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Newton-Ungku Omar Fund Grand Challenge 2019: phase 1

Published on: 07/10/2019

Newton-Ungku Omar Fund Grand Challenge 2019: phase 1
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Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, and the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) are working collaboratively under the Newton-Ungku Omar Fund. Together we will invest up to £2 million (RM 11 million) for innovative projects that provide collaborative solutions to the challenges of urban mobility and waste to wealth in Malaysia.

Innovate UK will fund the UK partners only and MIGHT will fund the Malaysian partners.

The overall programme will be delivered in 2 phases. This application process is for phase 1. Only successful applications from phase 1 will be able to take part in phase 2. Phase 2 will open 15 June 2020.

Phase 1 is for collaborative feasibility studies only. This is to help UK and Malaysian businesses investigate:

  • the interaction between their innovations
  • how feasible a joint demonstration project would be in responding to Malaysia’s mobility and waste to wealth challenges

During phase 2, your project must provide economical and sustainable solutions to be demonstrated in environments that represent real life operating conditions.

The competition closes at midday 12pm UK time on the deadline stated.

Funding type

Grant

Project size

In this phase, total eligible project costs for the UK part of the consortium can be up to £30,000 and total eligible project costs for the Malaysian part of the consortium can be up to RM 165,000.

Important Dates

6 October 2019 12:00pm Registration closes

23 October 2019 12:00pm Competition closes

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