New Technology Strategy Board Call: Nutrition for Life

The Technology Strategy Board have recently announced a call for proposals to stimulate innovation in the food and drink sector. Projects must be industry/business-led but consortia may include academic partners.

There are two types of funding stream depending on the nature of the proposal and the size of the industrial collaborators involved: one provides up to £25K for small-scale feasibility studies in high risk areas of research with SMEs; the other provides between £100K and £500K for larger scale collaborative research and development projects with business of any size.

Further information can be found at the link below and the call officially opens on 9th May. Applicants for feasibility studies must register by 22nd June and submit by 29th June 2011. Applicants for the collaborative R&D projects must register by 8th June and submit expressions of interest by 15th June 2011.

TSB: Nutrition for Life

The Technology Strategy Board, in partnership with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC), is launching a competition to stimulate innovation in the food and drink sector.

£6.25m will be available to support feasibility and collaborative R&D projects that enable the development of innovative technologies and processes, with an emphasis on the provision of ‘healthy’ and ‘safe’ foods.

Proposals should be business led and must clearly present the benefits to business. The competition opens on 9 May 2011.

Up to £500k is available for small-scale technical feasibility studies in early stage, high risk, applied research, with each project attracting up to £25k funding. Projects may be undertaken by a small to medium sized single business or with one other entity (either business or academia), and are expected to last three to six months.

Up to £5.75m is available for collaborative R&D projects that are led by a business of any size and undertaken by consortia comprising at least two partners (either business or academia). Total project costs will be £100k – £500k and they are likely to last between one and three years.