Battery manufacturing training initiative

Apply for a share of up to £2 million to establish at least one training initiative for battery manufacturing.

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £2 million as part of the Faraday Battery Challenge. This is to develop one or more innovative battery manufacturing workforce training initiatives, supporting regional battery industry needs.

The aim of this competition is to:

• support regional battery manufacturing industry workforce requirements
• develop innovative approaches to battery workforce development
• catalyse investment in battery workforce development
• develop a battery industry workforce of the right quality and quantity in the UK
• develop innovative approaches to outreach which will attract diverse talent to careers in the battery industry

Your proposal must focus on the vocational or technical training infrastructure requirements to train the battery manufacturing workforce. This can include facilities, equipment and people. Innovate UK expects to fund at least one regional battery manufacturing training initiative.

This is the phase 1 expression of interest (EOI) of a 2 phase competition. Phase 2 is the full-proposal stage of the competition.

There is no funding at this EOI stage. If you are successful in phase 1, you will be invited to apply to the phase 2 full stage collaborative competition.

Your full stage 2 project’s total grant funding request must be up to £2 million.

Find out more about the battery manufacturing training initiative and how to apply.

First published 27 March 2023