Night time cityscape of Belfast showing roads and motorways, street lights and mountains in the distance

£55m Energy Project Funding

StickyJune 11, 2019collaborate,economyBusiness

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…

by Paula Fee

A small team of office workers at a desk, one laptop is open on emails

£25m Innovate UK Smart Grants

StickyMay 24, 2019collaborate,economyBusiness

Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing or disruptive R&D innovations which have significant potential to impact on the UK…

by Paula Fee

£98m Healthy Ageing Challenge

StickyMarch 25, 2019citizen,health,ageingLifestyle

As part of the UK government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the Healthy Ageing Challenge asks industry and researchers to develop products and services to support an ageing society. The number…

by Paula Fee

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European Space Agency Message - multiple calls

StickyNovember 6, 2018playable city,safer city,parks,open spacesBusiness,IoT,Public realm,SBRI

Space Is Open For Business - with significant funding opportunities for local SMEs The City Innovation Unit in Belfast City Council has strong ties with the European Space Agency, our…

by Ciara Campbell

'Amazing spaces, Smart places' £120,000 SBRI

StickyOctober 18, 2018playable city,safer city,parks,open spacesBusiness,IoT,Public realm,SBRI

Is your organisation interested in working with us to use innovative digital tech to help us to better manage our urban parks and open spaces? Contracts of up to £20,000 will be awarded for a period…

by Ciara Campbell

£145,000 Internet of Things funding

StickyApril 19, 2018IOT,Internet of Things,Lorawan,sigfox,innovator,collaborateIoT

We have been funded to deploy a free-to-use LORAWAN network across the region. The Things Connected NI network will provide the basic infrastructure for local businesses to experiment, design and…

by Ciara Campbell

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'Playable' streets £30,000 IoT challenge

May 5, 2018IOT,Internet of Things,Lorawan,sigfox,innovator,collaborate,infrastructure,citizen,playableCulture,Arts,Business,IoT,Public realm,Connectivity

We’re running a two-phase competition for innovative companies to explore how we can use our new Things Connected IoT network to re-imagine our city centre. (Closed 27 July 2018.) Over the last…

by Mark McCann

Rise Sculpture at broadway roundabout in Belfast, a huge white sphere within a sphere

£11.5 Million full fibre investment

April 25, 2018broadband,fibre roll out,economy,gigabit,full fibre,faster connectivity,connected city,connected citizenConnectivity,5G

Belfast is to receive £11.5 million from the government’s Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) challenge fund to boost the city's digital connectivity. The funding will allow us to install an extensive…

by Ciara Campbell

Daytime harbour and docklands Belfast

€230,000 SBIR challenge: Last mile urban freight

April 18, 2018congestion,air quality,traffic,infrastructureTransport,Logistics

€230,000 challenge for companies interested in working with us and other partners to find new ways to enhance the efficiency of commercial goods deliveries in both urban centres. Phase one of this…

by Ciara Campbell