AgriFood
Innovate UK KTN helps organisations interested in AgriFood innovation access the expert information, funding and connections needed to drive change. Our experts work with businesses of all sizes; locally, nationally and globally.
We create diverse connections to drive positive change.
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Explore the diverse range of UK industries supported by KTN.
AgriFood
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Chemistry
Creative Industries
Design
Digital
Electronics
Energy
Geospatial
Health
Industrial Maths
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
Materials
Photonics
Quantum
Robotics & AI
Security & Defence
Sensors
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Water
Place
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Investment
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Featured Sector Information
First of a Kind 2023 rail competition winners announced
The Department for Transport (DfT) and Innovate UK are delighted to announce the winners of the First of Kind (FOAK) 2023 competition. Winners will receive funding to help develop novel technology that will improve Customer Experience, Reliable and Easy to Maintain Assets, and Optimised Train Operations and High Speed Rail Partner Systems Installation.
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New funding helps drive HGV decarbonisation in UK
Innovate UK and Department for Transport delivered programme will enable 370 zero emission HGVs to hit the road.
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New innovative projects funded in Liverpool City Region
Grants of between £93,000 and £496,000 have been offered to 13 Liverpool City Region projects in the final round of Innovate UK’s launchpad programme, designed to drive innovation across all parts of the UK.
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UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel industry gets £53 million boost
The Department for Transport (DfT) has today announced the winners of their £53 million Advanced Fuel Fund aimed at boosting the UK’s sustainable aviation fuel industry (SAF).
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Faraday Battery Challenge 2024
UKRI’s Faraday Battery Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK will invest up to £1.5m in innovation scale up projects in January 2024 to fund UKBIC SME credit Round 2.
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Navigating the path to responsible and trustworthy AI
A new report by the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, in collaboration with Trilateral Research, highlights the importance of responsible and trustworthy AI.
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Biotechnology
The Biotechnology team at Innovate UK KTN focuses on Industrial Biotechnology (IB), Engineering Biology (EB, commonly referred to as Synthetic Biology) and Microbiomes.
Chemistry
By 2050 our industry will have embraced a circular economy and be using different feedstocks, technologies and energy sources to produce chemicals. The Innovate UK KTN Chemistry team can help you navigate these changes and identify innovation that will ensure your business, research or service remains sustainable.
Creative Industries
The Innovate UK KTN Creative team helps organisations interested in innovation in the Creative Industries to access funding, expert knowledge and to make powerful and diverse connections.
Design
Human-centred design is for businesses of any size who are interested in early-stage innovation strategy. For start-ups, strategic design helps get brilliant ideas to the right market. For established businesses, it helps reposition or expand their offering.
Digital
The Innovate UK KTN Digital team helps organisations interested in Digital innovation to access funding, expert knowledge and to make powerful and diverse connections.
Electronics
Electronics is the enabler of all things digital. It is the hardware and embedded software that allows products and processes to communicate, have power, have intelligence and awareness, be controlled, be automated and operate safely. It’s built into many sectors, including health, aerospace, manufacturing and retail.
Energy
Innovate UK KTN’s Energy Team is at the centre of our work contributing to delivering the UK’s ambitious Net Zero targets. With specialists in Nuclear, Offshore Wind, Thermal Energy Systems, Batteries, Water, Hydrogen, Sustainable Energy, Grid and Distributed Systems, Electrical Energy Systems and Solar, the team has deep expertise, powerful connections and a track record of successful projects delivering environmental and societal impact.
Geospatial
The world is powered by data; turning data into information helps us make decisions across all sectors of the economy. Innovate UK KTN hosts an innovation network that focuses on connecting the data holders and data processors with the people that can benefit from the insight geospatial data can provide.
Health
Health is critical to our wellbeing as individuals, plays a key role in societal and economic advances, and presents many opportunities for environmental impact. Innovations in health & care allow us to alleviate suffering, increase quality of life and life expectancy, and manage the needs of a changing and ageing population.
Industrial Maths
Innovate UK KTN’s Industrial Maths team harnesses the power of mathematics to meet the needs of business, government and not-for-profit organisations, helping a wide range of sectors express problems and challenges in an accessible way. We also facilitate new partnerships with an extensive network of mathematical science practitioners and diverse institutions across the UK.
Infrastructure
Against an overarching low carbon agenda, our mission is to support the development of UK innovation to deliver clean, accessible and secure energy & water systems through a digitally enabled construction sector and so provide smart, resilient and successful cities and communities.
Manufacturing
Innovate UK KTN’s Manufacturing team helps manufacturers to innovate, and innovators to manufacture. We work with a broad spectrum of organisations, sectors and technology areas, advising on innovation and connecting to partners, experts, facilities and funding.
Materials
The Materials Team at Innovate UK KTN covers a broad scope of the materials life cycle, from feedstock, processing techniques, design and manufacture, testing, standardisation, resource efficiency and circularity.
Photonics
Photonics is the science and technology of light. This includes lasers, optical systems and components, as well as fibre optics. Photonics is a £13.5bn industry in the UK, with the technology used across various UK industries and in society, from optical communications and data storage to laser sensors for autonomous vehicles.
Quantum
Quantum-enabled devices present a huge market opportunity for the UK. These technologies could transform a range of sectors including transport, healthcare, infrastructure, ICT, telecommunications and defence.
