{"id":95016,"date":"2018-08-24T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4bbdfa80f707534d064bd42b8533876a"},"modified":"2018-08-24T08:30:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:30:04","slug":"news-story-the-future-of-aerospace-search-for-the-next-big-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=95016","title":{"rendered":"News story: The future of aerospace: search for the next big idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ati.org.uk\">Aerospace Technology Institute<\/a> (ATI), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy\">Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<\/a> and Innovate UK will invest up to \u00a3150 million in innovative aerospace projects this year.<\/p>\n<p>The funding is part of a \u00a33.9 billion joint investment between government and industry and run by the ATI. Investments will be made in projects that promote competition and innovation in the aerospace sector.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage, organisations are invited to submit ideas for projects. Successful applicants will be able to apply for funding in the next stage of the competition.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"advancing-the-uks-aerospace-strategy\">Advancing the UK\u2019s aerospace strategy<\/h2>\n<p>We are looking for ideas that fit with the ATI\u2019s strategy of \u2018raising ambition\u2019 in aerospace to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>strengthen the UK\u2019s capability in whole-aircraft design and system integration and positioning it for future generations<\/li>\n<li>develop advanced, connected aircraft systems technologies that capture high-value opportunities<\/li>\n<li>make the UK a global leader in the development of large complex structures, particularly wings<\/li>\n<li>advance more efficient, next-generation propulsion technologies, particularly large turbofans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s important to show that your project will provide value for money, create benefits in jobs and training and has clear potential within the industry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ati.org.uk\/resources\/publications\/\">Find out more about the ATI and its strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"who-can-apply\">Who can apply<\/h2>\n<p>To be eligible to apply, you will need to be a UK-based organisation, either working alone or in collaboration with other businesses, research organisations or the third sector.<\/p>\n<p>You must plan to carry out your project in the UK and sign up to the ATI framework agreement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ati.org.uk\/funding\/framework-agreement\">Find out more about the ATI framework agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>expression of interests open on 3 September 2018 and the deadline is midday on 19 September 2018<\/li>\n<li>successful applicants will be contacted on 5 October 2018 and invited to make a full funding application<\/li>\n<li>you will need to show that your expected costs and times are proportional to your project\u2019s objectives<\/li>\n<li>businesses could attract up to 70% of their project costs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk\/competition\/218\/overview\">Find out more about this competition and apply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations can submit their ideas for funding to help keep the UK at the cutting edge of the global civil aerospace industry.<\/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\/95016"}],"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=95016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}