{"id":96052,"date":"2018-09-26T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=33b27dfd69289fdf360fa9dd81a021b2"},"modified":"2018-09-26T14:30:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T14:30:08","slug":"news-story-raising-ambitions-in-uk-aerospace-funding-for-innovative-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=96052","title":{"rendered":"News story: Raising ambitions in UK aerospace: funding for innovative ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The UK aerospace research and technology programme is a \u00a33.9 billion joint investment between government and industry to grow the UK\u2019s position in design and manufacture.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the programme, the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ati.org.uk\">Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)<\/a>, 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 competition is for business innovation projects that promote competition and secure the future of the UK aerospace industry.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage, organisations can submit an expression of interest with their innovative ideas. Successful applicants will be able to apply for funding in the next stage of the competition.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"technology-and-aircraft-of-the-future\">Technology and aircraft of the future<\/h2>\n<p>The competition is for industrial research projects or capital investment.<\/p>\n<p>You must demonstrate value for money as well as the benefits to the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Projects must also fit with the UK Aerospace Technology Strategy, which aims to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>strengthen the UK\u2019s role in whole-aircraft design and system integration for future civil aircraft<\/li>\n<li>build smarter, connected aircraft to help the UK capture high-value future opportunities<\/li>\n<li>help the UK to become a global leader in developing large, complex aviation structures, particularly wings<\/li>\n<li>drive forward new propulsion technologies, such as large turbofans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 apply, you must be a UK-based organisation, working alone or in collaboration with other businesses, research organisations or the third sector.<\/p>\n<p>You will need 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>expressions of interest open on 1 October 2018 and the deadline to apply is at midday on 17 October 2018<\/li>\n<li>successful applicants will be contacted on 6 November 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 for industrial research projects and up to 50% for capital investment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk\/competition\/233\/overview\">Find out more about this competition and apply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations can submit ideas to help raise the UK\u2019s profile, innovation and manufacturing capability in civil aerospace.<\/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\/96052"}],"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=96052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}