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Storage project grants available in the UK
Mackintosh Consultants engaged to assist
As Mackintosh Consultants has helped the DTI with their storage interests for many years, the company has again been retained to engage with the UK storage community in order to encourage proposals for this Call. Our role (as in the similar LINK ISD Calls previously) is to:
- advise interested parties on the rules and requirements for relevant proposals and projects
- help optimise the configuration of projects
- find suitable partners for collaboration
Please contact us for further information.
We have prepared a special partner search facility to assist in this.
Tuesday 18 October 2005 ....... £63 million will be available to UK businesses this autumn to help drive forward innovation and create prosperity for the UK economy though the latest round of the Government's £370 million Technology Programme.
Businesses are being urged to exploit emerging technologies, taking ideas out of the lab, into the market place and onto the balance sheet, to ensure UK competitiveness in the growing global economy.
The £63 million will be for collaborative research and development projects in six priority areas identified as key in progressing the UK's science and innovation base and moving the UK towards its target of helping increase R&D intensity in the UK (as a percentage of GDP) to reach 2.5% by around 2014.
The competition for collaborative research and development projects will formally open on 24 November with a launch event in London. Supporting this will be a series of regional information days being held across the UK and run with the support of the regional development agencies and devolved administrations.
The events will be an opportunity for delegates to learn more about the technologies and hear about the range of support from the Programme, regions and networks. Speakers will also help them understand the competition requirements and the application process.
The current round is part of the bi-annual competition underpinned by the Government's three-year investment to stimulate collaborative research and development and champion the UK's position as a centre for excellence for scientific innovation. Support for the competition is also being provided by the Research Councils.
Key Dates
- Competition opens: 24 November 2005
- Deadline for registering your intention to submit an application: 31 January 2006
- Outline application submission deadline: 6 February 2006
The Autumn 2005 call involves several technology priority areas, including "technologies for data and content storage, management, retrieval and analysis", with £10m available.
Science and Innovation Minister, Lord Sainsbury said:
"Focusing on leading edge and emerging technologies is key to ensuring that the UK maintains a strong base on which to build our future science and innovation capability.
"Pinpointing funding to help new ideas flourish will strengthen the transition of exciting projects from the drawing board to the market place. With more than £300m committed by Government we are working towards our aim of increasing the UK's R&D intensity to 2.5% by 2014."
