Materials Innovation Programme Digital Materials Sandpit
Overview
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Funding type: Grant · Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
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- Category
- R&D
- Industry
- Chemicals & Materials
- Technology
- Advanced Materials
- Target stage
- Needs verification
- Project duration
- Needs verification
- Estimated preparation
- Needs verification
Funding
Award size and how it is paid
- Award range
- Needs verification
- Currency
- GBP
- Total programme budget
- £7.1M
- Support type
- Needs verification
- Co-funding
- Needs verification
- Matching fund
- Needs verification
- Disbursement
- Needs verification
- Note
- Total fund: £7,125,000
Eligibility
Can we actually apply?
This funding opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible . Who is eligible to apply This funding opportunity is open to applicants who meet the individual eligibility criteria . We also welcome expressions of interest from industry to attend the sandpit and develop projects as a partner at the sandpit. However, businesses are not eligible to apply for EPSRC funding through this funding opportunity. The post sandpit submissions should accurately represent projects and teams assembled at the sandpit. Where skills gaps were identified and discussed at the sandpit, researchers or other parties, including non-academic project partners, can be added to successful projects with approval from the mentors at the sandpit. International researchers The UKRI-RCN Money Follows Cooperation Agreement does not apply to this funding opportunity. As such grants submitted to this funding opportunity cannot include a Norway-based project co-lead (international). You should include all international collaborators (or UK partners not based at approved organisations) as project partners. Resubmissions We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Find out more about UKRI’s resubmission policy . Equality, diversity and inclusion We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all funding applicants. We encourage applications from a diverse range of researchers. We support people to work in a way that suits their personal circumstances. This includes: • career breaks • support for people with caring responsibilities • flexible working • alternative working patterns UKRI can offer disability and accessibility support for UKRI applicants and grant holders during the application and assessment process.
- Company age
- Needs verification
- Employees
- Needs verification
- Revenue limits
- Needs verification
- Consortium
- Needs verification
Location Requirements
Geography and legal-entity conditions
- Primary country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Also eligible
- None
- Foreign companies
- Needs verification
- Local entity
- Needs verification
- Location condition
- 영국 소재 기관·기업(또는 영국 파트너와의 협업)이 일반적으로 요구됩니다(원문 확인 필요).
Required Documents
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Application Process
How you apply
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Evaluation
Review process and criteria
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Timeline
Announcement → intake → review → agreement → execution
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Equity & Financial Terms
Equity, loans and contract conditions
- Equity required
- Needs verification
- Loan
- Non-dilutive grant
- Duplicate funding
- Needs verification
- IP ownership
- Needs verification
- Deliverable ownership
- Needs verification
- Exclusivity
- Needs verification
- Right of first refusal
- Needs verification
- Audit & settlement
- Needs verification
Risk Intelligence
Should we apply at all? — five dimensions plus an overall score (lower is safer)
No risk assessment yet. Re-analyse from Admin.
IP / Idea Protection
How much of your technology and idea you must disclose
No IP assessment yet.
AI Analysis
Pros · cons · difficulty · competition · attractiveness
From paperwork and review stages
Heuristic from award size and type
Amount, terms and IP combined
Weighted average of five dimensions
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- Nothing flagged
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Source & Provenance
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- Official URL
- https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/nmip-sandpit-digital-materials-for-accelerated-innovation/
- Application URL
- https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/nmip-sandpit-digital-materials-for-accelerated-innovation/
- Last fetched
- 2026.11.05
- Human review
- Not reviewed — check the official announcement
- First seen
- 2026.10.29
- Data status
- Needs review
- AI enrichment
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