Tatton Consulting

Mark Clayton

£1.7m secured from the latest InnovateUK Open round

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I am very pleased to announce that Tatton Consulting Ltd – #UKgrantfunding experts secured over £1.7m in grant funding from the last Innovate UK ‘Open’ funding round – more than 8% of the total national call budget – for three clients, with an average grant size of £550,000.

For more details, please contact one of the team.

 

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7 new grants for UK SMEs this summer

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7 new grants for UK SMEs to look at this summer

Over £80m in funding available to support innovation and growth. Here is a breakdown of some of the schemes available right now;

  1. Open grant funding competition: Round 2 – £20 million to deliver game changing or disruptive innovations with significant potential for impact on the UK economy. Any technology, any company size, up to 70% funding.
  2. Plastics Innovation: Towards zero waste – UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £4 million to develop new solutions to reduce persistent plastics entering our environment.
  3. Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Open Call for Innovation – The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and security of the UK. Grants of £90k available, 100% funding – no match funding needed.
  4. Manufacturing readiness and scale up of Genomic Analysis technologies – UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million to increase the manufacturing capacity of innovative genomic analysis technologies.
  5. Transforming accountancy, insurance and legal services with AI and data – UK business and research organisations can apply for a share of £12 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. This is to develop AI and data enabled products and services within accountancy, insurance and legal services.
  6. Smart Local Energy Systems: concepts and designs – UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million to design smart local energy systems.
  7. Autonomous highway, rural and parking test facilities – UK businesses and research and technology organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million to create the second phase of the UK connected and autonomous vehicle test ‘ecosystem’.

For details on the scheme and application process, please get in touch.

**2018 Open innovation call – £19m Round 2**

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Developing innovative technology? Get your 2018/19 R&D costs covered
Round 2 now open: £19m in funding, 70% grants available

The UK Gov is looking to support disruptive innovation and the development of new technology. To be in scope, a proposal must:

  1. Result in a clear game-changing and/or disruptive innovative idea leading to novel, new products, processes or services that are significantly ahead of others in the field
  2. Have a clear route to market and demonstrable positive impact in terms of growth and competitiveness 

The deadline for applications is the 9th May.  

What disruptive, game-changing technology would you develop if you knew 70% of the risk was covered?

Funding details

The funder has allocated up to £19 million to fund innovation projects in this open competition. Successful applicants can attract grant funding towards their eligible project costs.The percentage of costs that they pay through a grant varies. It depends on the type of research being carried out and size and type of organisation involved.

Applicant size    Industrial research  Experimental development  
Micro/small 70%45%
Medium 60%35%
Large 50%25%

Projects are expected to last from 6 months to 3 years and to range in size from total costs of £50,000 to £2 million. The costs covered by the grant include labour, overheads, materials, IP, depreciation and subcontractors.

Recent Successes  –  £1.3m from the European Space Agency

2018 has so far been a successful year and I am please to announce that we have recently helped secure over £1.6m in interest-free, equity-free and repayment-free grants this quarter for our clients, including a  £1.3m grant from the European Space Agency for an innovative Agritech consortium.

 Some of our other recent successes include;

  • £189k for an innovative, environmental technology start-up;
  • £156k for an expanding UK food producer;
  • £129k for clean cities, clean technology project;
  • £348k for an innovative medical device company.

 For further details please see our website here.

About Tatton Consulting

We help ambitious SMEs identify, apply for and secure the funding and grants to innovate and grow. Our team has secured over £28 million in repayment-free, interest-free, equity-free funding to help our clients innovate and grow. Priority areas include;

  • Manufacturing & New Materials
  • Health, Biomedical & Life Sciences
  • Digital, IoT, Electronics & Sensors
  • Green Technology, Transport, Defence & Energy
  • Regional Expansion & Growth
  • Tourism & Rural Development

If you would like to explore what funding opportunities are available at the moment or would like to discuss your project, then please;

Alternatively contact us by clicking on one of the links below. We look forward to hearing from you and discussing your project further.


— Mark Clayton
Managing Director

Grants for emerging Material, IoT, Big Data, Sensor, Robotic and Space technologies

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Grants up to £1m, covering 70% of project costs, are available to support innovative 2018 and 2019 projects leading to innovations in the IoT, Digital, Sensor, Robotic and Space technologies.

The deadline for applications is the 28th March 2018 so act fast!

Scope

Projects must show significant innovation in one of six priority areas:

  1. Materials
  • biofilms
  • energy harvesting
  • graphene and novel single-layer (2D) materials
  • cutting-edge imaging technologies
  • unconventional new computational paradigms such as biological computing
  1. Digital
  • machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)
  • cybersecurity
  • data analytics or ‘big data’
  • distributed ledger technology (such as blockchain)
  • internet of things
  • immersive technology (such as virtual or augmented reality)
  • innovative services or applications employing new forms of connectivity, including 5G

3. Electronics, sensors and photonics (ESP)

  • electronic systems
  • large area electronics
  • power electronics
  • sensor systems
  • photonics
  • compound semiconductors
  1. Robotics and autonomous systems
  • service robotics for professional or personal applications
  • inspection and maintenance in extreme and challenging (hazardous) environments
  • health and social care, including assistive technologies, patient care and robotic surgery
  • next-generation farming
  • next-generation manufacturing
  • autonomous transport, including automotive, aerospace and rail applications
  • AI technologies for autonomous systems

5. Creative economy

  • enabling higher-quality, faster and more cost-effective creation, manipulation and/or consumption of ‘real time’ creative content
  • creating richer and more engaging user experiences on new innovative platforms, such as virtual reality
  1. Space
  • Satellite communications
  • Satellite positioning, navigation and timing.
  • Earth observation.

The next deadline is the 28th March. For details on the scheme and application process, please see our website:  www.UKgrantfunding.co.uk

Recent Successes

We help a wide range of businesses, across a variety of industries identify, apply and secure public funding. Some of our recent successes include;

  • £189k for an innovative, environmental technology start-up;
  • £156k for an expanding UK food producer;
  • £129k for clean cities, clean technology project;
  • £90k for a 3D printing technology company;
  • £348k for an innovative medical device company.

All consultations are done free of charge and we only earn once both parties have identified a suitable opportunity with a good chance of success.  For further details please click here.

About Tatton Consulting

We help ambitious SMEs identify, apply for and secure the funding and grants to innovate and grow. Our team has secured over £26.9 million in repayment-free, interest-free, equity-free funding to help our clients innovate and grow. Priority areas include;

  • Manufacturing & New Materials
  • Health, Biomedical & Life Sciences
  • Digital, IoT, Electronics & Sensors
  • Green Technology, Transport, Defence & Energy
  • Regional Expansion & Growth
  • Tourism & Rural Development

If you would like to explore what funding opportunities are available at the moment or would like to discuss your project, then please;

Alternatively contact us by clicking on one of the links below. We look forward to hearing from you and discussing your project further.

— Mark Clayton 
Managing Director