Sponsoring Agency: Innovate UK
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/05/2021
Size of the Fund: More than $1 Million
UK registered businesses or organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million for feasibility studies into a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle demonstration.
The Department for Transport (DfT) will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, to invest up to £10 million in innovation projects.
This investment is for advanced feasibility studies for zero emission road freight. This competition will conduct pre-deployment work for a possible future hydrogen fuel cell truck demonstration.
The aim of this competition is to fund ambitious feasibility studies for a future zero emission road freight demonstration of hydrogen fuel cell trucks.
Funding Information
Your project’s total eligible costs must be between £500,000 and £2 million.
Your project must:
• start by 01 July 2021
• end by 31 March 2022
Vehicle-specific Requirements
Your project must:
• propose a fully zero tailpipe carbon emission demonstration
• consider hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and infrastructure
• use ‘green’ hydrogen produced solely from renewable sources for the trucks
• use a quantity of trucks which match the scale and ambition of each scenario whilst maximising learning and providing value
• target a solution for 44-tonne trucks
• include full costing for the demonstration factoring in any contingency with links to projects risks identified
Your approach to vehicles must be scalable. Scale can be achieved through:
• supply by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
• the fitout of a new ‘glider’ with a hydrogen fuel cell power train
This list is not intended to be exhaustive.
Eligibility Criteria
• Lead organisation
o To lead a project your organisation must:
be a UK registered business of any size
collaborate with other UK registered businesses, academic institutions, charities, not-for-profit, public sector organisations, research organisations or research and technology organisation (RTO)
carry out its project work in the UK
intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
• 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
The lead and at least one other organisation must claim funding by entering their costs during the application.
More information at: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/885/overview#summary
