Summary

The aim of this competition is to address widely known problems in relation to plastic packaging for consumer products. Your proposal must include significant industry investment.

This is stage 1 of a 2-stage competition. The stages are:

• Expression of interest (this stage): evaluated by the SSPP team and independent assessment by Innovate UK. There is no funding in this stage.
• Full stage application. This will be by invitation only to applicants who are successful in the EoI stage through the Innovation Funding Service and will include independent assessment by Innovate UK, with an independent Environmental Impact Assessment and, if relevant, an Engineering Assessment.

Innovate UK expects to invest in up to 3 practical demonstrators at the full stage competition.

Eligibility

Your project must:

• request a minimum grant of £1 million
• request a maximum grant of £12 million
• start by 1 February 2022
• end by 31 January 2025
• last between 12 and 36 months

To lead a project your organisation must:

• be a UK registered business of any size
• collaborate with other UK registered business, academic institution, charity, not-for-profit, public sector organisation or RTO
• carry out its project work in the UK
• intend to exploit the results from or in the UK

When a business leads on an application it can collaborate in a further 2 applications.

If a business is not leading any application, it can collaborate in up to 3 applications