
The funding landscape can be complex, so Knowledge Transfer Network's Emerging and Enabling Technologies teams have created a list of some of the latest relevant funding calls for the Emerging Technologies and Quantum sectors, as well as for the Electronics, Photonics, Sensors and ICT ones.
The teams will be happy to help if you wish to find out more about these or other funding opportunities, need help to find collaborative partners or are seeking advice on how to apply for funding. Please do not hesitate to get in touch.
See their Covid-19 funding round-up for all Covid-related funding calls.
Sort and segregate nuclear waste: phase 1 (SBRI competition)
This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
The aim of the competition is to develop an autonomous and integrated toolkit to sort and segregate radioactive waste generated by nuclear decommissioning activities. This will reduce the level of waste requiring disposal, increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve safety.
This is phase 1 of a 2-phase competition. Up to £600,000, including VAT, is available for phase 1 and it is anticipated that the feasibility study R&D contracts will be up to £60,000, including VAT. This is for each project for up to 3 months. They expect to fund up to 10 projects. At the conclusion of phase 1 you will produce a technical feasibility study.
Only successful applicants from phase 1 will be able to apply to take part in phase 2. The second phase will involve up to 4 R&D contracts. Up to £900,000, including VAT, will be allocated for each contract for up to 15 months, in order to develop and demonstrate a full scale prototype in a non-radioactive environment.
Your project must:
Your application must address all the following:
Closing date: 11th November 2020. For more information, click here.
Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Just like thebhighly effective KTP programme, Management KTPs (MKTPs) create a dynamic 3-way partnership between your company, a team of academic experts and a skilled graduate. The focus of a MKTP is specifically on increasing effectiveness and improving results through better management practices.
These have the same funding deadlines as KTPs - click here for full details.
Horizon 2020: Fast Track to Innovation FTI
Registration opens: 07.11.2017, Closing date: 27.10.20
Award: Share of €100m
Organisation: Horizon 2020
FTI accelerates the market uptake of ground-breaking innovations by providing funding in an open, accessible scheme that nurtures ideas from consortia of innovators of all types and sizes from across Europe.
Proposals must relate to any field of H2020 under the specific objective "Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies" and/or to any of the specific objectives under the priority "Societal challenge".
Click here for more information.
Horizon 2020: EIC Horizon Prize for 'Innovative Batteries for eVehicles'
Registration opens: 22.02.2018, Closing date: 17.12.20
Award: Share of €10m
Organisation: Horizon 2020
The challenge is to develop a safe and sustainable battery for electric-vehicles through the development of new materials and chemistries making use of abundant, sustainable low cost materials, which are easily available in Europe. Solutions are required to provide the same or better performance than vehicles with internal combustion engines and to be capable of recharging the electric vehicle within a time equivalent to fill a conventional gasoline/diesel fuel tank.
Click here for more information.
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