Pump Priming Round 3 | Call Announced

Aug 11, 2022
13:23
The TAS Hub invites proposals for the Pump Priming Programme – Round 3 to fund projects that aim to support novel and creative multidisciplinary research on trustworthy autonomous systems.
Pre-registration for Pump Priming Round 3 is mandatory and opens 10 October 2022.

Timeline:

  • Pre-registration: 10 October – 3 November 2022
  • Briefing, Q&A & Elevator Pitches: 18 October 2022
  • Bid Submission opens: 9 November 2022
  • Bid Submission deadline: 23 November 2022
  • Awardees advised by: 28 February 2023
The funding range for each project is £50,000-200,000 at 80% fEC; funding is available for around 8 grants.
Successful projects must begin between 1 March and 1 April 2023 and last 15 months.

What is the Pump Priming Programme?

  • A call for research projects of a value of up to £200k over a duration of up to 15 months to support exploratory interdisciplinary research projects aligned to the aims of the TAS programme by addressing the Hub’s Grand Challenges.  
  • Can fund early-stage proof-of-concept, industry-driven application-orientated research, foundational research, exchanges with world-leading centres, entrepreneurship training and business incubation, advocacy & engagement and impact acceleration.
  • Available to the UK research community at large, enabling the inclusion of new partners to bring additional value to the programme.
  • For the full criteria and guidance, please visit the webpage.
Please feel free to distribute this message to anyone who may be interested and eligible in your network.
We look forward to supporting some excellent projects.