The Department for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy, working through
the Aerospace Technology
Institute (ATI) and Innovate UK, has a total of £8
million to develop world-leading civil aerospace technologies.
Organisations can now submit their interest in 2 competitions
worth up to £2 million each. These are for:
- fast-track collaborative research and development projects
- longer collaborative research and development projects
A further £4 million will be on offer for feasibility studies in
a competition to be run in 2019.
All projects must be in line with the UK aerospace technology
strategy, Raising Ambition. This
strategy is supported by an annual investment of £150 million by
the UK government in research and technology development.
Fast-track collaborative research and development
Exploit technology within 3 to 5 years
Up to £2 million is available for fast-track projects that could
be exploited within 3 to 5 years.
Projects could look at:
- sensing for harsh environments and integrated vehicle health
monitoring
- coping with extreme conditions
- creating secure, smart, connected and efficient sub-systems
- technologies to improve factory efficiency
- the competition opens on 24 September 2018, and the deadline
for expressions of interest is midday on 5 December 2018
- projects that meet the quality threshold will be invited to
make a full funding application
- an SME can lead a project, working with other businesses or
research organisations
- we expect projects to range in size from £425,000 to £1
million and to last between 1 and 2 years
- businesses could attract up to 50% of their project costs
- you will need to sign up to the ATI framework
agreement to be eligible to apply
Collaborative research and development
Longer-term returns
Up to £2 million is available for longer-term collaborations, the
results of which could be exploited in 5 years or more.
Themes include:
- how to enable single crew operations
- machines and electronics that allow for more electric
aircraft
- supporting the next generation of materials and processes
- preliminary design and trade tools for future aircraft and
systems
- the competition opens on 24 September 2018, and the deadline
for expressions of interest is midday on 5 December 2018
- projects that meet the quality threshold will be invited to
make a full funding application
- a business must lead the project, working with other
businesses or research organisations
- we expect projects to range in size from £425,000 to £1.5
million and to last up to 3 years
- businesses could attract up to 50% of their project costs
- you will need to sign up to the ATI framework
agreement to be eligible to apply
