Innovate UK, GB: Zero Emission Propulsion CR&D

05/01/2023

07/12/2023

Innovate UK, through the Future Economy Net Zero programme, invites applications for its Zero Emission Propulsion CR&D call. This supports collaborative research projects covering propulsion technologies. The total budget is £10 million. Your project's total costs must be between £250,000 and £1.5 million and have a maximum project duration of 18 months. Funding is worth up to 70 per cent of eligible project costs. (Forecasted date for next call).

Your project must advance technologies in one or more of the following areas: - electric propulsion technologies - fuel cells for electric propulsion - PEMD (power electronics machines and drives) systems for electrified powertrains for vehicles, locomotives or vessels - energy storage technologies (excluding batteries) and energy management software and controls - integration (system or component level) of electric propulsion technologies - range extenders that are zero emission and do not emit greenhouse gases, this can include on vehicle energy generation - on platform fuel storage, including hydrogen tanks - hydrogen internal combustion engine technologies, with restricted use on certain applications such as non-road applications - energy efficient electrification for traction and non-traction rail vehicles, and bi-mode locomotives (hydrogen and battery powered) - wind propulsion, including soft-sail, fixed-sail, rotor, kite and turbine technologies.

The lead organisation must be a be a UK registered business of any size who intend to carry out all of its project work in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK. They must collaborate with other UK registered organisations, academic institutions, research and technology organisations, charity, not for profit or public sector organisation and be or involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise. Subcontractors are allowed in this competition. Academic institutions, research and technology organisations, charities, not for profit organisations and public sector organisations cannot lead a project. Under current restrictions, this competition will not fund any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any Russian and Belarusian entity as lead, partner or subcontractor. A business, can only lead on one application but can be included as a collaborator in a further 2 applications. If a business is not leading any application, it can collaborate in any number of applications. An academic, research technology organisation (RTO), charity or public sector organisation can collaborate on any number of applications.