ISCF - £1 million Innovate UK Grant

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Latest £1 Million Grant Available From Innovate UK

The aim with this competition is to support an innovation-led recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and to protect the UK's foundation industries. This competition has just opened and enterprises can claim up to 70% of a projects total eligible costs up to £1 million.

Innovate UK are looking to help the UK’s foundation industries remain globally competitive and become more environmentally sustainable. The UK’s Foundation Industries (comprised of Glass, Metals, Cement, Ceramics, Bulk Chemicals and Paper), produce 75% of all the materials in our economy and are vital for the UK’s manufacturing and construction industries.

The competition closes at 11am on Wednesday 4th November. It typically takes around 40 to 60 hours to prepare an award winning application, and we recommend you do this over a 3 to 4 week period.

Please get in touch if you'd like to know whether your project would likely qualify for this grant or would like any assistance in preparing the application.

Your project must:

have total eligible costs between £100,000 and £1 million
last between 3 and 12 months
start by 1 April 2021

Who can apply?

To lead a project your UK registered organisation:

must be either a business of any size or research and technology organisation (RTO)
must carry out its project work in the UK
must intend to exploit the results from or in the UK

Academic institutions cannot lead or work alone. Research and technology organisations cannot work alone.

Find out which definition your organisation falls into.

Proposals:

Aligned with the objectives of the ISCF Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge, projects will have to demonstrate how they address resource or energy efficiency of foundation industries and support resilience and sustainability of the sector and its supply chains.

Projects must:

help the UK’s foundation industries remain globally competitive and become more environmentally sustainable
indicate how the innovation helps meet the needs of business and/or industry as it emerges from Covid-19 pandemic and aids rapid recovery
demonstrate that the business has the capability to deliver the project

Innovate UK are looking to fund a portfolio of projects, across a variety of technologies, markets, sectors, technological maturities and research categories.

Projects must focus on resource or energy efficiency in the foundation industries and can focus on one or more of the following areas:

establish long-term viability of domestic supply chains
new markets
new business models
new products and services
new processes

Project dates:

17 July 2020 - Webinar 1 - view recording
20 July 2020 - Webinar 2 - view recording
3 August 2020 - Competition opens
4 November 2020 11:00am - Competition closes
11 December 2020 - Applicants notified

Interested in applying? Get in touch to learn how Myriad Associates can help:

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Click here to discuss your application with one of our expert grant bid writers or visit Innovate UK to find out more.

Where do I find more information?

For more information on this grant, please visit: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/684/overview#summary

Alternatively, contact us if you'd like to know whether your project would likely qualify for this grant.

This post was written by Barrie Dowsett who is Chief Executive Officer at Myriad Associates. Click here to read more about Barrie and the Myriad team. Barrie Dowsett

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ISCF - £1 million Innovate UK Grant Now Available