£90K space data analytics funding
£90K of funding is available through a Small Business Research Initiative competition for new space data analytics projects.
The Department of Health (DoH) Northern Ireland funding is intended for projects that can triangulate prescription (health) data and air quality / pollution data with location data to supply new information through an innovative and engaging mechanism.
This new data should enable local citizens and the public authorities to be better informed about air quality and empower them to make better decisions when managing life, care and well-being in a sustainable and healthy way.
The projects should focus on delivering:
- citizen-based utility to enable healthier choices
- wider public health planning
- clinical management of patients where poor air quality could lead to an exacerbation
- understanding exposure to pollutants and effects at a local level
- promoting urban healthy living and cleaner environments
- better city and transport planning.
Funding
This competition is funded through the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) scheme and is open to all providers that can demonstrate a route to market for their solution.
It is particularly suited to emerging, small and medium-sized business, as the contracts are of relatively small value and operate on short timescales.
Phase one
Total funding of up to £90,000 for phase one is available to cover all challenges within the SBRI brief. Phase one contracts:
- are intended to design and develop prototypes or demonstration units
- will be awarded to a potential of three contractors for a maximum period of four months and maximum funding of £30,000 (excluding VAT) per project
- must be completed four months following the commencement of contracts.
Phase two
In a potential phase two project, clinical and field trials of technology may be required. Suppliers for phase two projects will be selected by a competitive process between existing phase one suppliers.
Phase three
There may be an option for phase three contracts, which are intended for pre-commercial testing to support continued development of the prototype.
Closing date
This opportunity closes on Friday 30 August 2019 at 3pm.
Find out more
Visit the NI Business Info website and eTendersNI website to view the tender documents and find out more.
£19m electrification project funding
Businesses can apply for a share of £19 million of Innovate UK funding to develop supply chain processes that will help to deliver electrification in the UK.
The UK will need to switch to electrification across many sectors, from automotive to energy distribution, in order to meet its carbon reduction targets.
This change also represents a significant global opportunity for UK businesses making the power electronics, machines and drivers that will be required.
There is up to £19 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to invest in projects that support the creation, development and scale-up of supply chains in power electronics, machines and drivers.
Projects should address commercial opportunities in one or more of these sectors:
- aerospace
- automotive
- energy generation and distribution
- industrial (production equipment)
- marine
- off highway (construction, agricultural equipment)
- rail.
Funding
The competition has two strands:
- Larger projects with total costs between £1 million and £3 million
- Smaller projects with total costs between £250,000 and £1 million.
Closing date
This competition closes on 25 September 2019 at 12 noon.
Find out more
Visit the Innovate UK website to find out more.
A briefing event will be held in Belfast on 8 August 2019 at the NIACE Centre (Northern Ireland Advanced Composites and Engineering Centre).
£55m Energy Project Funding
A number of Innovate UK funding opportunities are available for energy projects.
1. Energy Catalyst Round 7 - £22m
Energy Catalyst is focused on the needs of poor households, businesses and services in sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia. The competition will fund the development of any energy technology that helps to solve the energy trilemma (lower energy cost, lower emissions and improved security of energy supply) whilst also being targeted at people who are unable to afford or access existing solutions, or who lack the time or expertise to successfully use those solutions.
Competition opens: 17 June 2019
Competition closes: 18 September 2019
Find out more on the Innovate UK website.
2. ISCF Detailed Designs for Smart Local Energy Systems - £30m
This competition will fund world-leading smart energy system designs which focus on a specific UK location. These designs must encompass new business models and market structures that intelligently link supply, distribution, storage and demand patterns across power, heating and transport.
Competition opens: 7 May 2019
Competition closes: 7 August 2019
Find out more on the Innovate UK website.
3. PFER Innovation Accelerator - £3m
The Prospering from the Energy Revolution Innovation Accelerator will fund the development of components of an energy system. The scope of the competition, and what will be eligible, will be announced shortly.
Competition opens: July 2019
4. Prospering from the Energy Revolution Paris trip 10 - 14 November 2019
Join the UK Pavilion at the European Utilities Week exhibition and conference in Paris in November 2019. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is organising a funded visit to Paris targeted at organisations associated with energy systems innovations.
The visit, which is taking place from 10-14 November 2019, will be funded by UKRI through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, Prospering from the Energy Revolution (PFER).
The four-day trip will include attendance at the European Utilities Week conference and exhibition with over 900 exhibitors and conference sessions taking place. They will select organisations with expertise in the following topics relevant to the PFER programme:
- power generation, supply and storage
- heating/cooling generation, supply and storage
- energy for transport
- digital integration and system optimisation
- energy efficiency.
Travel, hotels and conference registration will be organised by UKRI on behalf of the successful applicants. Register to attend the trip by the 28 June 2019.
Find out more
Visit the Innovate UK website to find out more.