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Grant Opportunities for September and October

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Despite it raining outside and it being the holiday season there are a large number of grant opportunities at the moment. Funding is available to support innovation in Construction, Financial Services, Energy, Quantum Computing, Ageing Technology and Self-Driving Vehicles.

A selection of these can be found below;

Enabling data access in accountancy, insurance and legal services: CR&D
Apply for a share of up to £3.5 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, to enable data access and innovation in accountancy, insurance and law.

Opening Date: Monday 14th October 
Closing Date: Wednesday 20th November


Transforming UK construction: demonstrator projects
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £26 million for practical, demonstrator projects in MMC, digital and whole-life asset performance.

Opening Date: Wednesday 28th August
Closing Date: Wednesday 6th November


Commercialising quantum technology: feasibility and industrial research projects round 1
Funded by the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million for quantum technology innovation projects.

Opening Date: Monday 5th August
Closing Date: Wednesday 30th October


And don’t forget that the Innovate UK Smart Grants: July 2019 is already open! 

This opportunity allows you to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver ambitious or disruptive R&D innovations that can make a significant impact on the UK economy.

Closing date: Wednesday 16th October

For further details on any of the above schemes, or if you would like to discuss a potential project please don’t hesitate to give us a call.
 

Partnerships

We are proud to announce Tatton Consulting as the official UK public funding partner of the Greentech Challenge, a Europe-wide business incubator supporting the brightest and best sustainability and green technology start-ups.

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We will be supporting them at GREENTECH CHALLENGE London 2019  on the 9–12th of September 2019  at Sustainable Workspaces, London. For further details please click here.  

Recent Successes

We love helping businesses apply and secure funding, and have supported our clients in raising over £32m. We’ve recently secured funds for a number of projects including;

  • £190k for an Augmented Reality project,
  • £450k for a Digital health genetics company
  • £260k for an African Agritech 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.

Industrial Challenge: Advanced Manufacturing & Materials

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Industrial Challenge: Advanced Manufacturing & Materials
** £19m in funding, 70% grants available**

Innovative projects that boost productivity, result in a new process or material use are encouraged from the following technology areas:

• nanotechnology and nanomaterials
• composite materials
• coatings, thin films and surfaces
• metals and metallurgy
• ceramics
• polymers
• non-metallics
• electronic and sensing materials
• resource efficiency
• assembly and joining
• forming technologies
• chemical and bio process
• surface engineering
• CAD/CAM/CAE/simulation, digital manufacturing
• electronics manufacturing
• sensor and instrument (design and manufacture)
• material recovery and treatment
• additive manufacturing and 3D printing
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Funding details

Innovate UK have allocated up to £19 million to fund innovation projects;

• Projects should focus on technical feasibility, industrial research or experimental development.
• All projects must involve at least one SME and a business must lead the project.
• Projects costing more than £100k must involve a partner.
• The funding ranges from 35% up to 70% of total R&D costs (labour, overheads, materials, IP, subcontractors).
• 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 closing dates for application is the 31st January 2018 ***

If you would like any further details on the schemes highlighted or to discuss a potential project, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.