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National Materials Innovation Programme: CR&D Rd1
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £12 million for collaborative industrial research to speed the translation of advanced materials innovations in three prioritised high growth themes and one strategic opportunity theme.
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Innovate UK
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£500,000 to £1 million
Advanced manufacturing & materials
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Advancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosis
Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences’ (OLS) Cancer Healthcare Goals programme, will invest up to £25.4 million, to support the clinical validation and evaluation of early cancer diagnostic technologies and devices.
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Innovate UK
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£1.5 million to £4 million
Health & Life Science
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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Discovery C7
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Innovation Challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.
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Ofgem
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Up to £200,000
Clean energy
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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Round 5 Discovery C7
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Round 5 challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.
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Ofgem
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Up to £200,000
Clean energy
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Engineering Biology Access to Infrastructure Pilot
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for Engineering Biology pilot scale and validation projects. This funding is part of UKRI’s Engineering Biology Programme and funded by BIST.
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Innovate UK
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£200,000 to £750,000
Engineering Biology
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Medicines Manufacturing Data Institute: Phase 1
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £500,000 for a phase 1 project to establish the Medicines Manufacturing Data Institute (MMDI). This funding is from Innovate UK.
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Innovate UK
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£50,000 to £100,000
Health & Life Science
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Farming Innovation Programme: Small R&D Partnership Projects Round 5
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £13 million for small R&D partnership projects. This funding is from the industry led R&D Partnerships Fund, a part of the Defra Farming Innovation Programme.
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Defra
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£700,000 to £2.1 million
Agritech
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CfI: Engineering Biology for Defra and FSA Phase 1
Organisations can apply for a share up to £3 million inclusive of VAT, to develop and scale Engineering Biology platforms, products and services.
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UKRI
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Up to £200,000
Engineering Biology
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Investor Partnerships - ACT and Semiconductors
UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
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Innovate UK
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£175,000 to £700,000
Advanced manufacturing & materials
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Advanced Manufacturing: Measurement and Sensing Pilot
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million as part of a pilot. This is to support high potential businesses developing a technology, product or service in measurement, instrumentation or sensing for UK manufacturing.
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Innovate UK
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£80,420
Advanced manufacturing & materials
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