£105 Million Funding For Future Connected Transport
Projects needed to help build infrastructure for autonomous and connected transport
The government is currently supporting four broad competitions with up to £105 million available for projects that can help build infrastructure for connected and autonomous transport systems of the future.
Support is available in the areas of:
- battery manufacturing capability – a share of up to £30 million for projects that aim to design, develop and manufacture batteries for the electrification of vehicles (competition closes 14 September 2017)
- low carbon drive systems – a share of £35 million for collaborative low carbon technologies to match fund collaborative R&D pre-production projects (competition closes 27 September 2017)
- autonomous vehicle solutions – a share of up to £25 million to research and develop new connected and autonomous vehicle technologies (competition closes 25 October 2017)
- Vehicle to Grid (V2G) charging/capacity systems – a share of up to £20 million across three competitions to research technologies and business models that develop future V2G products and services (competition closes 18 October 2017)
These competitions are collaborative and are open to UK based business of any size or research and technology organisations who are collaborating with UK businesses.
Invest Northern Ireland (NI) is co-hosting a seminar with Innovate UK and the Knowledge Transfer Network to tell businesses how they might be able to access some of this funding.
The seminar will take place on 30 August 2017 from 09:30 to 13:00 in Crumlin Road Gaol, Belfast. Attendance is free, but you will have to register to attend this briefing event.
Support is available in the areas of:
- battery manufacturing capability – a share of up to £30 million for projects that aim to design, develop and manufacture batteries for the electrification of vehicles (competition closes 14 September 2017)
- low carbon drive systems – a share of £35 million for collaborative low carbon technologies to match fund collaborative R&D pre-production projects (competition closes 27 September 2017)
- autonomous vehicle solutions – a share of up to £25 million to research and develop new connected and autonomous vehicle technologies (competition closes 25 October 2017)
- Vehicle to Grid (V2G) charging/capacity systems – a share of up to £20 million across three competitions to research technologies and business models that develop future V2G products and services (competition closes 18 October 2017)
These competitions are collaborative and are open to UK based business of any size or research and technology organisations who are collaborating with UK businesses.
Invest Northern Ireland (NI) is co-hosting a seminar with Innovate UK and the Knowledge Transfer Network to tell businesses how they might be able to access some of this funding.
The seminar will take place on 30 August 2017 from 09:30 to 13:00 in Crumlin Road Gaol, Belfast. Attendance is free, but you will have to register to attend this briefing event.
