Thank you

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Derek Pedley

Carbon Management Lead

derek.pedley@ktn-uk.org

Funding Opportunities from Innovate UK

The UK’s Innovation Agency

The UK’s Innovation Network

The Knowledge Transfer Network supports this by:

• Linking organisations & exchanging knowledge

• Providing access to funding

• Promoting exemplars

• Informing policy

• 160 staff

• 60,000 members in 17 communities

FREE!

Innovate UK: mission is to stimulate innovation & drive economic growth

Vision is for the UK to be a global leader in innovation.

Innovate UK & the Knowledge Transfer Network

Collaborative R&DSmart

Launchpad

Innovation and

Knowledge

Centres

Entrepreneur

Missions

Toolset

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Address the energy ‘trilemma” of:

• low carbon

• security of supply

• affordability

Funded by Innovate UK, DECC and EPSRC

Energy Catalyst

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Explore and evaluate the technical potential of an early-

stage idea or concept

Scope:

• new technologies

• enhancement or alternative applications of existing

technologies

• development of components, sub-systems or systems

• integrated whole system approaches

• enabling technologies for the energy system

Energy Catalyst – Early Stage Award

Technical Feasibility

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Technology areas that are in Scope:

• carbon abatement

• renewable energy

• nuclear fission

• hydrogen and fuel cells

• energy networks and system integration

• demand-side technologies

• enabling technologies and processes

Energy Catalyst – Early Stage Award

Technical Feasibility

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Key features:

• duration – up to12 months

• project costs - £50k - £300k

• funding:

70% for small/micro

60% for medium

50% for larger

• must be led by an SME or by a research organisation

collaborating with a business

Energy Catalyst – Early Stage Award

Technical Feasibility

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Key Date:

• deadline for applications – 29 April 2015

Energy Catalyst – Early Stage Award

Technical Feasibility

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Supports the development of new industrial biotechnology

products and processes

Funded by Innovate UK, BBSRC and EPSRC

Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst

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Scope:

• Production of fine and speciality chemicals and natural

products

• Production of commodity chemicals

• Production of peptides and proteins

• Production of liquid and gaseous biofuels (not

feedstock that can be used for human or animal food)

Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst

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Key features:

• projects that explore/evaluate the commercial potential

of an early-stage innovative idea

• duration – up to12 months

• project costs – up to £250k

• funding:

70% for small/micro

60% for medium

50% for larger

Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst – Early Stage

Feasibility Studies

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Key features:

• Business or academic-led and can involve single

business or a collaboration

Key Date:

• deadline for applications – 20 May 2015

Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst – Early Stage

Feasibility Studies

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Key features:

• projects that demonstrate the performance and

reliability of a new or modified process in industrially

comparable or commercial-scale equipment

• duration – up to12 months

• project costs – up to £1m

• Funding: 70% for small/micro

60% for medium

50% for larger

Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst – Late Stage

Pre-experimental Feasibility Studies

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Key features:

• Business-led and can involve single business or a

collaboration between businesses and research

organisations

Key Date:

• deadline for applications – 20 May 2015

Industrial Biotechnology Catalyst – Late Stage

Pre-experimental Feasibility Studies

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Scope:

• Fuel switching with lower carbon substitutes

• Carbon capture and storage in power generation and

energy-intensive industries

Funded by Innovate UK and NERC

Cleaner, More Efficient Conventional Fuels

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Key features:

• duration – up to12 months

• project costs – from £100k to £150k

• Funding: 70% for small/micro

60% for medium

50% for larger

• Single SME or working collaboratively with other companies or research

organisations

• Deadline for applications – 10 June 2015

Cleaner, More Efficient Conventional Fuels –

Feasibility Studies

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Key features:

• duration – up to 3 Years

• project costs – from £250k to £1.5m

• Funding: 70% for small/micro

60% for medium

50% for larger

• Business-led and must include an SME in consortium

• Deadline for expressions of interest – 15 April 2015

Cleaner, More Efficient Conventional Fuels –

Collaborative R&D

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Key Features:

