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Advanced Connectivity Technologies: First Call for Proposals Grant

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Summary

This grant funds UK organizations developing testable prototypes and deployable solutions for secure, resilient, and sustainable network technologies on UK testbeds. It supports near-term innovations addressing the UK's network infrastructure grand challenges.

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About this grant

This is a Contracts for Innovation funding opportunity from Innovate UK offering £15 million to develop near-term, testable solutions that advance the UK's Secure and Resilient, and Sustainable Network Grand Challenges. The programme supports the creation of deployable prototypes on UK testbeds that address advanced connectivity technologies. Applicants can work alone or collaborate with other organisations as subcontractors, though contracts are awarded to a single lead legal entity.