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Innovation in time dissemination and application

Opens:
19/4/2021
Closes:
9/6/2021
Sectors:
All
Electronics, Sensors & Robotics
Project Size:
£50,000 - £250,000

Summary

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is working with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to invest up to £2 million in feasibility studies for innovation in the dissemination and application of resilient time, frequency and synchronisation (TFS).

 

The key areas for development are:

  • distribution
  • trust, assurance and security
  • resilience

 

The aim of this competition is to:

  • support and enable business-led innovation across the UK supply chain in resilient TFS for the development of products, services and end user applications
  • develop a TFS ecosystem and capability for relevant industries and critical national infrastructure
  • disrupt and create new markets to improve the provision of TFS

 

Eligibility

 

Your project must:

  • have total eligible costs between £50,000 and £250,000
  • end by 31 May 2022
  • last between 4 and 6 months

 

Projects can start from 1 October 2021.

 

To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:

  • be a UK registered business of any size
  • if collaborative, partner with other UK registered businesses, research organisations, research and technology organisations (RTO), academic institutions, public sector organisations or charities
  • carry out its project work in the UK
  • intend to exploit the results from or in the UK

Scope

The aim of this competition is to:

  • support and enable industry-led innovation across the UK supply chain in resilient time, frequency, and synchronisation (TFS), for the development of products, services, and end user applications
  • develop a TFS ecosystem and capability for relevant industries and critical national infrastructure
  • disrupt and create new markets to improve the provision of TFS

 

Your project must deliver a feasibility study for an innovative development and demonstrate a route to market.

 

Projects must be focused on one or more of these development areas relating to the dissemination of TFS:

  • products
  • services
  • protocols and algorithms
  • standards

 

Your project should lead to the following types of impact for the UK:

  • economic, including new revenue, cost savings, other economic impacts
  • national capability in TFS

 

During the project, NPL can provide up to 12 hours of free consultancy and free access to highly accurate and traceable time and frequency signals from four locations in the south-east of England. These include an experimental test facility and validation and characterisation capabilities.

 

Projects that include one or more industry sectors are of interest. Example sectors include but are not limited to, telecommunications, energy, autonomy, finance, smart factories, sensors, the Internet of Things (IoT), broadcast, health, space, and transport including rail, road, aviation, maritime.

 

Projects involving cross-sector technologies such as those contributing to telecommunication technologies or timing over digital networks are of particular interest.


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