UK registered small and micro businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop data driven digital applications solving challenges in delivering net zero. This funding is from Net Zero Living and Telecoms Technology Missions Fund programmes
Competition opens: Tuesday 2 January 2024
Competition closes: Wednesday 24 January 2024 11:00am
Description
The aim of this competition is to provide a package of targeted support to enable ambitious UK registered micro and small businesses to develop and deliver net zero solutions through data driven digital applications.
For the Net Zero living Digital projects, £1.5 million has been allocated for innovative approaches using multiple databases, generating synthetic data to create a product or a service that supports the net zero agenda. Businesses should acknowledge and support Innovate UK net zero living data guidance principles. You must focus on data driven digital innovation supporting the net zero agenda.
For the Telecoms Technology Missions Fund projects, £500,000 has been allocated for innovation in the telecommunications domain specifically.
Innovate UK is offering UK registered small and micro businesses a share of up to £2 million in grants. In addition to the grant support, you will be offered tailored business support delivered by Innovate UK EDGE.
Your innovation must lead to new products, processes or services that are significantly ahead of others currently available, or propose an innovative use of existing products, processes or services. It can also involve a new or innovative business model.
In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated.
Innovate UK manages many competitions, and each will have different eligibility and scope requirements. The guidance in this competition brief will always supersede any other guidance. If you are unsure or have any questions, please contact our Customer Support Service who will assist you further.
Funding type:
Grant
Project size:
Your project’s total costs and grant request must be between £25,000 and £50,000.
Your Proposal
The aim of this competition is to provide a package of targeted support to enable ambitious UK registered micro and small businesses to develop and deliver net zero solutions through data driven digital applications.
Innovate UK is offering UK registered small and micro businesses a share of up to £2 million in grants. In addition to the grant support, you will be offered tailored business support delivered by Innovate UK EDGE.
For the Net Zero living Digital projects, £1.5 million has been allocated for innovative approaches using multiple databases, generating synthetic data to create a product or a service that supports the net zero agenda. We want the businesses to acknowledge and support Innovate UK net zero living data guidance principles. You must focus on data driven digital innovation supporting the net zero agenda
Your proposal must be a software or data lead solution in one or more of the net zero challenges:
1.power
2.heat
3.mobility
4.product manufacture and usage
Your digital product must be for domestic, commercial, industrial, or public authority users. Links to other sectors are also welcome where relevant to the delivery of net zero.
It must make use of a number of open and shared data sets or synthetic data across a range of net zero relevant topics, including but not limited to:
1.energy vectors and assets
2.citizens and communities
3.buildings
4.geography
5.transport
6.carbon emissions
7industry
8.economy
Your digital products or services must help to accelerate the net zero agenda, be replicable and scalable. You can focus on decision making tools, cost evaluation, reporting tools, prioritisation, or citizen engagement.
For the Telecoms Technology Missions Fund projects, £500,000 has been allocated for innovation in the telecommunications domain specifically. Projects funded will develop and deliver solutions using data to drive Net Zero in networks including public and private fixed and wireless.
In your application, you must demonstrate that you:
have a great idea
need public funding
have the capability to deliver the project
will deliver the project
We are particularly interested in how your proposal will help you:
develop both your ambitious idea and your business
create a new revenue stream, for example new products, services or IP
evidence and enable your market, funding and commercialisation plans
show what is feasible, in helping you decide whether to pursue your idea further
catalyse further innovation on your path to commercial success
respond to changing market conditions
Portfolio approach
We want to fund a variety of projects across:
specific challenge themes and technologies
project durations
project costs, including demonstrating value for money
UK regions