
Innovate UK and the research councils are seeking feedback from researchers and entrepreneurs on a number of areas that have been earmarked to receive support from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Workshops across the UK are running during January at which time feedback will be requested.
Areas that are likley to be supported to begin with include:
- bioscience and biotechnology
- healthcare and medicine
- manufacturing processes and materials
- energy technologies including battery storage and grid technologies
- satellite and space technologies
- quantum technologies
- robotics and artificial intelligence
- transformative digital technologies
Another two themes are also being considered:
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integrated and sustainable cities
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technologies for the creative industries
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is expected to publish a green paper on the industrial strategy, which covers the fund, in the week beginning 23 January.
Press release: Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund











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