Register for this scheme
Competition opens: Monday 2 September 2024
Competition closes: Wednesday 16 October 2024 11:00am
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with Cornwall Council, Plymouth City Council and Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership to invest up to £3 million in innovation projects.
This funding is from Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme. The Launchpad programme supports the UK government’s goals in the Levelling Up White Paper.
The funding will support projects across two Launchpad competition strands that target the marine and maritime cluster in the Great South West.
The projects will contribute to the Great South West’s ambitions for net zero targets and support for key regional strategic marine and maritime markets.
The businesses will use the funding to grow their innovation activities in the cluster, both during and after the project.
For this competition, the Great South West consists of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon, Somerset and Dorset.
Your proposal must align to the scope criteria for this competition.
This competition is split into two strands:
- Launchpad: marine and maritime, Great South West - Round 2 Collaborative Research and Development (CR&D) (this strand)
- Launchpad: marine and maritime, Great South West - Round 2 Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA)
It is your responsibility to ensure you submit your application to the correct strand for your project. You will not be able to transfer your application and it will not be sent for assessment if it is out of scope.
In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly but we are still unable to fund it.
Project size
Your project’s total grant funding request must be between £150,000 and £750,000.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to collaborations only.
To lead a project your organisation must:
- be a UK registered business
- be growing your innovation activities in the marine and maritime cluster in the Great South West
- intend to exploit the project outcomes from the UK for domestic or global benefit
You must involve at least one grant claiming micro, small or medium-sized enterprise.