ATI Non–CO2 Programme

This is a rolling competition.

The aim of this competition is to encourage industrial investment in the development of innovative technologies to reduce non-CO2 emissions in the aerospace sector and its supply chain. It focuses on driving innovation and encouraging further collaboration between academia and industry, to build the foundations for a competitive and sustainable UK aerospace sector, maximising economic benefits to the UK.

Projects should demonstrate specific alignment with the Non-CO2 Technologies Roadmap, which is split into three themes:

Fuel Characteristics

Research supporting the development and adoption of fuels with the potential for reduced non-CO2 emissions, including SAFs and hydrogen. This may include research into how to deploy these different fuels most effectively to minimise overall climate impact. Fossil-derived fuels are potentially in scope where there is potential to reduce their non-carbon impact, for instance through changes to the aromatic or sulphur content.

Aircraft Technologies

Research is focused on technologies designed to mitigate non-CO2 impacts, which will be deployed onboard aircraft. These technologies may include components of fuel or propulsion systems or sensors for control or monitoring systems.

Knowledge, Data, and Operations

Research is related to understanding the climate impact of non-CO2 emissions from aircraft and how new technologies can mitigate them. This is expected to include modelling and activities to support the validation or deployment of models and tools.

This is a two–stage process, outline, and full proposal:

Stage 1–Outline Stage

• Draft Outline Application (Optional)
• Outline Application
• Pitch Panel Notification

Stage 2–Full Application Stage

• Draft Full Stage Application
• Full Stage Application