UK businesses and research organisations can access funding for innovative clean maritime projects.

Through Round 2 of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, the Department for Transport will work with Innovate UK (IUK) to invest in innovative clean maritime projects.

Strand 1 of the competition is funding detailed feasibility studies and plans for innovative technology demonstrations of scalable clean maritime solutions. Projects must undertake a technical and economic feasibility study associated with the development and real world demonstration of one or more specific themes.

Strand 2 of the competition is funding agile technology demonstrations and pre-deployment testing of clean maritime technologies. Projects must design, develop and test novel clean maritime technologies focused for on-vessel technologies or shoreside infrastructure including at ports and harbours.

IUK has allocated funding from a £12 million budget for innovation projects across the two competition strands. For the Collaborative R&D strand, each project’s total costs must be between £100,000 and £3 million. For the Feasibility strand, each project’s total costs must be between £100,000 and £1 million.

The competitions are open to collaborations only. To lead a project an organisation must be a UK registered business of any size. To collaborate with the lead organisation, the partner organisation must be a business of any size, academic institution, charity, not-for-profit, public sector organisation or research and technology organisation (RTO).

The deadline for applications is 13 July 2022 (11:00 BST).

How To Apply

Competition dates:

• Open: 25 May 2022
• Competition closing date: 13 July 2022 (11:00 BST)

Applicants are encouraged to read the general guidance for applicants to help their chances of submitting a quality application.

More details can be accessed at the Innovate UK website.