Funding opportunities for microalgae projects
June 2015
COMPETITION
Innovate UK
Industrial
Biotechnology
Catalyst:
1. early stage:
translation
2. early stage:
feasibility studies
3. industrial research
4. late stage: preexperimental
feasibility studies
5. late stage:
experimental
development
The management and
use of biofilms
DEADLINE
AMOUNT
(£)
34mn
Registration
(2015)
PROJECT
SIZE (£)
1. 2-5m
2. 250k
3. <5m
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
5 Aug
25 Nov
5 Aug
25 Nov
5 Aug
9 Sept
4. <1m
5. <10m
2.5mn
<100,000
ACTUAL
SUPPORT (%)
TYPE OF
PROJECT
AIMED AT
1. 100 of 80 FEC
2. 75- SMEs; 65
–large
industry
3. 60- SMEs; 50
– large
industry
4. 50-SMEs–; 40
-large industry
5. 25-35
1. Translation
to bench
scale (3-5y)
2. Feasibility
(<1y)
3. Beyond
‘proof of
concept’
(<3y)
4. Pilot or
demo scale
(<1y)
5. Demo
scale (<2y)
Feasibility
1. Academics
2. Business only
&/or
academics
3. Business only
& academics
4. Business only
& academics
5. Business only
& academics
1. Academic led
Businesses with
optional
academic
partner
Business led
70 – small
60 – medium
50 - large
If you have any questions or looking for a collaborative partner contact Michelle Carter [email protected]
TYPE OF
COLLABORATION
2. Academic or
business led
3. Academic or
business led
4. Business led
5. Business led
SCOPE
Microalgae
based/derived:
biofuels, bioenergy,
nutraceuticals,
bioactives, dyes,
biocatalysts or
other HVC.
Improved
efficiency and costs
in production and
downstream
processing
Novel technol
applic to tackling
biofilm challenges;
Develo tools,
processes to
exploit biofilms for
beneficial
applications;
Knowledge
translation of
model biofilm into
technology &
techniques
Funding opportunities for microalgae projects
June 2015
COMPETITION
DEADLINE
AMOUNT
(£)
3mn
PROJECT
SIZE (£)
50-150k
ACTUAL
SUPPORT (%)
70 – small, micro;
60- medium; 50 large
TYPE OF
PROJECT
Feasibility
AIMED AT
Businesses with
optional
academic
partner
TYPE OF
COLLABORATION
Business led
SCOPE
Technology Inspired
Innovation
9 September
15
SMART: Proof of
market
ONGOING
-
<25,000
60
Proof of
market
SMEs
Business led
SMART: Proof of
concept
ONGOING
-
<100,000
60
Proof of
concept
SMEs
Business led
Any area within
Innovate UK’s
remit
SMART: Proof of
prototype
ONGOING
-
<250,000
45- small, micro;
35 - medium
Proof of
prototype
SMEs
Business led
Knowledge transfer
partnerships
ONGOING
-
NA
-
Any
Businesses
Business – HEI –
graduate
Any area within
Innovate UK’s
remit
Any
If you have any questions or looking for a collaborative partner contact Michelle Carter [email protected]
Biobased materials;
biosensors;
metabolic
engineering; novel
manufacturing
processes for
biological products
& production
systems;
formulation &
delivery
approaches for
biological products
inc. biopharma &
functional foods
Any area within
Innovate UK’s
remit
Funding opportunities for microalgae projects
June 2015
COMPETITION
Research Council
BBSRC
PHYCONET
1. Business
Interaction
Vouchers
2. Proof of Concept
Strategic longer and
larger grants
AMOUNT
(£)
DEADLINE
PROJECT
SIZE (£)
ACTUAL
SUPPORT (%)
TYPE OF
PROJECT
AIMED AT
TYPE OF
COLLABORATION
SCOPE
ONGOING
-
1. 5,000
2. 10-100k
HEI’s: 80 fEC
Feasibility
POC
HEI working
with industry
HEI: Business
High value
chemicals from
microalgae
Responsive
mode
Unknown
>2 m
HEI’s: 80 fEC
Collaborative
HEI
HEI only
Diverse – see
website
Industrial Partnership
Awards
Responsive
mode
Unknown
<2 m
Collaborative
HEI working
with industry
Pre-competitive,
HEI led
Diverse – see
website
Stand-alone LINK
Responsive
mode
Unknown
<2 m
HEIs: 80 fEC
Industry: 10%
(cash)
HEIs: 80 fEC
Industry: must
contribute 50%
fEC (cash/in kind)
Collaborative
HEI working
with industry
Pre-competitive,
HEI led
Diverse – see
website
740,000
>10,000
100
Feasibility
SMEs
Business to HEI
Variable
<100,000
75
Feasibility
SMEs
Business led
Any
-
<50,000
64
Collaborative
SMEs
SME:BDC
Aimed at Yorks &
Humber SMEs
working on
biorenewables
Interface Scotland
Innovation vouchers
Every month
& follow on vouchers
Scottish Enterprise
SMART
Ongoing
Biorenewables Development Centre
Capital Grants
ONGOING
If you have any questions or looking for a collaborative partner contact Michelle Carter [email protected]
Funding opportunities for microalgae projects
June 2015
COMPETITION
AMOUNT
(£)
DEADLINE
PROJECT
SIZE (£)
ACTUAL
SUPPORT (%)
TYPE OF
PROJECT
AIMED AT
TYPE OF
COLLABORATION
SCOPE
Scottish Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC)
Exemplar Programme
31 Aug 15
-
<250k
HEI’s: 80 fEC
Industry: Min
20% project costs
Collaborative
HEI working
with industry
Business led
Lead business IBioIC member;
Projects to inc ≥1
of the following:
Sustainable
Feedstocks (inc
unconventional
gases); Enzymes &
Biocatalysis/Biotra
nsformation; Cell
Factory
Construction &
Process Physiology;
Downstream
Processing; &
Integrated
Bioprocessing
European
Horizon 2020
various
See call
See call
See call
Collaborative
SMEs to large
industry;
academia
If you have any questions or looking for a collaborative partner contact Michelle Carter [email protected]
European
consortia
Biotechnology;
Process industries;
DSP; biobased
materials; adding
value to co-prod &
waste; enzyme
identification &
biocatalysisi;
biofuel; bioenergy
Funding opportunities for microalgae projects
June 2015
COMPETITION
Biobase NWE
DEADLINE
30 June
AMOUNT
(£)
1.5mn
PROJECT
SIZE (£)
>30,000
ACTUAL
SUPPORT (%)
100
TYPE OF
PROJECT
Feasibility
AIMED AT
SMEs
If you have any questions or looking for a collaborative partner contact Michelle Carter [email protected]
TYPE OF
COLLABORATION
Single company
SCOPE
Coupons to apply
for feasibility
studies at the
Biobase Europe
pilot plant in
Belgium. Access to
expertise& scale-up
facilities