Technology development contracts for projects that will:

• provide a step change in the capital cost and/or

efficiency/performance over current technology

• deliver a highly reliable PTO via high quality engineering

and technology risk management

• fit into the overall cost of energy

Power Take Off (PTO) Systems for the Wve

Energy Sector - SBRI

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Key Features:

• information webinar – 31 March 2015

• deadline for applications - 28 May 2015

• funded by the Scottish Government

• £7m available for competition which will have 4 stages

with applicants able to apply for one or more stages

• http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/

search_view.aspx?ID=MAR203890

Power Take Off (PTO) Systems for the Wve

Energy Sector - SBRI

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• Resource constraints• For minerals, metals etc. impacts of exploitation are

increasingly a constraint

• For biotic resources constraints include competing

resource uses, carrying capacity, and impacts of

exploitation

• Materials security• Risk of supply interruption/non-availability for specific

materials, including many used in clean-tech/hi-tech

applications

• EU list of critical raw materials

• Climate change• Resource efficiency as a means to drive down embodied

carbon

Resource efficiency: main drivers

Scope:Feasibility studies to explore

commercial models for a circular

economy

• Reuse

• Remanufacture

• Leasing / maintenance

Consortia should include a

business that has a relationship

with the final customer and can

enable the return on products.

Projects should be:

• 6 months

• £25-50k

Deadline: 15 April 2015

Our official group:

https://connect.innovate

uk.org/web/collaboratio

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Non-Thematic Funding Opportunities

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Overview:

• Scheme to help businesses gain new knowledge to

innovate and grow

• Up to £5k is available to pay towards the cost of the

services of an external expert. VAT is not covered.

Innovation Vouchers

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Knowledge Suppliers:

• Universities & FE Colleges

• Research & Technology Organisations

• Technical Consultancies and Design Advisers

• Catapult Centres https://www.catapult.org.uk

• Intellectual Property Advisers

Innovation Vouchers

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Eligibility:

• Start-up, micro, small, or medium sized UK business

• Need help with something that is a real challenge for

your business – requires specialist help

• Should not have worked with your selected supplier

before

• Should not have received an innovation voucher from

Innovate UK before

Innovation Vouchers

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Application:

• Awarded every 3 months – 22 April 2015

• Apply online https://vouchers.innovateuk.org

• Eligible applications entered into a draw and the

winners chosen at random

• 100 vouchers awarded each round

Innovation Vouchers

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Overview:

• Funding for SMEs to engage in R&D projects from

which new products, processes and services can

emerge

• Three types of grant are available• Proof of market

• Proof of Concept

• Development of Prototype

• Batch assessments every 2 months – 26 March 2015

Smart

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Proof of Market:

• Duration – up to 9 months

• Maximum grant - £25k

• Funding proportion – up to 60% of total project costs

• To assess commercial viability• Market research

• Market testing and competitor analysis

• Intellectual property position

• Initial planning to take project to commercialisation

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Proof of Concept:

• Duration – up to 18 months

• Maximum grant - £100k

• Funding proportion – up to 60% of total project costs

• To assess technical feasibility and commercial

potential• Initial feasibility

• Basic prototyping

• Specialist testing

• Intellectual property protection

• Investigation of production and assembly options

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Prototype Development:

• Duration – up to 2 years

• Maximum grant - £250k

• Funding proportion – up to 35% of total project costs for

medium enterprises and 45% for small & micro

enterprises

• To develop a technologically innovative product,

process or service• Small demonstrators

• Intellectual property protection

• Trials and testing

• Market testing

• Product design work

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For Open and Forthcoming Competitions go to

https://interact.innovateuk.org/

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• Funding Group

• Webinars and events

(FREE) Support from the KTN

Understanding &

promoting

• Advice & guidance

• Signposting

• Priority theme guidance

• Partnering events

• Review of funding applications

• Quantifying impacts

• “Horizons” tool

• Sector-specific reports

Project eligibility

Partnering

Proposal development

Strategy development

Thank you

Any questions?

derek.pedley@ktn-uk.org