Energy Catalyst – Early Stage Awards – Technical feasibility studies

Key Features

Early-stage awards will fund projects that explore and evaluate the technical potential of an early-stage innovative idea or concept through technical feasibility studies. The project will aim to establish if a pre-industrial concept is ready for further technology development.

Programme:     Energy Catalyst

Award:     up to £140k

Opens: 4th Apr 2016

Closes: 14th Sep 2016

! This scheme is now closed

The Energy Catalyst will accelerate innovation by providing investment and support at the time, in the way and at the scale innovators need it. It will help stimulate and support innovation at all stages through to commercial readiness and bring the best ideas, processes, products and skills to the UK energy supply chain to make it globally competitive.

Innovate UK is offering businesses and universities a share of up to £9 million to develop innovative solutions to global energy challenges.

Three categories of grant are available:

The Energy Catalyst will accelerate innovation by providing investment and support at the time, in the way and at the scale innovators need it. It will help stimulate and support innovation at all stages through to commercial readiness and bring the best ideas, processes, products and skills to the UK energy supply chain to make it globally competitive.

Innovate UK is offering businesses and universities a share of up to £9 million to develop innovative solutions to global energy challenges.
The Energy Catalyst can fund projects from early concept stage through to pre-commercial technology validation, based upon innovation that incorporates, for example:
• new technologies or enhancement of existing technologies
• components, sub-systems or systems
• integrated whole system approaches
• enabling technologies for the energy system.

Three categories of grant are available:
• Early-stage award: Technical feasibility
• Mid-stage awards: Technology development
• Late-stage awards: Pre-commercial technology validation
To view full details of the three categories, please click the links above.

The Energy Catalyst supports businesses and research organisations, including academia, to respond to challenges across the energy sector. It will fund projects delivering innovative solutions that address all elements