Robotics & AI
From Healthcare to Legaltech, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence are significant globalised technologies that can be applied in many sectors. The extensive industrial and academic research base in the UK can support both the national and global markets in addressing key challenges impacting societies today.
Security & Defence
The UK is committed to spending a minimum 2% of GDP on defence over the next decade, and at least 20% of that spending on equipment. This commitment represents spending some £186bn on defence equipment and support in the 10 years from 2018/19. The UK is also the second largest defence exporter, winning defence orders worth £14bn in 2018.
Sensors
Sensor technologies create measurements and convert them into digital data. This data can then be analysed to inform decision making. What’s being measured could be chemical, biological, physical, mechanical or any other quantities such as chemicals, proteins, weight, dimensions and more.
Space
Space is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK, with the ambition to capture 10% of the world market by 2030. Currently, the UK manufactures over 20% of the satellites in orbit and has established a path towards launching satellites from UK soil by 2021.
Transport
Transport connects people, places, goods and services. Innovation in transport has the potential to benefit our economy, society and environment. The transport system of the future will be more efficient, cleaner and smarter, through utilising enhanced digital, communication and autonomous technologies.
Water
The water sector impacts every person, business and industry type in the UK. We turn on the tap and expect clean water. We rely on the water infrastructure, the pipes, the sewerage treatment, the rapid fixing of leaks. And we expect environmental issues to be a cornerstone of the industry and its operations.
Global Alliance
We want the very best of the world connected to the very best of the UK. That’s why we built this programme; to form international collaborations with governments, societies, enterprises, institutions and people from every corner of the globe. It is innovation diplomacy at its best.
Innovation
We are driving positive economic, societal, and environmental change through innovation.
Investment
We work with public innovation funding and private finance providers where investment can create a positive change.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
For over 45 years Knowledge Transfer Partnerships have been helping businesses innovate for growth by accessing the UK’s world-leading knowledge base.
Sustainability
The world is changing at an ever greater pace. Industry and innovators are responding, working together to create the products, services and businesses of the future. Innovate UK KTN is here to help.
Featured Sector Information
First of a Kind 2023 rail competition winners announced
The Department for Transport (DfT) and Innovate UK are delighted to announce the winners of the First of Kind (FOAK) 2023 competition. Winners will receive funding to help develop novel technology that will improve Customer Experience, Reliable and Easy to Maintain Assets, and Optimised Train Operations and High Speed Rail Partner Systems Installation.
Read more
New funding helps drive HGV decarbonisation in UK
Innovate UK and Department for Transport delivered programme will enable 370 zero emission HGVs to hit the road.
Read more
New innovative projects funded in Liverpool City Region
Grants of between £93,000 and £496,000 have been offered to 13 Liverpool City Region projects in the final round of Innovate UK’s launchpad programme, designed to drive innovation across all parts of the UK.
Read more
UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel industry gets £53 million boost
The Department for Transport (DfT) has today announced the winners of their £53 million Advanced Fuel Fund aimed at boosting the UK’s sustainable aviation fuel industry (SAF).
Read more
Faraday Battery Challenge 2024
UKRI’s Faraday Battery Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK will invest up to £1.5m in innovation scale up projects in January 2024 to fund UKBIC SME credit Round 2.
Read more
Navigating the path to responsible and trustworthy AI
A new report by the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, in collaboration with Trilateral Research, highlights the importance of responsible and trustworthy AI.
Read more
News
Glasgow, a city transformed by innovation
Led by Innovate UK on behalf of UKRI, the £100m Innovation Accelerator is providing a boost across 3 city regions including Glasgow to grow jobs, skills, and the economy.
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News
Innovate UK welcomes Horizon Europe association as a boost for UK research and innovation
The UK government has announced the successful outcome of its negotiations with the European Commission on UK association to Horizon Europe.
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News
UKRI’s Healthy Ageing Challenge: 'Adding Life to Years'
The Healthy Ageing 2023 conference focused on four areas where innovation is achieving great impact; Care, Work, Staying Active and Housing.
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News
Glasgow, a city transformed by innovation
Led by Innovate UK on behalf of UKRI, the £100m Innovation Accelerator is providing a boost across 3 city regions including Glasgow to grow jobs, skills, and the economy.
Read More
News
Innovate UK welcomes Horizon Europe association as a boost for UK research and innovation
The UK government has announced the successful outcome of its negotiations with the European Commission on UK association to Horizon Europe.
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News
UKRI’s Healthy Ageing Challenge: 'Adding Life to Years'
The Healthy Ageing 2023 conference focused on four areas where innovation is achieving great impact; Care, Work, Staying Active and Housing.
Read More
News
New guides on global AI policies published
The Innovate UK BridgeAI programme, a pioneering initiative driving the future adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has published two comprehensive documents detailing AI policies across the world. The guides summarise the United Kingdom’s AI governance model and the European Union’s approach to AI regulation. This release is timely, following the recent AI Safety Summit held in early November, providing crucial insights to help AI pioneers understand the current regulatory and policy landscape amidst the ongoing transformation of industries.
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Opportunities
SBRI: Decarbonising concrete
Organisations can apply for a share of £3m inc VAT to develop solutions to accelerate decarbonising concrete.
Opens: 08/01/2024 Closes: 04/03/2024
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