15 Sep 2023

September Grant Funding Update

Bethan Roullier
Head of BD Grants

Funding your innovation

TBAT assists organisations in accessing research and development grant funding across a range of UK and EU schemes and industry sectors. Take a look at our September Funding round-up for the latest Grant Funding opportunities.

Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: SME Round 4

UK registered businesses can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners. These investor partners have demonstrated that they have the credibility, capability, capacity and appetite to invest in innovative, technology-led businesses that align with our programmes.

The future economy investor partnership programme brings together:

  • Innovate UK’s expertise in identifying innovation and using grant funding to change the risk profile of businesses.
  • Investor partners’ aligned funding and expertise in identifying opportunities and teams that can best use extra investment finance.

Programme: Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £80 million over three years
Applications open: 31st August 2023
Application Deadline: 25th October 2023

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SSPP: Liquid food and beverages in refillable packaging

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million. This is to demonstrate a reuse or refill packaging system for liquid food and beverage products, at scale in a retail chain.

Grants are available for projects that enable liquid products currently sold in Single Use Packaging to be purchased in refillable packaging. Packaging can be either already pre-filled or refilled in store for liquids including milk, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages and sauces. Your project must be or involve at least one large retail chain as project lead or grant funded partner.

Programme: Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £1.5 million
Applications open: 18th September 2023
Deadline: 25th October 2023

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Canada- UK: Plant-based Protein Innovation

UK registered organisations, in collaboration with Canadian organisations, can apply for a share of up to £6.5 million for collaborative research and development projects, resulting in innovative solutions for the plant-based protein sector.

The aim of this Expression of Interest (EoI) competition is to find the best proposals to be put forward to the full application stage of the competition.

Programme: Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £6.5 million
Applications open: 18th September 2023
Deadline: 1st November 2023

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Collaborative AI Solutions to improve productivity in key sectors

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £32 million for innovation projects that can improve productivity in key sectors through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This funding is from the Technologies Mission Fund.

The aim of this competition is to support the development and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions in the priority sectors of transport, construction, agriculture, and creative industries.

Programme: Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £32 million
Applications open: 27th September 2023
Deadline: 8th November 2023

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UK- Germany Bilateral: Collaborative R&D Round 2

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4 million for projects resulting in innovative solutions for emerging technologies. You must collaborate with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme.

We encourage innovation in, but not limited to, the following fields of emerging technologies:

Quantum, AI, semiconductor applications, engineering, biology, future telecommunications, green technologies.

Programme: Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £4 million
Applications open: 4th September 2023
Application Deadline: 6th December 2023

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Interested in applying for one of these competitions?

If you’re interested in any of the above Grant Funding opportunities, or would like to speak to one of our advisors regarding a different opportunity, contact us today.


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