Sustainable Innovation Fund June 2021 Briefing
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The document provides information about the Sustainable Innovation Fund, including news from funded projects, upcoming funding competitions, events, support programs, and resources. Some highlights include: - News stories about projects using VR to help inmates build business plans, technology to convert cow methane to water vapor, and touchscreen wheelchairs. - Upcoming funding competitions include Smart Grants from Innovate UK and Horizon Europe grants from the EU. - Events include workshops on the circular economy, women in innovation, and green finance. - Support programs listed are Innovate UK EDGE, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, and Tech For Our Planet challenge.
Sustainable Innovation Fund June 2021 Briefing
- 1. www.ktn-uk.org Maximising the impact of you innovation project Sustainable Innovation Fund June 2021 Briefing
- 2. Content • News • Funding competitions • Events • Support programmes • Resources • Contact us
- 3. News Stories from the Sustainable Innovation Fund projects
- 4. Your News Jay Wilson, Impact and Performance Manager for Health and Life Sciences projects within The Sustainable Innovation Fund, talks about some of your projects she has been working with in this Innovate UK blog. Including… Latchaid use a 3D animation of a baby’s mouth to help achieve a good latch for successful breastfeeding. Enterprise Exchange use VR headsets to help inmates build a business plan to become self-employed when they are released. Zelp have produced a wearable device for cows that converts their methane emissions to harmless water vapour. Freedom One Life has designed a new wheelchair electronics system that includes touchscreen technology and extended battery life.
- 5. Your News Sarah Wellard, Impact and Performance Manager for The Sustainable Innovation Fund, talks about how artificial intelligence is being used to address societal and environmental sustainability challenges in this Innovate UK blog. Including… The Smart Container Company, who have built a product intelligence platform that enables a zero-waste supply chain in the draught beer industry. Mind Foundry is developing a Green AI Auditor (GAIA) to enable sustainable and resource-efficient AI uptake for the financial services market. Bezos.ai work is focused on decarbonising e-commerce delivery and fulfilment. Making it easy for SME e-commerce retailers to offer an option of green fulfilment and delivery to their customers. SimplyVideo is opening up their communication platform to new capabilities in AR and VR devices to help essential infrastructure function during Covid restrictions.
- 6. Tell us about your News Kyra Allen Communications Lead - KTN Programmes [email protected] KTN is working with Innovate UK to increase the impact of the Sustainable Innovation Fund through communications and engagement. If you have news you’d like to share then please reach out to us and your Impact and Performance Manager. Charlotte Thompson Knowledge Transfer Manager, Digital Economy [email protected]
- 8. Innovate UK Smart Grants: May 2021 Deadline: 25th August 2021 11:00am Innovate UK is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing and commercially viable innovative or disruptive ideas. All proposals must be business focused. Applications can come from any area of technology and be applied to any part of the economy. Projects of 6 - 18 months must have total eligible project costs between £25,000 and £500,000 and can be single or collaborative. Projects of 19 - 36 months must have total eligible project costs between £25,000 and £2 million and must be collaborative. Read more Funding
- 9. Horizon Europe Horizon Europe is an EU research and innovation programme. It has a budget of €95.5 billion and runs until 2027. In January, the government announced that the UK will associate to Horizon Europe. This means UK scientists, researchers and businesses will be able to access funding under the programme on equivalent terms as organisations in EU countries. • Overview of Horizon Europe Clusters and funding calls - Webinar Series • Horizon Europe Consortium Building events 14th June: Cluster 1 Health and Cluster 2 Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society 17th June: Cluster 3 Civil Security for Society and Cluster 4 Digital, Industry and Space 21st June: Cluster 5 Climate, Energy and Mobility and Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment SME Brexit Support Fund Apply for a grant to help small and medium-sized businesses new to importing or exporting. The SME Brexit Support Fund could give you up to £2,000 to help with training or professional advice, if your business has up to 500 employees and no more than £100 million annual turnover. Featured International Funding
- 10. Featured Funding on Environmental Sustainability Scottish Enterprise funding for green jobs A new series of funding rounds to help businesses in the Scottish Enterprise area create jobs that contribute to improving the environment and achieving net zero emissions. Deadline: 15th June Hydrogen Transport Hub: demonstration UK registered businesses can apply for a share of £2.5 million to demonstrate how green hydrogen can be used to power transport solutions for end users. Deadline: 16th June 2021 12:00pm Driving the Electric Revolution: Supply Chains for Net Zero UK registered businesses of any size can apply for a share of up to £22 million for innovation projects focused on supply chain development for power electronics, electric machines and drives. Deadline: 30th June 2021 11:00am IETF energy efficiency and decarbonisation studies, Spring 2021 Organisations can apply for a grant to carry out feasibility and engineering studies into energy efficiency and decarbonisation technologies for industrial processes. Deadline: 14th July 2021 11:00am IETF deployment of energy efficiency technologies, Spring 2021 Organisations can apply for a grant to improve the energy efficiency of industrial processes, reducing energy bills and cutting carbon emissions. Deadline: 14th July 2021 11:00am ISCF smart sustainable plastic packaging: business-led R&D This competition will fund ambitious R&D projects with the potential to significantly impact the 2025 UK Plastic Pact targets and address widely known problems related to plastic packaging for consumer products. Deadline: 8th September 2021 11:00am
