£4.7m available for innovation in time resilience, dissemination and application

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:

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.
Develop a TFS ecosystem and capability for relevant industries and critical national infrastructure.
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

More Information

Innovation in time resilience, dissemination and application is open from 14^th March until 1^st 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 25^th March.

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