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.
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We do this by simplifying the UK Innovation landscape and providing rapid transfer of high-quality information on technologies, markets, funding and partnering opportunities.
The expertise we bring spans energy systems, water, infrastructure and construction.
From cutting edge solar research and battery storage development, through digital technologies for nuclear, water and construction to supporting the development of the strategic direction of the infrastructure sector, we join up the dots. We put the right people in touch with each other and make the value introductions that spark ideas.
We convene safe spaces where industry can share innovation and challenges. These include the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership (i3P) and the Innovation Exchange which also draws on our unrivalled cross-sector reach for novel solutions.
We engage internationally through the Energy Catalyst programme.
Our current focus in this area
Related Opportunities
HS2 Accelerator 7.0
Opens: 12/09/2024 Closes: 13/10/2024
High Speed 2 Limited (HS2) has launched its search for six small businesses to develop new tech business cases and funded pilot projects for rail.
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Contracts for Innovation: Net zero heating and hot water solutions
Opens: 01/10/2024 Closes: 21/10/2024
West Dunbartonshire Council seek to upgrade existing housing stock with a focus on net zero heating and hot water solutions.
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Contracts for Innovation: International Rail Innovation Challenges
Opens: 23/09/2024 Closes: 16/10/2024
Organisations can apply for a share of £500,000, inclusive of VAT, to deliver feasibility studies addressing international rail challenges.
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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Round 4 Discovery - September 2024
Opens: 23/09/2024 Closes: 23/10/2024
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30m for collaborative projects to improve the UK energy network.
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Design to Deliver: Collective solutions for wild urban spaces
Opens: 18/09/2024 Closes: 25/10/2024
Up to £50k for solutions that use information to contribute to the successful implementation, stewardship, and maintenance of wild urban places
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Design to Deliver: Space-Enabled Information for a Thriving World
Opens: 18/09/2024 Closes: 25/10/2024
Up to £50k for solutions that could translate space-enabled data and services into information that is trusted and actionable, fuelling responsible behaviours towards nature.
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Financing, planning and delivering local net zero projects: new support for local authorities
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24/05/2023
Fast Followers accelerate towards Net Zero
Innovate UK is funding 21 Local Authorities across the UK to accelerate progress towards hitting Net Zero targets.
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11/05/2023
Department for Transport and High Speed Rail partner launch 2023 First of a Kind Rail Competition
The Department for Transport (DfT) and High Speed Rail partner are launching a new Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition to accelerate innovation in the UK rail sector and enable technologies to be readily and efficiently integrated into the railway system.
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Related programme
Hydrogen Innovation Network
Innovate UK Hydrogen Innovation Network is a non-competitive advisory group to pool knowledge from existing Hydrogen communities and validate views on the current challenges to enabling low-carbon Hydrogen production at scale and cost.