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
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