Innovate UK: Business-led Innovation in response to Global Disruption (de minimis)

Deadline: 17 April 2020

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to respond to new and urgent needs in UK and global communities during and following the Covid-19 pandemic.

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The aim of this competition is to support UK businesses to focus on emerging or increasing needs of society and industries during and following the Covid-19 pandemic. By fast-tracking innovation, the UK will be better placed to maintain employment levels, a competitive position in global markets and make the UK more resilient to similar disruption.

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Innovate UK are interested in solutions, which tackle the new or emerging societal or industry needs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, including but not exclusively:

community support services
couriers and delivery (rural and/or city based)
education and culture
entertainment (live entertainment, music, etc.)
financial services
food manufacture and processing
healthcare
hospitality
personal protection equipment
remote working
retail
social care
sport and recreation
transport
wellbeing
Funding Information

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Your project’s total eligible costs must be between £25,000 and £50,000.
Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £20 million in innovation projects.
Eligibility Criteria

Your project
have total eligible costs between £25,000 and £50,000
be able to start by 1st June 2020 at the latest
be no longer than 6 months in duration
Lead organisation
be a UK registered business of any size
carry out its project work in the UK
intend to deliver the proposed outcomes for UK domestic or global benefit
Sole traders are not eligible to apply for this competition.
Your application must demonstrate:
a clearly innovative and ambitious idea, which would realistically and significantly meet a societal need that has emerged or increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic or the need of an industry that has been severely impacted and/or permanently disrupted
that you have the capacity and capability to deliver the project successfully and on time during the working restrictions of Covid-19
the ability to start your project no later than June 2020
value for money
For more information, visit https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/583/overview#scope