Innovate Open Competition round 3
Closely following closing of round 2, Round 3 of Innovate’s Open Funding Competition opens today 24 September, with submission due by 14 November 2018.
Funding
New Quantum Sensing PhD call from dstl covers key photonic topics
DSTL has announced its intention to fund a second tranche of Quantum Sensing Phd’s starting in October 2019. The scope include many key photonics themes including:- electro-optics components novel VIS/IR sources single and multiphoton detectors digital optical delay lines photonics integrated circuits optical combs sub-shot noise imaging enhanced LIDAR
EPSRC call for additional academics to join next phase of Quantum Hubs
EPSRC is looking for additional leading UK researchers wishing to express interest in joining consortia to frame the next phase of Quantum Technology hubs by 7 August 2018. Open research areas for EoI input include Photonics for quantum computing and simulation
PLG welcomes Innovate call to identify key challenges faced by industry for ISCF wave 3
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…
Defence Accelerator Open Again
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…
Emerging and Enabling competition Innovate competition inc #photonics now open
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 Emerging and Enabling competition to open 22 Jan
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…
Access the best up and coming graduates through graduate placements
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.
Innovate’s latest OPEN innovation competition opens
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 Manufacturing, Materials and Infrastructure competition opens highly relevant to #photonics
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…