Collaboration for a Sustainable Future: pilots & UK seed funding

Funding type: Other · Funders: Research England , UK Research and Innovation

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This is not a research grant opportunity. This funding opportunity consists of two elements: • England-only pilots (around £4 million) and • cross-UK innovation partnerships seed funding (£15 million). The latter (UK-wide) of which has different eligibility to the former (England only). Throughout this funding opportunity, you should assume all text is relevant to the entire funding opportunity (including England-only pilots and cross-UK innovation partnerships seed funding), with any specific cross-UK innovation partnerships conditions as additional, unless expressly stated otherwise. This funding opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility Check if your organisation is eligible and who meet the eligibility of this opportunity detailed below. Research England will discount any application which does not meet the eligibility criteria. If you are unsure, please contact the UKRI Funding Service Helpdesk. Who is eligible to apply There is different eligibility for the two elements of this funding opportunity: England-only pilots (£4 million total) and cross-UK innovation partnerships seed funding (£15 million total) For England-only pilots we welcome applications from English higher education providers where the English higher education provider must be registered with the Office for Students (OfS) in the approved (fee cap) category of the OfS’s register. This includes continuing to meet the OfS’s ongoing conditions of registration. For the cross-UK innovation partnerships seed funding, we welcome applications from higher education providers in England as outlined in the previous paragraph. We also welcome applications from higher education providers in Wales, universities in Scotland and higher education institutes in Northern Ireland who meet UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s standard eligibility criteria. Throughout this funding opportunity that group will be referred to as ‘higher education providers.’ Cross-UK innovation partnerships may be between any areas of the UK – there is no requirement to include a higher education provider from a specific UK nation. Demand management An individual higher education provider may be listed as a recipient of funding from this funding opportunity in: (i) up to two applications for England-only pilots (lead provider in only one), and/or (ii) up to one application for the cross-UK innovation partnerships seed funding applications. If a higher education provider is to receive funding from more than

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https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/collaboration-for-a-sustainable-future-pilots-uk-seed-funding/

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https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/collaboration-for-a-sustainable-future-pilots-uk-seed-funding/

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2026.10.01

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