Opens: 
16.10.2023
Closes: 
10.01.2024
Project Size:
between £150,000 and £600,000.
- Eligibility: UK registered organisations only. 
- Objective: To reduce cost and risk in offshore wind development in collaboration with US projects. 
Key Dates: 
- Opening: Monday, 16 October 2023 
- Closing: Wednesday, 10 January 2024 at 11:00am UK time 
Description: 
- Innovate UK will invest up to £2 million in UK offshore wind R&D projects. 
- UK projects must work in collaboration with US projects, which will be separately funded by the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC). 
- UK-US collaboration must be significant and meaningful. 
- Only UK registered partners should be listed in the application on the Innovation Funding Service (IFS). 
- Single-phase competition. 
Funding Type: 
Project Size: 
- Total eligible costs between £150,000 and £600,000. 
Your Proposal: 
- UK projects must integrate with US projects. 
- Address one or more of the challenge areas related to offshore wind resiliency, transmission, operation & maintenance, and ocean area coexistence. 
Challenge Areas: 
- Wind Resiliency and Transmission Coordination: Focuses on power reliability, transmission solutions, and energy storage of greater than 10 hours. 
- Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Systems Development: Addresses technologies and strategies for cost-efficiency, safety, and supply chain development in O&M. 
- Innovation for Ocean Area Coexistence: Concerns technologies that mitigate impacts on marine life and environment. 
Research Categories: 
- Feasibility projects, industrial research projects, and experimental development projects. 
Exclusions: 
- Projects that don't align with specified challenge areas. 
- Energy storage solutions with less than 10-hour duration. 
- Projects focused on baseline environmental data collection.