£100m fund for green motoring research

Competition for funding for collaborative research to support greener, cleaner vehicles The Advanced Propulsion Centre in Warwick, in partnership with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Innovate UK…
Competition  for funding for collaborative research to support greener, cleaner vehicles
The Advanced Propulsion Centre in Warwick, in partnership with the Department for Business, Innovation and
Skills (BIS) and Innovate UK is to invest up to £100m in collaborative research and development funding to support the development of low carbon, low emission automotive propulsion technologies.
The APC is interested in companies with projects that:

• deliver significant reductions in vehicle CO2 or other emissions compared to current best-in-class technologies
• align with Automotive Council Technology Group roadmaps with respect to advanced propulsion solutions
• develop the UK’s supply chain in the field of low carbon vehicle propulsion technology

Projects must be collaborative and business-led and include a vehicle manufacturer or a tier 1 supplier and an SME partner.
Overall, each project should aim to attract no more than 50% public funding of the total eligible project costs.
Projects are expected to last between 18 and 42 months.
This is a single-stage competition that opens for applicants on 10 November 2014. The deadline for registration to the competition is at noon on 7 January 2015 and the deadline for submission of full applications is at noon on 14 January 2015.
For more information, visit the APC website or companies interested in being part of a project can contact Jon Beasley, APC Director Technology and Projects by email at jon.beasley@apcuk.co.uk