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Detailed below is an outline of some of the current funding opportunities through the EPSRC & Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network (CIKTN)

Industrial CASE awards

Chemistry Innovation has successfully secured six EPSRC Industrial CASE Awards for 2010 and we now invite applications for these industry-sponsored PhD studentships.

Applications for 2010 CASE Awards should be clearly aligned with Chemistry Innovation’s technical priority areas. Examples of current projects within our CASE project portfolio are also available and provide a useful indication as to the scope of our interests.

For further information, including how to apply please click here. This competition will close on 12th March 2010.

For all queries please contact janet.sanger@ciktn.co.uk or call 01928 515662.

New Approaches to Crop Protection Competition

The Technology Strategy Board is launching a collaborative R&D competition with up to £13m investment to help crop growers (arable and horticulture, forage and non-food crops) respond to the dual challenges of increasing the productivity of crops while reducing the environmental impact of crop production. This initiative aims to help meet new and existing EU regulations on the approval and use of pesticides (some widely used insecticides, fungicides and weed control products are likely to lose approval from 2010). This competition is particularly relevant to current and new businesses and practitioners across the agricultural supply chain, including those in the following sectors:

. arable crops including wheat, barley, oilseed rape, potatoes and pulse crops
. horticulture
. grasses and forage crops
. crops for biofuels, and other non-food uses
. in the field or protected cultivation.

Key dates
Competition opens 18th January 2010
Expression of interest deadline (noon) 25th February 2010

For more information Click here

Plastic Electronics Competition

The Technology Strategy Board have allocated up to £5m to fund business-led collaborative research and development projects in plastic electronics. This is an emerging technology area that the UK is in a good position to exploit to create wealth, providing we develop the technology in conjunction with end-users and build supply chains to be able to deploy in large-scale manufacturing.

Key dates
Competition opens 18th January 2010
Expression of interest deadline (noon) 25th February 2010

For more information please Click here

Fighting Infection Through Detection Competition

The Technology Strategy Board has launched a competition with up to £11m available to fund feasibility studies, fast-track projects and larger R&D projects. The Technology Strategy Board will invest up to £10m, and the Department of Health (DoH) will invest up to £1m. The aim of the competition is to support the development and uptake of diagnostic devices that will reduce the social and economic impact of infectious agents in animals and humans, and create opportunity and wealth for UK industry.

Key dates
Competition opens 18th January 2010
Expression of interest deadline (noon) 25th February 2010
For more information please Click here

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