Innovate UK is working with the National Physical Laboratory to invest up to £4.7 million in business-led innovation in time resilience, dissemination and application. The key areas for development are resilience; distribution; trust, assurance and security; and integration and processing of signals.

The competition has three aims:

  1. Support and enable business-led innovation across the UK supply chain in resilient time, frequency and synchronisation (TFS) for the development of products, services and end-user applications.
  2. Develop a TFS ecosystem and capability for relevant industries and critical national infrastructure.
  3. Disrupt and create new markets, both in the UK and globally, to improve the provision of TFS.
Strand 1: Demonstrator

This strand is for projects undertaking late-stage industrial research or experimental developmental projects. Strand 1 projects must:

  • have total costs between £70,000 and £1 million
  • start by 1 November 2022 and end by 31 March 2024
  • last between 9 and 18 months

In addition, projects must be led by a UK-registered business. They can work in collaboration with other UK registered businesses, research and technology organisations, academic institutions, public sector organisations, charities or not for profits.

Strand 2: Feasibility

This strand is for projects undertaking early-stage feasibility studies. Strand 2 projects must:

  • have total costs between £50,000 and £250,000
  • start by 1 November 2022 and end by 31 October 2023
  • last between 6 and 12 months

In addition, projects must be led by a UK-registered business. They can work in collaboration with other UK registered businesses, research and technology organisations, academic institutions, public sector organisations, charities or not for profits.

More Information

Innovation in time resilience, dissemination and application is open from 14th March until 1st June. More information is available on the competition pages (Strand 1 and Strand 2), where you can also register to attend the briefing event on 25th March.

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