In the first call from UKRI , the new body combining the Research Councils and Innovate_UK expressions of interest have been invited on the main challenges faced by industry where intervention will make a significant impact on the grand challenges identified in the 2017 industry strategy. The PLG welcomes this open call from UKRI which…
The Defence and Security accelerator open call is once again open for new proposals. Two streams Emerging innovations to progress from TRL 2/3 to 3/4. £30-£90k, 3-9 months for defence applications more and longer for security. Rapid Impact Innovation expected to have impact in <3 years. Up to £250k with trial or pilot project…
The latest Emerging and Enabling Innovate competition is now open. Projects are invited from £35,000 to £2 million, lasting 3 months to 3 years. Total budget £19m shared with health and life-sciences. Projects should be in one of 4 priority areas: Emerging technologies, which have either recently developed or are starting to come out of…
Innovate_UK latest Emerging and Enabling competition will open on 22 January. Traditionally the home for many #photonics applications Emerging and Enabling will form strand 2 of a joint call with Health and Life Sciences (strand 1) sharing a budget of £19million. Application deadline is 28 March 2018. Projects must show significant innovation in one of…
Finding the best new graduates that fit with your business is increasingly difficult. One of the best solutions is to take final year students on for short-term graduate placements.
Rapidly following the opening of Innovates’ Future Manufacturing and Materials and Infrastructure competition opened on 28 November the latest Open competition opened on 11 December. All technologies are in scope for this competition including those covered by Innovate’s priority areas of Infrastructure, Health and Life Sciences, Manufacturing and Materials and Emerging and Enabling technologies. Competition…
Innovate have opened two new competitions in Future Manufacturing and Materials and Infrastructure. Previous Manufacturing and Materials competitions have attracted a high proportion of top quality proposals utilising and developing photonics. “Projects should target opportunities for significant changes in productivity and …. increase material efficiency“. This competition scope focuses on:- developing more flexible and efficient…