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Funding & opportunities

If you’re looking for experienced input into your idea, product, service, research or challenge, then invite us to get involved. We will not only work with you in understanding your market or challenge but will also support with the curated list of the latest funding opportunities that are open to those in the sustainability and plastics industry.
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Opportunity

Design Foundations: Repairability

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Innovate UK will invest up to £2 million in innovation projects that use design methods.
  • Opening date: October 30, 2023
  • Closing date: January 10, 2024
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Opportunity
Graphene concept

Launchpad: bio-based manufacturing in Scotland round one CR&D

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for business led projects that grow activities in the bio-based manufacturing innovation cluster in Scotland. This Collaborative Research and Development (CR&D) funding is from Innovate UK.
  • Opening date: October 30, 2023
  • Closing date: December 13, 2023
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Accelerating the Green Economy Centres

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Apply for funding to establish an accelerating the green economy centre to support the growth of emerging green industries, in economic geographies across the UK.
  • Opening date: October 11, 2023
  • Closing date: December 12, 2023
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UK-Nigeria Circular Economy Innovation Network

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Innovate UK is excited to announce the upcoming launch of the UK-Nigeria Circular Economy Innovation Network with a focus on the Circular Construction sector. The official launch will be announced at the Circular construction knowledge exchange event scheduled for 25 October 2023.
  • Opening date: October 25, 2023
  • Closing date: January 24, 2024
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Sustainability concept

Seeking Technologies for the Manufacturing of Sustainable paraffins and olefins

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Searching for technologies and approaches for manufacturing sustainably-produced C9-C16 linear paraffins (alkanes) and linear olefins (alkenes) that have some level of experimental proof of concept, TRL4 or above.
  • Opening date: September 1, 2023
  • Closing date: November 30, 2023
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Opportunity
Graphene concept

European Commission Plastics Related Funding & tender opportunities

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A variety of European Commission plastics-related funding & tender opportunities that are currently open for submission, including work on reducing plastic pollution, pollutant monitoring, circular economy, and biodegradation validation. Various closing dates until 22nd Feb 2024.
  • Opening date: March 1, 2023
  • Closing date: February 22, 2024
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