UK registered businesses can apply for a share of £5 million to scale up manufacturing in the Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) supply chain. This funding is from Innovate UK’s Driving the Electric Revolution challenge. The competition has two strands:
1. PEMD Scale-up: Strand 1, adopting manufacturing best practice
This strand is for collaborative feasibility projects that will facilitate and de-risk the transfer of knowledge, solutions and technologies from other manufacturing sectors into the UK PEMD community. The aim is to improve manufacturing best practice in these technologies which are critical for net zero. The following elements of the manufacturing supply chain are in scope:
- materials processing
- sub-component and component manufacturing
- sub-system integration and assembly
- final assembly of PEMD specific modules
- remanufacturing
- end of life disassembly and recycling
Eligibility
To apply, your project must have a grant funding request of between £50,000 and £400,000. It must start by 1st May 2023 and last between six and twelve months. You must carry out all project work in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK.
2. PEMD Scale-up: Strand 2, manufacturing process development
Innovate UK is also looking to fund innovative process development projects that impact manufacturing cost, capability and efficiency to grow resilient manufacturing PEMD supply chains. Again, projects must be collaborative. The following elements of the manufacturing supply chain are in scope:
- materials processing
- sub-component and component manufacturing
- sub-system integration and assembly
- final assembly of PEMD specific modules
- remanufacturing
- end of life disassembly and recycling
Eligibility
To apply, your project must have a grant funding request of between £50,000 and £800,000. It must start by 1st May 2023 and last between six and eighteen months. You must carry out all project work in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK.
More Information
This competition is open from 21st September until 9th December. Further information is available on the competition pages: Strand 1 and Strand 2. If you are looking for bid writing support, please contact us in order to arrange a free consultation.
