The document provides a digest of updates and funding opportunities for UK businesses in creative, digital, and design sectors as of July 2017. It highlights various Innovate UK funding calls, competitions, and market research initiatives aimed at fostering innovation in areas such as vehicle-to-grid technologies, robotics, and smart infrastructure. Additionally, it details events, personal data networks, and investment resources available to support business growth and collaboration.

1. Creative, Digital & Design
Business Briefing
A digest of useful information for UK businesses seeking
business support, updated monthly
July 2017
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3. Contents
• Feature
• Innovate UK funding calls
• Horizon 2020
• Competitions
• Events
• Investment
• Support
• Market Research/Reports
• Articles
• Personal Data Network

4. A short business survey has been created to understand how effective
labeling, certification and other forms of assurance might make ICT
products and services more trustworthy and secure. We will be making
recommendations to the European Commission, which are likely to
impact on any business that has a digital presence across the European
Union.
Take part: click here
TRUESSEC business survey
***Feature***

5. Opens: 10.07.17. Application deadline: noon on 18.10.17.
Key feature: UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to
research technologies and business models that develop future Vehicle-
to-Grid (V2G) products and services.
The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and the Department for
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are providing total
funding of £20 million for innovative projects that develop future V2G
products, services and knowledge.
This competition, run by Innovate UK, will support a range of Feasibility,
Collaborative R&D and Demonstrator projects.
For further information click here
Innovation in Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Systems Competition
Innovate UK funding calls

6. Opens: 10.07.17. Application deadline: noon on 13.09.17.
Key feature: Innovate UK is to invest up to £15 million in projects in this
competition. This is to stimulate innovation that creates UK business
growth in infrastructure systems. We want businesses to collaborate to
develop new integrated solutions and business models. Projects will
range in size from total project costs of £25,000 to £5 million and must
last between 3 months and 3 years.
Projects must show significant innovation in one of the priority areas:
• smart infrastructure
• energy
• connected transport
• urban
For further information click here
Infrastructure systems round 3
Innovate UK funding calls

7. Opens: 13.06.17. Application deadline: noon on 02.08.17.
Key feature: Innovate UK is to invest up to £10 million in innovative
projects. This is to encourage and stimulate the development of Robotics
and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) technologies for extreme and challenging
environments applications.
The aim of this competition is to speed up the development of RAI
technologies which would be used across the off-shore energy, nuclear
energy, space and deep mining applications and other extreme and
challenging environments.
For further information click here
Research and development competition for RAI in extreme
and challenging environments
Innovate UK funding calls

8. Opens: 12.06.17. Application deadline: noon on 19.07.17.
Key feature: Innovate UK is to invest in innovative projects, to
encourage and stimulate the development of demonstrators of robotics
and artificial intelligence (RAI) technologies for extreme and challenging
environments.
This is the first phase of the demonstrator programme. It is for projects
focusing on technical feasibility studies of individual technologies,
systems or subsystems for off-shore energy, nuclear energy, space and
deep mining.
For further information click here
Extreme & Challenging Environments Demonstrator
competition – Phase 1
Innovate UK funding calls

9. Opens: 10.07.17. Application deadline: noon on 13.09.17.
Key feature: UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £15 million.
This is to deliver game-changing, cutting-edge innovations with
significant potential for impact on the UK economy.
Innovate UK’s open competition aims to overcome barriers to cutting-
edge, game-changing innovation becoming a successful commercial
reality and/or resulting in significant, sustainable business growth.
For further information click here
Open programme round 3
Innovate UK funding calls

10. Opens: 02.05.17. Registration deadline: noon on 30.08.17. Application
deadline noon on: 06.09.17.
Key feature: Innovate UK is investing up to £3 million for projects that
use cutting-edge solutions to improve cities in Malaysia. The aim of this
competition is to encourage innovative partnerships between the UK and
Malaysia. Innovate UK and PlaTCOM Ventures, Malaysia are funding
this competition, administered by the Newton Fund.
Projects should address one or more of the following urban challenges:
• urban mobility
• urban waste
• urban water management
For further information click here
Newton Fund UK-Malaysia Urban Innovation Challenge
Funding competitions

11. Funding competitions
Horizon 2020: Security: Businesses can apply for a share of €130
million under Secure Societies – protecting freedom and security of
Europe and its citizens work programme. Opens: 01.03.17.
Registration deadline: noon on 24.08.17. Application deadline: noon
on 24.08.17.
Horizon 2020: Digital Security Focus Area: ICT-driven
transformations bring opportunities across many important sectors
but also vulnerabilities to critical infrastructures and digital services,
which can have significant consequences on the functioning of
society, economic growth and the technological innovation potential
of Europe. Opens: 01.03.17. Registration deadline: noon on
24.08.17. Application deadline: noon on 24.08.17.

12. Funding competitions
Immersive Experiences Research Call: The AHRC and EPSRC Immersive
Research Development Partnerships call is seeking proposals for grants
up to £75K to support the development of early stage research
partnerships that can explore the creation of new immersive experiences,
addressing three key themes of memory, place and performance.

13. Infrastructure Systems Round 3
Brokerage Event, Exeter - 20th July
Inventor Prize design workshop - 10 July, London
The Future of Mobile Sat Nav - 10 July, London
Immersive Experiences Research: Briefing Event - 13 July, Brighton
Thales Pit Stop: Achieving scalable and sustainable UAS Operations
- 18 July, London
Immersive Digital Business Drop-In - 7 September, London
Events

14. Private Investment Directory
Digital Refer now includes more than 250 organisations that provide
private investment to Digital and Creative businesses in the UK,
including:
Accelerator Programmes
Business Incubators
Start-up Studios
Venture Capital Funds
Angel Investor Networks
Corporate Venture Capital firms
Check out the new entries: bit.ly/ktnrefer
Investment

15. Go To Grow - The Mayor’s International Business Programme
A new three year programme of mentoring, expert advice and real
business opportunities for high-growth companies Programme
focussed on ‘internationalising’ scale-ups – London based
companies wanting to grow outside of the UK.
The programme is open to fast-growing companies in London
operating in three broad sectors: technology, life sciences, and
urban. Your business will need to demonstrate that it is already
generating revenue.
The PwC startup Growth Programme is a platform for fast growth,
disruptive startups who want to shape the future through scalable
innovation. 12 startups, 12 weeks, 2 programmes: Future of Work &
Future of Health
Support

16. Immerse UK is a new cross-sector network for businesses and research
organisations across all parts of the UK economy that are interested in the
way that augmented and virtual reality can help drive productivity, social
and economic growth.
We are building a rolling programme of work, developed with our
members and the IET, which addresses the pressing issues that slow
down R&D and identifies the opportunities for growth and collaboration in
the emerging marketplace.
It is free to join, find out more and sign up here
Immerse UK

17. 12 things you should know about AR/VR
It’s cutting edge and it’s growing quickly. Here's what you need to know
about the Augmented and Virtual Reality industry.
How technology is helping to make us safer
Technological innovations are answering the need for increased security
in a world threatened by terrorism.
Articles

18. Personal Data and Trust Network
The network aims to build and nurture a community that brings
together industry, the public sector, funders, research organisations
and innovators to support the UK in becoming the global leader in
trust and responsible innovation with personal data.
The partners are calling on any organisation interested in personal
data, trust and reputation to join the network. Membership is free
and will plug you into a vibrant community that we are bringing
together. For more information and to join visit pdtn.org.