Innovate UK

Solution Development for Advanced Connectivity Technologies in Lancashire

Innovate UK

Business

Expires:

Total: 25000000

Individual: 150000

Minimum company size: 1

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Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £25 million from the ACT R&D programme, funded through DSIT. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received.

The aim of this competition is to accelerate the development, demonstration, and commercialisation of next generation communications technologies that strengthen the UK’s security, resilience, sustainability, and long term competitiveness.

Your proposal must address one of three strategic categories, each aligned to the UK’s overarching ACT Grand Challenges and the Integrated Security Fund (ISF) priority on sovereign telecoms components:

  1. Grand Challenge 1: Secure and Resilient Networks
  2. Grand Challenge 2: Sustainable Networks
  3. ISF Strategic Focus: Sovereign Telecoms Components and Applications

Where relevant it is recommended that projects will utilise the national labs and facilities that are available and relevant to the projects. Including, but not limited to the Catapult Network, and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded Federated Connectivity Hubs and the Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research (JOINER) testbed.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly but we are still unable to fund it.

Our experience from similar competitions suggests that you could have 7% chance of success.

We consider a range of factors when determining whether to provide funding to applicants. This includes an assessment of prior conduct, such as any outstanding payments owed to Innovate UK or UKRI. Such factors may influence the funding decision, potentially resulting in a refusal of funding or an award subject to additional scrutiny.

We also reserve the right to adjust funding allocations for any of our competitions. This may be in response to changes in policy, portfolio funding considerations or broader government funding decisions. Funding is subject to Business Case approval.

This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief. We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.
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