Innovate UK, GB: Automotive Transformation Fund: Expression of Interest

30/11/2023

07/06/2024

This is an expression of interest (EoI) competition. You must have a successful application in this competition before you can be invited to apply to the full stage competition. Any application to the full stage competition will be subject to a separate assessment, with no guarantee of funding support. Your project must support the industrialisation at scale of an electrified automotive supply chain. It must be appropriate and in proportion to the planned objectives and prioritisation of the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF). Your total project costs and project duration must be strongly aligned to the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF). To be eligible your project must request a minimum of £1 million in grant against your total eligible project costs.

Specific themes Your project must focus on one or more of the following: Batteries, including cells and gigafactories. Cathode materials and manufacturing anode materials and manufacturing electrolyte cell assembly components, including separators Electric motors and drives magnet materials and manufacturing electrical steel materials and manufacturing electrical machine assembly drive line components assembly and test into complete drive unit Power electronics wide band gap semi-conductors sensors passives power electronics assembly Fuel cells Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) fuel cell stack assembly storage tanks Upstream Supply Chain including: raw materials component manufacturing sub-assembly manufacturing The Automotive Transformation Fund provides detailed information on the specific themes of this competition.

To lead a project or work alone your organisation must: be a UK registered business of any size carry out its project work in the UK intend to exploit the results from or in the UK address the requirements of the Automotive Transformation Fund Non-UK businesses can apply to this expression of interest (EoI) competition in reference to activities they are considering undertaking in the UK. The business must be registered in the UK before any funding can be awarded. Project team To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be a UK registered: business of any size academic institution charity not-for-profit public sector organisation research and technology organisation (RTO)