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Automotive Transformation Fund Expression of Interest: Round 19 – The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) is an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) programme that aims to establish a competitive and sustainable UK supply chain. It offers a share of up to £1billion of funding for capital and associated industrial research projects. This will be to support the industrialisation of a high value, electrified automotive supply at scale in the UK. Read More

Horizon Europe Guarantee – EIT KICs 2021 – This funding route is to deliver the UK Government’s Horizon Europe guarantee. Specifically it covers retrospective funding for UK partners involved in EIT-KIC activities in the 2021 calendar year who have been unable to receive EIT funding. Read More

Horizon Europe Guarantee – EIC 2021 – This funding route is to deliver the UK Government’s Horizon Europe guarantee. Specifically it covers funding for successful applicants to the EIC 2021 Pathfinder, Transition and Accelerator calls. UK-based organisations who are partners on successful applications to EIC 2021 calls. Read More

Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2022 to 2023, round 1 – The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme allows a UK registered business or not-for-profit organisation (which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’ from now on) to partner with a knowledge base partner’ (either a UK higher education (HE) or further education (FE) institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult). Read More

Eureka Eurostars 3: call 2 – This competition is for UK micro, small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that want to apply to the Eurostars Programme 3, call 2. Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £2.5 million to fund collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. Read More

SBRI Competition – Open Digital Solutions for Net Zero Energy – This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The aim of the competition is to develop open software, hardware and data solutions that address the challenges off transforming to a net zero energy system in the UK. Your open solutions should accelerate the delivery of net zero energy in the UK. Read More

Automotive Transformation Fund Feasibility Studies: Round 3 – APC is seeking proposals from single organisations or consortiums for business case feasibility studies up to the value of £1 million. These feasibility studies must produce a decision-ready business case, in preparation for projects which will develop large scale manufacturing facilities in the UK. Read More

UK-Singapore Collaborative R&D – Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £3 million in innovation projects in partnership with Enterprise Singapore. This competition has an open scope. The aim of this competition is to fund business led collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. Your proposal must include at least one partner from the UK and one partner from Singapore. Read More

UK-South Korea Collaborative R&D – The aim of this competition is to fund collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. Your proposal must include at least one partner from the UK and one partner from South Korea. The funded projects  are expected to result in a new product, industrial process or service, be innovative, involve a technological risk, and have high market potential in the participating countries. Read More

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ICAV Cluster: Motion Planning Engineer (Autonomous Driving) –  As a Motion Planning Engineer, you will be responsible for the development of environment modeling, motion planning, and behavioral prediction algorithms, and software that enables an autonomous vehicle to interact with its environment. You will have the chance to work with expert team & implementing these algorithms on high tech hardware that will allow you to explore algorithms that were traditionally too costly on edge computing systems. Apply

Conigital: Project Manager with Business Development –  Conigital are looking for a self-motivated person who wants to work as part of a small team delivering exciting projects for the future transport sector and grow the business. You will have the ability to manage projects, write and manage bids and build relationships with clients. On the job training and guidance will be provided so if you feel like you do not meet all the requirements, we still encourage you to apply. Apply

WMCA: Project and Marketing Officer –  As Project and Marketing Officer, you’ll join us on a fixed term for 12 months to support the Senior Policy Officer with administration & marketing, facilitating research, engaging with stakeholders and managing the delivery of projects. You’ll be supporting key officer and sectoral cultural groups to help to put cultural policy at the heart of our investment and delivery decisions. You’ll be experienced in facilitating meetings, events or other activities and have strong administrative and diary management skills. Apply

ICAV Cluster: Robotics Software Engineer –  Our client is a leading UK driverless vehicle and mobility company expanding internationally and on a mission to find the very best people to be part of our success and join the driverless revolution that will disrupt and transform the world of transport. Due to year on year growth they are recruiting a experienced ROS Developer. You will be reporting to the Autonomous Vehicle Team Lead and support the development testing and integration of hardware and a ROS Drive by Wire system onto our clients Connected Autonomous Vehicle. Apply

WMCA: Principal ICT Infrastructure Specialist – This is an opportunity to join WMCA at a time of modernizing our ways of working and delivering significant advancements in our digital and data services. With a proven record, you will be an experienced infrastructure technical specialist, working at a level to be able to engage and build strong working relationships with other technical team members, support teams, project managers, developers, designers, and stakeholders across all areas of the WMCA. Apply 

ICAV: Recruitment Consultant –  This role will suit someone who is ambitious, tenacious and hungry to fast-track their career. You will provide a range of recruitment services for both large blue chip, public sector and niche SMEs in the technology and transport space. The intelligent Mobility and Connected Autonomous Vehicle (driverless) market is a new emerging market predicted to be valued to be over £51Bn by 2030. We offer self-motivated recruitment professionals a real opportunity to excel in this area giving you the tools and support to succeed and at the same time the autonomy and independence to feel real job satisfaction and make the role your own. Apply

ICAV Cluster: Digital Marketing and Events Manager – An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Digital Marketing and Events Manager to join a online membership organisation in the intelligent Mobility and Connected Autonomous Vehicle (driverless) market, this new emerging market predicted to be valued to be over £51Bn by 2030 in the UK alone. You will be working with key stakeholders to develop this cluster consisting of blue chip organisations from both public and private sectors including Government agencies, Universities, Automotive, IT and professional services who are all interested in being part of an ecosystem. Apply 

Conigital Group: Software Engineer – Reporting to the Tech Team Lead, you will take responsibility for developing key aspects and functions that form the backbone of our product portfolio (ConOP™). This includes development at different Technology Readiness Levels, writing functions to analyse data sets, develop prototypes releases of software (for pilots to prove concepts), and “glue” systems together to integrate different business applications. You will support technical review and have a passion to design, develop and implement quality software solutions to be deployed at scale. Apply

KTN: Knowledge Transfer Manager – Global Alliance Africa (Place Based Innovation) – The Knowledge Transfer Manager (KTM) will be a key member of the high-performing Global Alliance Africa team accountable for the effective delivery of the Global Alliance Africa programme objectives in the UK and across the three partner countries of Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. This role will primarily lead our Place-Based Innovation intervention, focusing on strengthening the capacity and resilience of local innovation ecosystems through first working to better understand regional challenges, capabilities and potential for innovation, and then supporting action-orientated local innovation networks in areas of high potential. Apply 

ICAV Cluster: Data Scientist [AI and Optimisation Specialist] –  ICAV Cluster is looking for an AI and Optimisation Specialist, You will be working on Multi-objective Optimization projects in the transport and energy sectors using Metaheuristic Algorithms. You will be working with our technical lead deploying and integrating our propriety EAs algorithms to explore a variety of datasets to drive greater value and business insight supporting near Realtime decision making in dynamic situations. Apply

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The International Connected Autonomous Vehicle (“ICAV”) cluster has been set up to support new and existing businesses enter the growing Connected Autonomous Vehicles (“CAV”) market. KPMG research indicates that the CAV market has the potential to add £51 billion per year to the UK economy by 2030, create 320,000 new jobs and prevent 25,000 accidents saving 2500 lives per year. Find the latest Market Forecast report by Transport Systems Catapult here. ICAV are based at iCentrum, part of Innovation Birmingham, the UK’s third oldest science park and a base for the region’s growing Tech community.

ICAV membership offers great value enabling you to be part of a growing business network of international industry professionals and technology companies in the CAV sector. With annual membership starting at £145 + VAT you can attend all our events and our partners’ events for free or a discounted price!