CR&D resource efficiency for materials and manufacturing competition

Apply for a share of up to £12 million to support UK materials and manufacturing organisations to improve resource efficiency.

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £12 million in this competition for ambitious collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects, to support UK materials and manufacturing organisations to become significantly more resource efficient.

Simultaneous demonstrations of how UK materials and manufacturing will become more resilient or technologically advanced are encouraged. Your proposal must improve resource efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

You must focus on two or more of these five core areas:

• materials for the future economy
• smart design
• resilient supply chains
• world-class production
• longer in use and reuse

Your project’s total costs must be between £100,000 and £1 million.

Find out more about the resource efficiency for materials and manufacturing CR&D competition and how to apply.

First published 27 March 2023