23rd June 2022

We are delighted to announce the launch of two new Themed Competitions. There is some cross-over, if you are unsure which competition to consider please get in touch. Please note that you cannot submit the same proposal to both competitions.

1. Engineering Biology – closes midday on the 25th of August

We have £750k for 12-month Phase 1a projects finishing at TRL3. We expect to fund 7-8 projects.

We have included the possibility that innovators can also signal their interest in a follow-up 12-month Phase 1b project to take their work to TRL4. We have done this to try to facilitate the retention of staff. There will be a decision point towards the end of Phase 1a and only projects deemed successful will be kept on for Phase 1b. Phase 1b also has £750k available.

The Challenges in this competition are wide-ranging but fall under the areas of:

  • power and energy,
  • materials and
  • sensing.

We are running a virtual Q&A day on the 5th of July and there is an opportunity to book a virtual 1-1 session on the 7th and 11th of July. Please book asap – we expect these virtual sessions to be popular.

More information is here

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/engineering-biology-for-defence-and-security/competition-document-engineering-biology-for-defence-and-security

2. Beyond the smartwatch – generation-after-next (GAN) wearables – closes midday on the 25th of August

We have £750k for 12-month projects finishing at TRL2-4. We envisage funding 4-5 projects.

The Challenges in this competition are:

  • biocompatibility,
  • assay development and
  • applicability of accessible bodily fluids to the measurement of particular biomolecules.

We are running a virtual Q&A day on the 6th of July. There will also be the opportunity to book 1-1s but these dates have not yet been released in the document – I know they will be the 19th (0900-1100) and 21st of July (time TBC). Please book asap – we expect these virtual sessions to be popular.

More information is here

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/generation-after-next-wearable-technologies/competition-document#challenge-area-1

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