Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) programme funding for non-CO2 projects

Funding for research and technology development to maintain and grow the UK’s competitive positions in civil aerospace.

From:
Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
26 July 2024
Type of support:
Finance, Grant
Business stage:
Start-ups (1-2 years trading), Established
Industry:
Manufacturing
Number of employees:
0 to 9 employees, 10 to 249 employees, 250 to 500 employees, More than 500 employees
Region:
East Midlands, Eastern, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber

Who it’s for

To lead an industrial research and technology project, your organisation must:

  • be a UK-registered business of any size for research projects
  • carry out your aerospace research project work in the UK
  • intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
  • address the challenges outlined in Destination Zero (UK’s aerospace technology strategy), that must include specific requirements set out in the ATI’s non-CO2 technology roadmap
  • sign up to the ATI framework agreement
  • claim funding

Your business does not have to be registered with Companies House when you apply, but it must be registered before you can receive funding.

Your project can include partners that do not receive any of this competition’s funding, for example, non-UK businesses. Their costs will not count towards the total eligible project costs but must be included your application.

More information on the different types of organisations can be found in our funding rules. We accept single applicant led projects, though encourage collaborative project applications.

What you can get

The total grant funding limit for any individual organisation is £18 million.

The maximum grant per project must be 60% or less of the total overall eligible costs of the project.

Individual partners that are conducting commercial or economic activities as part of the project, which may include research organisations, can request grant funding of up to:

  • 70% if you are a small or micro organisation
  • 60% if you are a medium-sized organisation
  • 50% if you are a large organisation

The UK-registered research organisations in your consortium undertaking non-economic activities can share up to 30% of the total project costs.

If your consortium contains more than one research organisation, this maximum will be shared between them. Of that 30% you could get funding for your eligible project costs of up to:

  • 80% of full economic costs if you are a Joint Electronic Submission (Je-S) registered institution such as an academic
  • 100% of your project costs if you are a research and technology organisation (RTO), charity, not for profit organisation, public sector organisation or research organisation

Organiser

The Non-CO2 programme is coordinated and managed by:

  • the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
  • Innovate UK (IUK), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • ATI
Find out more on the ATI website.

Updates to this page

Published 26 July 2024
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