Companies have an opportunity to develop their ideas ahead of Innovate UK’s Marine and Maritime Launchpad for the Great South West opening for its next funding call round.
The £3M from Innovate UK’s Launchpad program will support projects across two strands that target maritime innovation in the Great South West (GSW) region (Cornwall and the isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset and Somerset). The aim of this competition is to support outstanding innovation projects led by businesses. Your business must be growing innovation activities in the marine and maritime innovation cluster in the Great South West.
There are 2 funding competitions available:
Minimal Financial Assistance (funding between £25,000 and £100,000)
See the competition overview here for Marine and maritime in the Great South West – R2 MFA
Collaborative Research & Development (funding betweekn£150,000 and £750,000)
See the competition overview here for Marine and maritime in the Great South West – R2 CR&D
Both funding competition strands open for applications on Monday 2 September 20024. The competition closes on Wednesday 16 October at 11am.
Briefing Sessions
Maritime UK South West is the cluster management organisation for the program. Following briefings held at the Ocean Tech Expo in June two further online briefings will be held.
To sign up click the links below:
The briefing sessions will provide an opportunity for companies to present their ideas and gain support, partnering advice and signposting guidance from the MUKSW network in addition to details of the competition from IUK.
