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6 November 2024 - 16 April 2025
Canada-UK Open Collaborative Research & Development
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Open until 16 April 2025

Find partners for Canada-UK research & development.

This website is a virtual marketplace to search and profile project opportunities as well as facilitate partner-matching for the Canada-UK Collaborative R&D competition, jointly organised by Innovate UK, and the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).

The aim of this competition is to stimulate the development and implementation of innovative technologies across a range of sectors and technology areas.

This call for proposals is open to organisations from Canada and the UK who wish to form project consortia to perform collaborative projects focused on developing innovative products, processes, or technology-based services. We want to fund a variety of projects across a range of sectors and technology areas. This includes topics of previous collaborative R&D calls between Canada and the UK. We would particularly welcome (but not restricted to) applications from the following areas:

  • · Life Sciences, including engineering biology, biomanufacturing, and agricultural technologies
  • · Digital and emerging technologies, including, quantum, artificial intelligence, semiconductors
  • · Sustainability and net zero, including critical minerals, ocean sciences and technologies, clean energy technologies

This list is not exhaustive.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated.

For more details, you can join the UK applicants briefing held on 13 November 2024. Click the next tab to find out more.

Key dates

Competition open date

4 November 2024

Online briefing event: register to attend

4pm - 13 November 2024

Canadian EoI registration deadline

8 January 2025

Canadian EoI submission deadline

15 January 2025

Competition close date

16 April 2025

Organised by
Participants
United Kingdom 98
Canada 54
Netherlands 1
Total 153
Participants
Business 116
Academic institution 13
Research and technology organisation(RTO) 9
Public sector organisation 6
Large organisation(business only) 4
Non profit 4
Charity 1
Total 153