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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES


ENERGY CATALYST ROUND 10

Up to £10m across 3 stages, to create new or improved clean energy access in
sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions.


FUNDING DETAILS

WHEN

Registration Opens

27/02/2023

Registration Closes

28/06/2023

AWARD

Maximum project costs: early stage up to £300k per project, mid stage up to
£1.5m, late stage up to £5m. Up to 70% of costs can be covered depending on
business size and stage applied for.

ORGANISATION

Innovate UK


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Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with the Foreign,
Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to invest up to £10 million in innovation
projects. This funding is part of the Ayrton Fund.

The aim of this competition is to accelerate the innovations needed to create
new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or
Indo-Pacific regions. Creating a just and inclusive energy transition, and
extending the benefits of clean energy to all to meet sustainable development
goals (SDGs) 7 and 13.

Your proposal must focus on:

 * improving energy access in Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligible
   countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Indo-Pacific regions
 * having a technology or business model which is affordable, reliable and low
   carbon

This competition is split into 3 strands:

 * Energy Catalyst Round 10 – early-stage (feasibility projects)
 * Energy Catalyst Round 10 – mid-stage (industrial research projects)
 * Energy Catalyst Round 10 – late-stage (experimental development projects)

It is your responsibility to ensure you submit your application to the correct
strand for your project. You will not be able to transfer your application and
it will not be sent for assessment if it is out of scope. See the guidelines on
categories of research.

ELIGIBILITY

All projects must:

 * start on or after 1 April 2024
 * end by 31 March 2027
 * help deliver clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, or the
   Indo-Pacific
 * include a UK registered administrative lead
 * if you are an international organisation, partner with a UK administrative
   lead
 * involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME), from
   anywhere in the world

Early stage projects can have costs of £50k-£300k and last 3-12 months.

Mid stage projects can have costs of £50k-£1.5m and can last 6-24 months, must
involve testing and or demonstration work in an eligible ODA country, and must
involve at least one legally separate collaborator.

Late stage projects can have costs of £50k-£5m and can last 6-36 months, and
must involve at least one partner with a legal entity in sub-Saharan Africa,
South Asia or the Indo-Pacific region (this can include in-country offices),
must involve testing and or demonstration work in an eligible ODA country, and
must involve at least one legally separate collaborator.

Lead organisation

There are two types of leads in the energy catalyst programme, an administrative
lead, who will complete the application and a technology lead.

An administrative lead is there to act as the recipient of the award and will
distribute funding to all other partners. This is known as a ‘hub and spoke’
model. The administrative lead will manage and be accountable for the finances
of the project in accordance with the terms and conditions of the award.

The administrative lead must be a UK registered organisation of any siz. For
early stage, the administrative lead organisation must be or involve at least
one eligible grant claiming micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). For
mid and late stage, the administrative lead must be a UK registered business of
any size.

A technology lead will lead on the development of the scope, work packages and
any other technical work.

The technology lead:

 * can be a business of any size (for early stage, this can be an RTO or
   academic institution)
 * can be from anywhere in the world
 * must claim grant funding through this competition

UK registered organisations can be both the administrative and technology lead
if the criteria is met for both types of leads.

To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following:

 * business of any size
 * academic institution
 * charity
 * not for profit
 * non-government organisation (NGO)
 * research and technology organisation (RTO)

For mid and late stage, there must be at least two grant claiming participants
who are working on the project. This can include the administrative lead if they
are doing technical work outside of the project administrative responsibilities.
You must also involve at least one partner with a legal entity in one of the
focus countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific, this can
include in-country offices.

For early stage, the inclusion of international partners (business or other),
where relevant to the project, is strongly encouraged.

All eligible organisations can lead or collaborate on any number of applications
across all 3 strands.

SCOPE

The aim of this competition is to accelerate the innovations needed to create
new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the
Indo-Pacific region. Creating a just and inclusive energy transition, and
extending the benefits of clean energy to all to meet sustainable development
goals (SDGs) 7 and 13.

To be in scope for Energy Catalyst round 10 your project must address both
energy access and clean energy.

Energy access

Your project must aim to speed up access to affordable, clean energy services
for poor households, enterprises and social institutions in official development
assistance (ODA) eligible countries in sub-Saharan -Africa, the Indo-Pacific
region, or South Asia. It must do this by supporting the development, testing or
scale up of innovative technologies or business models.

A clear social or economic benefit in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the
Indo-Pacific Region is required.

This can include:

 * creating new energy access in unserved regions
 * improving existing access to provide a more reliable service

A list of eligible regions is available on the funding pages for each strand.

While projects can focus on any ODA eligible country, we are particularly keen
to receive projects which focus on the Indo-Pacific region.

Clean Energy

Your technology or business model must create clean energy which is:

 * Affordable
 * Reliable
 * Low carbon

While any technology which meets the above criteria is in scope, priority will
be given to the following Ayrton Challenge priority areas:

 * next generation solar technologies and business models: enabling new, locally
   manufacturable, cost effective alternatives
 * smart green grids: including mini and main grid related technologies
 * energy storage: enabling higher intermittent renewable energy penetrations on
   the grid, and improving access in areas unserved, or poorly served, by the
   grid
 * green hydrogen: developing relevant technologies and value chains to bring
   forward zero carbon hydrogen fuels
 * modern cooking: unlocking the transition from biomass to genuinely clean
   cooking, delivering major health and environmental benefits
 * low energy inclusive appliances: improving the efficiency, performance,
   availability, and affordability of end use domestic and productive appliances
   adapted to developing country needs
 * leave no one behind, specifically technologies and business models: ensuring
   the benefits of the clean energy revolution reach the poorest and most
   marginalised, including women, those with disabilities, people in
   humanitarian contexts, and those accessing healthcare in unelectrified
   clinics
 * sustainable cooling: to help meet growing global cooling demand in a warming
   world, in a sustainable way

Innovate UK and The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), have
allocated funding for projects specifically aimed at replacing diesel and petrol
generators with sustainable alternatives, ideally integrating several of the
technologies above.

Over 50% of your project must focus on energy access and energy innovation to be
in scope. This is determined from your project costing and work packages.

BRIEFING EVENTS AND SUPPORT

Briefing events were held in person in London on Tuesday 21st February and in
Edinburgh on Tuesday 28th February. Click here to watch the recording.

Register for the competition information event in Nigeria here.

Register for the competition information event in Kenya here.

If you want help to find a project partner, contact Jonathan Abra at Innovate UK
KTN.

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