Transport Systems
Transport Systems looks holistically across transport modes, infrastructure and control systems (e.g. communication, smart ticketing, remote control & supervision) as well as new business models such as Mobility-as-a-Service.
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Transport Systems offer new opportunities to create improved efficiencies in the movement of people, goods and services. The future is a seamless end-to-end journey to improve people’s lives in remote, rural and urban regions addressing the needs of the individual and benefits to society.
Whether the solution is on-demand travel options, smart ticketing, digital and communication services or new business models, the key is to unlock the potential and deliver solutions to transform the UK’s transport system.
Innovate UK Business Connect’s Transport team works with government, industry, transport stakeholders and transport operators in the UK to unlock opportunities to enable seamless travel. Engaging with the team will enable new collaborations and introductions to speed up innovation in the transport sector.
Related Opportunities
Smart Shipping Acceleration Fund
Opens: 22/04/2024 Closes: 26/06/2024
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £8m for innovative smart shipping technologies for maritime decarbonisation.
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International Green Corridors Fund: UK–NL Feasibility Studies
Opens: 03/06/2024 Closes: 17/07/2024
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £430k for feasibility studies with Netherlands organisations, looking at UK – NL shipping routes.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Feasibility Study on Safe Urban Navigation for People in Vulnerable Situations
Opens: 11/06/2024 Closes: 01/08/2024
Supporting Cadent Gas and RNIB to develop data and digital tech to help vulnerable people to navigate urban environments with temporary disruptions.
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Global Incubator Programme: India - Urban Systems
Opens: 12/06/2024 Closes: 26/07/2024
Innovate UK seeks up to 10 companies with expertise in Urban Systems to participate in a Global Incubator Programme in India.
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Eureka Disaster Resilience Programme Collaborative R&D 2024
Opens: 14/06/2024 Closes: 31/10/2024
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1m for Disaster Resilience, Response and Recovery technologies.
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DIATOMIC India Accelerator for West Midlands based companies developing clean technologies
Opens: 17/06/2024 Closes: 24/07/2024
The programme will prepare up to 8 SMEs, with innovative solutions to climate issues in energy, mobility or urban areas, to access the Indian market.
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10/03/2023
The 2023 Accessible and Inclusive Transport Report
Download the March 2023 Accessible and Inclusive Transport Report, published by Innovate UK KTN.
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27/04/2023
Innovate UK Launches £100 Million AI Fund for UK Business
Innovate UK, the UK’s national innovation agency, has unveiled BridgeAI, a new programme which aims to drive growth and competitiveness in the UK economy through the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).