Made Smarter Innovation: Sustainable Smart Factory
Up to 24 months
Between £1m and £8m
26.01.2022
The Made Smarter Innovation: Sustainable Smart Factory competition aims to support industrial research addressing digital technology innovations to improve the sustainability of manufacturing processes.
Check Your Eligibility
Your project must apply digital technology development to improve manufacturing processes within a production facility, to deliver more environmentally sustainable production processes that reduce material or energy consumption. Your project must be an innovative development or novel application of data or an industrial digital technology (IDT). The competition comprises of two strands:
Strand 1: Digital Innovation with Manufacturing Data. Your project must be data-centric and can involve significant use of data sets. Data use will be the primary focus of your project, where the data element will be the main driver of the resource efficiency or energy efficiency improvements. You must provide a robust case for your project being data-centric for inclusion in this strand.
Strand 2: Digital Innovation in Manufacturing Processes. Your project can have a significant focus on other IDTs, but may still be supported by data sets. Data use will be secondary to the main technology focus, where the data element is likely to support resource efficiency or energy efficiency improvements.
Your project must focus on developing digital solutions to:
Industrial Digital Technologies (IDTs) can include, but are not limited to:
Your project must:
Projects that cover multiple manufacturing sectors are encouraged. Funding will NOT be provided for projects that: