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Supply chain innovation towards a circular economy

  • Status: Forthcoming

  • Key features: Investment of up to £5m for collaborative research and development to preserve the value of products and/or materials at end-of-life and to extend their use.

  • Programme: Collaborative research and development

  • Award: Up to £5m

  • Opens: 04 Nov 2013

  • Registration closes: 11 Dec 2013

  • Closes: 18 Dec 2013

Summary

The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £5m in collaborative research and development that aims to preserve the value of products and/or materials at end-of-life and keeps them in productive use for longer. We are seeking proposals that reduce environmental impact of material lifecycles and dependence on materials with a supply risk, in other words proposals that make supply chains more circular. Proposals should aim to cut general waste stream losses in half – or more. 
 
Proposals must be collaborative and led by a business in a position to make a supply chain more circular. Applicants are encouraged to consider potential contributions from the design sector in their proposals. We are offering our Design Option with this competition. For more information see www.innovateuk.org/design-option-information-RE. 
 
Projects may last up to 24 months and may have total costs of up to £1m. We expect to fund mainly industrial research projects in which a business partner will generally attract up to 50% public funding for their project costs (60% for small and medium-sized enterprises – SMEs). 
 
This is a two-stage process that opens for applicants on 4 November 2013. The deadline for registration is at noon on 11 December 2013 and the deadline for expressions of interest is at noon on 18 December 2013. 

Click here for full competition details and updates.


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