IUK Launches Demonstrator and Feasibility Competitions for Innovation in Time Resilience, Dissemination & Application

Through these competitions, Innovate (IUK) is investing in innovation projects that contribute to resilient time, frequency and synchronisation (TFS) and its dissemination and application.

The programme aims to support and enable business-led innovation across the UK supply chain in robust TFS for the development of products, services and end user applications. Projects will develop a TFS ecosystem and capability for relevant industries and critical national infrastructure. They will also disrupt and create new markets, both in the UK and globally, to improve the provision of TFS.

The competition has two strands; a Demonstrator strand for projects undertaking late stage industrial research or experimental developmental projects; and a Feasibility strand for projects undertaking early stage feasibility studies.

IUK has allocated £4.7 million to fund projects across both competition strands. Through the Feasibility strand, each project’s total costs must be between £50,000 and £250,000. Through the Demonstrator strand, each project’s total costs must be between £70,000 and £1 million.

Applications are accepted from single applicants or collaboration. To lead a project or work alone the organisation must be a UK registered business of any size. If the project is collaborative, the lead applicant must partner with other UK registered businesses, research and technology organisations (RTOs), academic institutions, public sector organisations, charities or not-for-profit organisations.