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WORLD LEADING BUSINESS SUPPORT
Strand 1 Automotive: Preparing for a zero-carbon future
Applications are open
We therefore invite companies (including UK Scale-Ups, OEMs and their supply chains), researchers (from the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey) and consortia (comprised of companies & researchers) to apply for up to £15k of funded business support to help develop R&D proposals for the next-generation transportation challenges set-out by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV), Horizon 2020 and Innovate UK.
Please see below some points to bear in mind regarding APC competitions. Find out more information on APC funding calls.
We will also consider applications for support with bids for alternative competitions to APC.
Our six scale-up partner universities have extensive automotive expertise and capabilities, so there are huge opportunities to work with them. View a summary of their automotive expertise here
Funding will only be allocated to proposals which seek to include an academic partner from the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. If you do not have a partnership in place already, we can help identify suitable partners.
Each funding award can be used for bid writing, consortia partnership development and project management. Read our guide on how the funds can be used
Application for R&D proposal development
Associate membership of the Scale Up programme is open to any company who meets the criteria and is free of charge. Full Membership will be offered to companies who access the CR&D proposal development support or investment raising support services. Full membership is subject to payment by the member company of a one-off fee and Membership is valid for one year. For the year 2019/20 the Membership Fee is £1,600 ex VAT. Any eligible company can waive the fee under the De Minimis State aid regulation (Commission Regulation (EU) NO 1470/2013) (DMR) providing they have not received in excess of 200,000EUR of aid within a 3 year period . This requires eligible companies to complete a Statement of Previous Aid declaration
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