Summary

Up to £3 million in small collaborative innovation projects will be invested by:

• Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation
• the National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
• the National Measurement Laboratory at LGC (formerly known as the Laboratory of the Government Chemist)
• the National Engineering Laboratory (NEL)
• the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

 Your proposal must describe a measurement or analysis problem, that will help improve your businesses productivity or competitiveness and an estimate of the value to your business of solving it.

This is an expression of interest (EoI) competition stage. No funding is awarded at this stage.

Successful applicants at this EoI stage will be invited to brokerage consultations with relevant analysis for innovators (A4I) partners. These will focus on how to approach solving their problem. They will also work together to propose joint projects to develop solutions.

 Successful stage 2 applications will be grant funded, through special drawing rights funding, to work with the relevant funding partner organisations.

Eligibility

Your project must:

• have total eligible costs of up to £50,000
• start by 1 January 2022
• end by 31st March 2022
• last up to 3 months
• carry out all of its project work in the UK
• intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
• involve at least one of the A4I co-funding partner organisations

You cannot use a previously submitted application to apply for this competition.