Launchpad: Marine and Maritime South West

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with Cornwall Council, Plymouth City Council and Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership to invest up to £3 million in innovation projects. The funding will support projects across two Launchpad competition strands that target the marine and maritime cluster in the Great South West.

This competition is split into two strands:

• Launchpad: marine and maritime, Great South West – Round 2 Collaborative Research and Development (CR&D) - Project size up to £750k
• Launchpad: marine and maritime, Great South West – Round 2 Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) - Project size up to £100k

Fund details

Your business must be growing innovation activities in the marine and maritime cluster in the Great South West. The Great South West consists of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Somerset and Dorset for this competition.

Your project must focus on one or more of the following:

• marine autonomy
• clean maritime
• digital ocean technologies

Eligibility 

To lead a project your organisation must:

• be a UK-registered business of any size
• be or involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
• collaborate with other UK-registered organisations
• be growing your innovation activities in the marine and maritime cluster in the Great South West
• have a demonstrable ambition for business growth