Today marks the start of the competitive application process to award £15 million to a range of research and development projects. 

The initiative is co-funded by four Government organisations:

• The Technology Strategy Board (backed by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills)
• NDA,
• Engineering and Physical Research Council and
• the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Funding, aimed at stimulating innovation in the civil nuclear supply chain, will be allocated as follows: 

• Up to £12 million for business-led collaborative R&D projects
• Up to £2 million for feasibility studies, which must be collaborative projects led by a Small/Medium Enterprise
• £1 million for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), which support the transfer of knowledge and skills from academia to industry

Interested parties are recommended to attend a briefing in London on 10 July 2012, which will provide full details of

• the competition scope
• the application process
• funding and assessment criteria, as well as
•  the opportunity to ask questions

Registration and Further Information

• Register for the Developing the civil nuclear power supply chain CR&D competition briefing - 10 July 2012

• Further information about the initiative and registration for the main competitive process