{"id":58604,"date":"2015-07-01T08:45:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T08:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d25a99d280f260803325ac7ac5a9e56a"},"modified":"2015-07-01T08:45:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T08:45:12","slug":"news-story-uk-malaysia-partnerships-apply-for-innovation-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=58604","title":{"rendered":"News story: UK-Malaysia partnerships: Apply for innovation funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Innovate UK, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rcuk.ac.uk\/\">Research Councils UK<\/a> (RCUK) and the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.might.org.my\/en\/SolutionPages\/Default.aspx\">Malaysia Industry-Government Group for High Technology<\/a> (MIGHT) are to jointly invest in innovative research and development projects that address the impact of climate change on urbanisation in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the competition is to bring together businesses, research and technology organisations, academics, public sector bodies and charities from both countries to develop innovative products, processes or services.<\/p>\n<p>Projects must aim at the Malaysian market and address critical challenges in 5 sectors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>health and well-being<\/li>\n<li>improving environmental resilience and energy security<\/li>\n<li>future cities<\/li>\n<li>agritech (used to solve explicit urban food and nutrition issues)<\/li>\n<li>digital, innovation and creativity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Projects will need to show they will have a positive impact on both economic development and social welfare in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>The UK investment has been made possible by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills-managed <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newtonfund.ac.uk\">Newton Fund<\/a>, which aims to build research collaborations between UK business and those in lower and middle-income partner countries.<\/p>\n<p>The programme brings together Innovate UK, RCUK and MIGHT in a new programme called Research and Innovation Bridges.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>up to \u00a37.2 million is available for UK organisations and the equivalent amount for organisations in Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>projects must be collaborative and involve at least one UK business, one UK research organisation, one Malaysian business and one Malaysian research organisation<\/li>\n<li>projects can be led by a business or research partner on the UK side<\/li>\n<li>small or micro businesses could attract up to 70% of their eligible costs as grant, medium-sized businesses 60% and large businesses 50%<\/li>\n<li>research organisations could receive up to 50% of their eligible costs as grant<\/li>\n<li>we expect total UK participant costs for each project to be between \u00a31 million and \u00a31.75 million and for projects to last between 24 and 34 months<\/li>\n<li>the deadline for registration is noon UK time on 30 September 2015<\/li>\n<li>one application should be submitted in English via the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/interact.innovateuk.org\/competition-display-page\/-\/asset_publisher\/RqEt2AKmEBhi\/content\/malaysia-uk-research-and-innovation-bridges-competition\">Innovate UK competition website<\/a> on behalf of all partners by either the UK or Malaysian lead partner<\/li>\n<li>a briefing webinar will take place on a date to be advised on the competition web page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/interact.innovateuk.org\/competition-display-page\/-\/asset_publisher\/RqEt2AKmEBhi\/content\/malaysia-uk-research-and-innovation-bridges-competition\">Find out more about this competition and apply<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK organisations can partner with Malaysian ones to apply for \u00a314.4 million for projects that solve climate change problems 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