Sponsoring Agency: Innovate UK
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/21/2021
Size of the Fund: More than $1 Million
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) is a new programme that aims to establish a competitive and sustainable UK supply chain.
It offers a share of up to £1 billion of funding for capital and associated industrial research projects. This will be to support the industrialisation of a high value, electrified automotive supply at scale in the UK.
Your application can focus on one of these:
• capital investment only
• capital and associated R&D activity
Your proposal must prioritise the scale up in areas mentioned in the Automotive Transformation Strategy. This includes but is not limited to:
• batteries
• motors and drives
• power electronics
• fuel cell
• recycling of any of the above
Only projects which score well against these criteria will receive funding from the Automotive Transformation Fund:
• fit with the overall aims of the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF)
• value for money for the UK
• ongoing benefit to the UK from the exploitation of your project
• project deliverables such as time, cost and quality (including risks)
The ATF will prioritise support to projects that:
• can act as anchors to their respective supply chains
• are likely to lead to further investments while creating a sustainable and competitive supply chain for the future
Specific Themes
Your project can focus on one or more of the following:
• Batteries
o cathode materials and manufacturing
o anode materials and manufacturing
o electrolyte
o cell assembly components (including separators)
o cell or module assembly
o cell testing
o battery pack components
o battery pack assembly and test
• Motors and drives
o magnet materials and manufacturing
o electrical steel materials and manufacturing
o electrical machine assembly
o drive line components
o assembly and test into complete drive unit
• Power electronics
o wide band gap semi-conductors
o sensors
o passives
o power electronics assembly
• Fuel cell
o MEA
o catalysts
o bipolar plates
o gas diffusion layer
o air handling systems
o balance of power
o fuel cell stack assembly
o storage tanks
o fuel delivery (where specifically required for development purposes)
• Recycling
o e-motors
o batteries
o fuel cells
o power electronics
Eligibility Criteria
• Lead organisation
o To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
be a UK registered business of any size
carry out its project work in the UK
intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
address the requirements of the Automotive Transformation Fund
• Project team
o To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must:
be a UK registered business, academic institution, charity, not-for-profit, public sector organisation or research and technology organisation (RTO)
carry out its project work in the UK
intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
be invited by the lead organisation
• Number of applications
o You can make more than one application.
o There are no restrictions on the number of applications a business can lead or collaborate on.
o There are no restrictions on the number of applications a partner can collaborate on.
More information at: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/866/overview#summary
