Through our Strength in Places Programmes we aim to provide a variety of funding schemes to support the machinery community and create impact within the sector.
I4M gives SME businesses in West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester access to the expertise of four universities and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). I4M provides support at no charge to accelerate the development of the next generation of machinery and create new jobs and growth in this sector.
The programme is administered by NPL with expertise provided by NPL and partners at the University of Manchester, University of Huddersfield, University of Salford, University of Leeds.
Applications for I4M will be opening on 1 November.
Sign up to be notified about I4M’s re-launchI4M encourages the development of new manufacturing technology within advanced machinery, robotics, automation, or associated industries. Projects must focus on delivering advancements in machinery for manufacturing, show clear benefit technically and demonstrate innovation at an industrially relevant scale.
Projects must also demonstrate clear market opportunity, a credible route to that market and show clear benefit in creating or safeguarding jobs.
You should aim to:
Innovation for Machinery is government funding provided through UK Research and Innovation’s flagship Strength in Places Fund.