Innovate UK: Aerospace Technology Institute programme - strategic programme

07/03/2024

20/03/2024

This supports industrial research and research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive. Your project must have a potential application within the civil aerospace sector. This can include dual use technologies. Award amount max £18,000,000.

Your proposal must align with the UK Aerospace Technology Strategy, Destination Zero, which is split into these areas: Zero-Carbon Emission Aircraft Technologies: Zero-carbon emission technologies are focused on propulsion and infrastructure development to enable zero-carbon tailpipe emissions. This encompasses battery, hydrogen, and fuel cell technologies, much of which are in early stages of development. Ultra-Efficient Aircraft Technologies: Ultra-efficient technologies are focused on improving energy efficiency and hence impact CO2 emissions, NOx and noise. Continued development of crucial high value, sustainable, high productivity manufacturing technologies will position the UK to be a first-choice location for the industry. Cross-cutting Enabling Technologies: To enable both the zero-carbon and ultra-efficient opportunities, the UK must develop cross-cutting enabling technologies and capabilities for whole aircraft design and analysis. These capabilities should extend to the aircraft lifecycle from design, through manufacture and assembly, operation and end of life.

Eligibility Note For research projects the lead organisation must be a UK registered business of any size. For capital infrastructure projects the lead organisation must be a business of any size, a research and technology organisation, research organisation or academic institution. Lead organisations must carry out the research and projects in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK. To collaborate with the lead, organisations must be invited by the lead and be one of the following UK registered business of any size, academic institution, charity, not for profit, public sector organisation, or research and technology organisation. They must also carry out its project work in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK.