{"id":60659,"date":"2015-08-24T15:50:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=78d98e6bf3bf9dd8ef1a77b422033696"},"modified":"2015-08-24T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:50:19","slug":"news-story-materials-in-demanding-environments-apply-for-business-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=60659","title":{"rendered":"News story: Materials in demanding environments: apply for business funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Innovate UK is to invest up to \u00a32 million in early-stage business projects that seek innovative ways to improve the performance of materials in severe, aggressive or demanding conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Radical improvements in the way materials perform could give UK manufacturers a competitive edge in many high-value markets.<\/p>\n<p>There is increasing demand for materials that are extremely light and resistant to radiation, wear, high impact, blast and high temperatures. <\/p>\n<p>Smart coatings, nanotechnologies and innovations in materials such as ceramics, metals, high-performance polymers and composites could help to address this demand.<\/p>\n<p>Application areas for improved materials\u2019 performance could include buildings and construction, transport, energy, space and biological systems.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>this competition for feasibility studies opens on 12 October 2015 and the deadline for registration is noon on 18 November 2015<\/li>\n<li>projects must be led by a business and include a partner with a route to market<\/li>\n<li>we expect studies to last 6 to 12 months and to range in size from \u00a3100,000 to \u00a3150,000<\/li>\n<li>small businesses could receive up to 70% of their costs, medium-sized businesses 60%, large businesses 50%<\/li>\n<li>a briefing day for potential applicants and a consortium-building workshop take place in London on 21 October 2015<\/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\/materials-for-demanding-environments\">Find out more about this competition and apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses can seek a share of \u00a32 million to support studies into improving performance of materials in demanding or extreme environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}