India- UK Collaborative R&D for Industrial Sustainability Round 2
This website is a virtual marketplace to search and profile project opportunities as well as facilitate partner-matching for the India -UK collaborative R&D for industrial sustainability Round 2.
The funding competition application page for UK businesses can be found here.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £2 million in innovation projects in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India.
The aim of this competition is to fund business led, collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on Net Zero Technologies, for innovative proposals developed between the UK and India.
UK registered organisations must collaborate with at least one Indian non-linked registered business applying under the equivalent Technology Development Board (TDB) programme.
UK registered organisations must apply through the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) portal to Innovate UK. Indian partners must submit a parallel application to the TDB programme.
Your Indian partner will not receive any funding from Innovate UK.
Indian partners must apply to and will be funded by TDB for the Indian component of the project set out in this application.
In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly but we are still unable to fund it.
This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief . We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.
Accessibility and Inclusion
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. This includes making reasonable adjustments, for people who have a disability or a long-term condition and face barriers applying to us.
You can contact us at any time to ask for guidance.
We recommend you contact us at least 15 working days before this competition’s closing date to allow us to put the most suitable support in place. The support we can provide may be limited if you contact us close to the competition deadline.
You can contact Innovate UK by email or call 0300 321 4357. Our phone lines are open from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm UK time, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Competition Timeline
- Competition Opened: Monday 25th November 2024
- Competition Closes: Wednesday 12th February 2025
- Applicants Notified: Monday 2nd June 2025
One-to-One Meetings
The one-to-one meetings will give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in innovative developments and build partnerships with UK and Indian businesses that are required to bid for grant funding.
Register and use this b2match tool to schedule meeting appointments with one or more of the businesses on this platform, so you have the opportunity to bid for grant funding together. Once you've registered, you will see the timeslots available for each business. Once your meeting has been confirmed, you will receive an email with your virtual meeting login information.
Detailed descriptions of all businesses, including funding stage and partnership goals are available to all registered participants.
Good to Know
By registering, you create a profile that is visible to all registered participants on the event website.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) notice
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) notice:
This competition is jointly operated by Innovate UK, and the Department for Science and Technology (each an ‘agency’).
Any relevant information submitted and produced during the application process concerning your application can be shared by one agency with the other, for its individual storage, processing and use.
This means that any information given to or generated by Innovate UK in respect of your application may be passed on to DST and vice versa. This would include, but is not restricted to:
- the information stated on the application, including the personal details of all applicants
- scoring and feedback on the application
- information received during the management and administration of the grant, such as Monitoring Officer reports and Independent Accountant Reports
Innovate UK and DST are directly accountable to you for their holding and processing of your information, including any personal data and confidential information. Data is held in accordance with their own policies. Accordingly, Innovate UK, and DST will be data controllers for personal data submitted during the application.
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