- 11. Featured Funding on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Young Innovators Awards 2021/22 Young people can apply for an award to make their business idea a reality, which includes a grant for £5,000, a living allowance, and tailored business support. Deadline: 28th July 2021 11:00am Briefing event 15th June 10:00am Women in Innovation Awards 2021/22 Delivered by KTN and Innovate UK Edge, the programme enables brilliant women to fully achieve their visions and change the world, while championing and celebrating gender diversity throughout UK innovation. Through the Women in Innovation Awards 2021/22, 20 female entrepreneurs will be awarded with a cash injection of £50K each, as well as a bespoke package of business support, coaching and mentoring. Innovate UK and KTN are hosting a briefing event to tell you more about the scope for this competition, the application process and support available for applicants. Briefing event 24th August 2021 10:0am
- 12. Events
- 13. Made Smarter – Innovation Network: Circular Economy 8th June 10:00 Showcasing the journeys of manufacturers innovating with digital technologies to improve the performance of their business, alongside digital technology providers creating innovative solutions to aid the manufacturers journey. Women in Innovation: Let’s talk about…The 'F' word 9th June 13:00 Failure shouldn’t be something to fear, but something to learn from and hone your strategy and direction. We talk about the role failure can play in positively shaping you and your business, and learn from women that have adapted and evolved their businesses, or started new ones, after it all went wrong. Women in Innovation: Time Domination Experience Workshop by Dr Hannah Roberts 16th June 10:00 The Time Domination Experience Workshop delivered by Dr Hannah Roberts as part of the Women in Innovation community, is a 60-minute session, to discover the five-pillar system to time domination, increase your energy and effectiveness and take yourself to the next level in your life and career. Green Finance workshop 22nd June 10am Influence the scope of Innovate UK’s £5m Green Finance competition Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) 2021 GRIPS is a conference, exhibition and showcase that was held online. It was hosted by the UK Circular Plastics Network, organised by KTN and supported by Innovate UK, EPSRC and UKRI. Its aim is to bring together companies and individuals to highlight the best of the UK and selected international activities which will lead to plastics and persistent polymers being less likely to reach landfills, end up incinerated, or become fugitive in the environment. Webinar recordings Events
- 15. Innovate UK EDGE Exploit business innovation to grow and scale Protect & harness your IP, improve innovation management and access the innovation ecosystem globally through their expertise & networks. Source funding & finance to grow and scale Find the best option and get investment ready with their help, to propel your growth. Enter new markets to grow and scale Connections and guidance to expand into vertical & international markets and achieve scale. Support Programme www.innovateukedge.ukri.org All SMEs receiving Innovate UK grant funding are contacted by an EDGE advisor. If you haven’t engaged with Innovate UK EDGE before then please reach out to your Monitoring Officer or Impact and Performance Manager.
- 16. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: 2021 to 2022, round 2 Deadline: 30th June 2021 11:00am The Knowledge Transfer Partnership scheme allows a UK registered business or not-for-profit organisation (business partner) to partner with a UK higher education or further education institution, Research Technology Organisation or Catapult (knowledge base partner). This partnership brings new skills and the latest academic thinking into the business partner to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project. The knowledge base partner will recruit 1 or 2 graduates (known as ‘associates’) to work on the project. Each application must be led by a knowledge base, working with a business partner. Read more Support Programme
- 17. Tech For Our Planet Deadline: 25th June Tech For Our Planet is looking for innovators who are providing key digital and data technology solutions to tackle important climate challenges. If this is you, apply now to be in with a chance to pilot and pitch your solution. This challenge programme is an initiative run in partnership between the Cabinet Office and PUBLIC to explore and showcase how digital and data solutions can make a major and essential contribution to the global climate effort. Successful companies will work with external partners on rapid pilots to demonstrate the value of their technology in advance of COP26. In-kind support will be provided for competition winners, including industry introductions and mentorship to ensure the pilots are as relevant as possible to government priorities. Apply now to be in with a chance to pilot and pitch your solution. Read more Support Programme
- 18. Resources
- 19. Funding • UKRI funding finder - online guides and support before you apply and preparing an application • KTN Good Application Guide - a guide on how to write a successful Innovate UK grant application • Pitch Guide - a guide on how to prepare and an present an investment pitch • British Business Bank Finance Hub Innovation Development • Accelerators & Incubators in the UK – a creative commons resource of UK programmes. • Innovation Networks - Innovation programme to bring together stakeholders across a technology theme. To promote a shared understanding on emerging technologies cross sector. • Tech Nation UK Startup Ecosystem • Innovation Development Resource Library - a tool to plan the innovation development journey. Supplemented with resources to help address activities and stages of commercialisation • British Library Business & IP Centres - access to training, IP and market research resources Regional & Thematic SME and Business Support • Innovate UK EDGE - regional 1:1 Business support enable ambitious, innovative SMEs to accelerate their growth and achieve • Catapults – provide businesses with access to their expertise and facilities, enabling them to test, demonstrate and improve their ideas. • Growth Hubs - promote and deliver business support based on the regional needs in England • Scottish Enterprise – works with business to help overcome challenges, enhance business practices, explore new markets and opportunities to grow your Scottish company • Invest NI - helps new and existing businesses to compete internationally, and by attracting new investment to Northern Ireland. • Business Wales – provides advice and guidance you need to start and grow a business in Wales. Resources
- 20. About KTN
- 21. KTN exists to connect innovators with new partners and new opportunities beyond their existing thinking – accelerating ambitious ideas into real-world solutions.
- 22. Our Team 200 colleagues based across the UK Offices in Edinburgh, London and Harwell
- 23. ©KTN All rights reserved | www.ktn-uk.org Talk through your next steps in your innovation journey www.ktn-uk.org www.innovateukedge.ukri.org Contact us
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