Dates:
Competition closes: 07 December 2022, 11am
Applicants notified: 06 February 2023
Project start date & duration: by 01 May 2023; between 12 and 18 months
Scope
- Circular economy approaches (repair; reuse; remanufacture; recycle; regeneration) are in scope
- Projects that focus on retaining the maximum amount of value in a product or system are encouraged
- Projects with direct or indirect commercial outcomes for the partners will be funded
- A portfolio of projects, across the range of resource flows and topics covered by the Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centres and Hub and types of projects will be funded.
- Applicants must consider the benefits, risks, costs and trade-offs associated with adopting a more circular approach.
Specific Themes
Projects must align with the NICER programme and be supported by a NICER centre or the CE-hub.
Resource flows covered by the Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centres:
- chemicals (specifically Olefins)
- bio-textiles
- metals (steel and aluminium)
- technology metals
- mineral-based construction materials
Themes covered by the CE-hub:
- cross cutting research to accelerate the transition
- data, modelling and measuring impact
- knowledge sharing
- roadmapping
Further details on themes and potential collaboration topics can be found at NICER CE-hub
Eligibility
- Subsidy Control and EC State Aid funding rules apply
- Project must be led by a UK business, of any size, and collaborators must be UK based organisations
- R&D work must be carried out in the UK and project results exploited from UK
- Subcontractors are allowed, preferably UK-based, with appropriate and justified costs
- Applications must include a letter of support from at least one of the UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centres or the NICER CE hub
Funding Rates
- Total eligible project costs between £100,000 and £150,000 (£1.5 million pot)
For Feasibility Studies or Industrial Research you could get funding for your eligible project costs of:
- up to 70% if you are a micro or small organisation
- up to 60% if you are a medium-sized organisation
- up to 50% if you are a large organisation
For Experimental Development you could get funding for your eligible project costs of:
- up to 45% if you are a micro or small organisation
- up to 35% if you are a medium-sized organisation
- up to 25% if you are a large organisation
Research organisations in your consortium can share up to 30% of the UK total eligible project costs.
Research organisations in your consortium can share up to 30% of the UK total eligible project costs.
How PNO can support you
The UK team has a strong track record in securing some of the most competitive national and European grants on behalf of its clients, with a full understanding of how a project should be presented to stand the highest chance of success. Each year in the UK alone, we are responsible for the submission of more than 100 funding applications across all sectors and priority areas. Based on this extensive experience, through careful project selection and using key insight into how a project should be best positioned, we consistently achieve success rates that are more than 5 times the typical success rates for UK national schemes and EU programmes.
