Innovate UK has just opened the Made Smarter Innovation: SME Resource and Energy Efficiency Competitions for UK manufacturing and technology developer SMEs.
The focus is on digital solutions to reduce waste or optimise energy use to streamline manufacturing processes. The funding aims to accelerate manufacturing companies’ digital transformation journey by boosting productivity, sustainability, and resilience in businesses. The projects will be led by technology developers – for industrial research projects, they must partner with a minimum of two manufacturing SMEs.
As the scope will be on resource and energy efficiency, we thought it might be useful to share with your MSA networks.
Funding Available
• Strand 1: Feasibility Studies: £25,000 – £150,000 per project
• Strand 2: Industrial Research: £200,000 – £1,000,000 per project
The deadline for funding applications will be Wednesday 10 December 2025 11:00.
If participants would need support with their applications, or if they wish to meet potential project partners, there will be organising five drop-in sessions which they can attend – registration.
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