MSI SME resource and energy efficiency: Industrial Research

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £15.5 million across the two strands of this competition, to develop industrial digital technologies. This is to improve resource or energy efficiencies in SME manufacturers.

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In Short

Intend Audience Intend Audience

UK SME's (alone or in collaboration)

Total Budget Total Budget

Up to £15.5 million across both strands

Programme Size/Duration Programme Size/Duration

£200k and £1 m, 6-12 months

Project Start & Finish Project Start & Finish

1 April 2026 - 30 September 2026

Funding Rates Funding Rates

70% (small) 60% (medium

Application Deadline Application Deadline

10 December 2025 11:00am

Themes

Your project must focus on one or more of the following:

  • raw material waste
  • production process waste
  • packaging waste, including in-process single-use materials
  • maintenance or servitisation waste, including fluids and components
  • utilities waste
  • end of life waste

  • boilers and steam
  • air compressors or vacuum
  • motors, drivers, pumps or hydraulics
  • induction or welding
  • chilling or freezing
  • spray, extraction or dryers
  • ovens, kilns or furnaces
  • heavy machinery or presses

Eligibility

To be eligible, projects must be led by a UK-registered SME acting as a technology developer, and the consortium must include at least two UK-registered SME manufacturers that will also claim grant funding. Projects must focus on industrial research, use industrial digital technologies (IDTs), and demonstrate clear potential for improving resource or energy efficiency within manufacturing. All partners must carry out their project work in the UK, and the results should benefit the UK manufacturing sector.

Our Approach

The UK team has a strong track record in securing some of the most competitive national and European grants on behalf of its clients, with a full understanding of how a project should be presented to stand the highest chance of success. Each year in the UK alone, we are responsible for the submission of more than 100 funding applications across all sectors and priority areas. Based on this extensive experience, through careful project selection and using key insight into how a project should be best positioned, we consistently achieve success rates that are more than 5 times the typical success rates for UK national schemes and EU programmes.

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