
- Academic institution
- Charity
- Not-for-profit
- Public sector organisation
- Research and technology organisation (RTO).
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be a UK registered:
For more information, visit Innovate UK.
