Innovate UK Funding Dr Mike Pitts – Lead Specialist, Sustainability

Who we are We are the UK’s innovation agency - a national body set up by government We are responsible for investing over £440m each year in UK innovation We work across business, universities and government Our aim is simple......to accelerate economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led innovation

8000 companies Networks have >90,000 members Over 100 competitions, committing ~£250m More than 2000 years of business experience 60% of our grants go to small businesses

What we do... We help strengthen the global competitive position of our leading businesses We identify and grow sectors and businesses with the capacity to become the best in the world We nurture the businesses that can succeed in the growth sectors of tomorrow. We consider... Can the UK do it? Is the idea ‘ready’? Is there a large market opportunity? Can we make a difference?

We can help with.... Funding Business & investment support Connections Networks

... through many different routes Collaborative R&D Smart Launchpad Innovation & Knowledge Centres Catalyst Access to finance Access to knowledge Access to equipment and skills

What areas do we work in? Anticipated expenditure per area in

9.5bn

1 planet

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Registration closes: 22 Apr 2015 Applications closes: 29 Apr 2015 £14m available Open to innovative businesses and researchers from any sector who can address the energy ‘trilemma' of: reducing emissions improving security of supply reducing cost Open Now!

Are you looking for research partnerships in Europe on solar technologies? Up to €1m Innovate UK investment planned for UK business in the 3rd Solar-era.net Collaborative R&D competition - launched on December 10th, Closes - 27th March, 2015 for preproposal stage. Europe wide brokering webinar (opportunity to pitch ideas and find partners) – 10th February 11:00GMT – submit interest to Focus on industry driven PV topics, Innovate UK grant support for UK businesses Looking for UK businesses interested in topic areas relating to delivering Innovate UKs energy supply strategy; – Next generation pv technologies (e.g. organic/dye-sensitized) – Building integrated technologies – Materials development, manufacturing and supply chain innnovation, and systems integration that seek to reduce costs and improve efficiencies – Working with European collaborators to develop technologies for UK and export markets UK scope – Innovate UK prioritising the following PV topics – PV3.1 Innovative processes for inorganic thin-film cells & modules – PV3.2 Dedicated modules for BIPV design and manufacturing – PV3.3 Grid integration and large-scale deployment of PV – PV3.6 Concentrator PV technology – PV3.8 Organic solar cells, perovskites and other emerging concepts Open Now!

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Integrated supply chains for energy systems Two stage competition process – Feasibility studies open until 18 th February followed by CR&D programme (CR&D by invitation on conclusion of the studies) Focus on developing robust supply chain consortia from technology suppliers, system integrators and end users Encouraging energy systems approaches to include one or more vectors of heat, combustible gases, and electricity Encouraging ideas from different sectors and other utilities (e.g. digital, telecoms, built environment, transport, manufacturing, materials, water, waste) Not only the technical aspects of systems integration but also the social, environmental and commercial challenges Consideration of global market opportunities Following on from feasibility studies the overall objective of the large scale CR&D projects will be to deliver real-world technology validation projects at a systems level, at this stage at least 1 SME must be included in consortia. Plan to commit up to £9milllion in up to 3 integrated projects Principles of competition

Up to £500k grant funding is available at the feasibility stage –Must register by 11 th Feb, and submit by 18 th Feb (12noon) Single company or collaborative Maximum of £40k total eligible project costs 3 month projects must be completed by 31 st July 2015 Must address one or more of the challenge areas to be in scope; –Interoperability, scalability, adaptability Objective of feasibility study– technology/market validation plan, highlighting; – Initial results and findings (technical, commercial, social and environmental as appropriate) – Way forward for larger scale follow-on collaborative R&D project – Partnering requirements Links – - Further competition infohttp://tinyurl.com/nt2vcbq – - Connect to find potential partners and updateshttp://tinyurl.com/ouv7jv6 Innovate UK lead –Christian Inglis, Energy team - Integrated supply chains for energy systems Feasibility study offer

Cleaner Fossil Fuels Competition Aims : Improve efficiency, reduce cost, and minimise environmental impact of the production and use of conventional fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil). Challenge areas: Fossil fuel power generation, Oil and Gas, Industrial Energy Organisations: Business-led - must involve an SME. Budget: Up to £1m for Feasibility Studies (FS, typically £100k-150k each) + up to £4m for Collaborative R&D Projects (CR&D, typically £250k-£1.5m each) Key Dates: Brokerage 11 th & 18 th Feb. Registration opens 2 nd March 2015; EoI (CR&D) 15 th April 2015, Full Submission (CR&D and FS) 10 th June 2015

Cleaner Fossil Fuel Competition Competition Objectives: Support SMEs developing technologies in this area to link with operators, large companies, research organisations and other SMEs. Support the development of technologies that make most effective use of UK continental shelf resources and existing infrastructure. Develop technologies to maximise the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of fossil fuel use. Drive earlier maturation of next-generation technologies for carbon abatement. Further details available from Innovate UK Lead Technologist: Dr. Harsh R. Pershad (

Building Whole Life Performance February 2015 £3m CR&D competition from Low Impact Buildings team £300k - £800k projects – Motivating the market to consider whole-life performance – Improve in-life performance – Enable circular economy

Urban Living: Integrated Products & Services Opened Dec 2014 – closes 4 th February Collaborative R&D competition - £7m Projects £350k to £700k Use data from an integrated city management system to solve problems around the management and operation of cities Open Now!

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A collaborative Feasibility Study competition to explore the business case for retaining value in goods through reuse, remanufacture or leasing/repair.  Up to £800k available  Projects £25 – 50k and 6 months duration  Led by a business owning the relationship with the final customer  Development of new ‘value networks’ expected  Output should be a business case and pilot project plan  A second round to fund a small number of pilots is proposed Circular Economy: Business Models

Limited to durable goods Focus on user take back Repair, Reuse & Remanufacture Customer relationship is key Explore the business case Manufacturer ‘re’- organisation ‘Retailer’ customer

Recovering Valuable Materials from Waste January 2015 £4.5m CR&D competition Reprocessors need quality, quantity and consistency of input and output Support to develop new processes for continuously produced waste streams to maximise value Materials not energy Up to £800k, 24 months Open Now!

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