Innovate UK are shortly to announce the “Game Changing Technologies in Aerospace” call, which is seeking collaborative R&D and Feasibility studies to accelerate highly innovative technology development for civil aerospace. They are looking for projects that offer solutions to key aerospace industry challenges and for opportunities to bring in technologies and capabilities from outside the traditional aerospace sector.

Innovate UK will be investing up to £10 million in this topic, and are looking for projects that offer solutions to key aerospace industry challenges and for opportunities to bring in technologies and capabilities from outside the traditional aerospace sector. It is expected that collaborative R&D projects will range in size from total costs of £250,000 to £1.5 million. Feasibility studies are expected to have total project costs of up to £100,000.

The R&D call will have a registration deadline of the 9th September, whilst the Feasibility call will have a registration deadline of the 5th November. The EOI deadline for each will fall a week later. There will be a competition briefing on the 15th July 2015 which will become active for registration once the call goes live.

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