OPERATING
COMPANY (TPE /
Northern Franchisee)
Funding Body
Operating companies own revenue
Call
Fund Size
Maximum Project Cost
Level of intervention
Eligibility
Timescale
Link
Innovation in Franchising Funding Scheme (IiF-FS)
1% Annual Turnover (per year)
Up to 100%
TPE / Northern Franchisee (+ cooperation with other Operators,
TOCs)
TPE / Northern Franchise period
(start 2016)
Link to IiF-FS Guidelines
doc
Regional Growth Fund (RGF)
≈ £3.2 billion
Growing Places Fund (GPF)
£730 million
At least £1 million
TBC
All sizes
2011 - 2017
link to webpage
Average: £10 million
≈ 20% of total project costs
All sizes
Open
Single Local Growth Fund (SLGF)
link to webpage
≈ £12 billion
TBC
TBC
All sizes
2015 - 2020
link to webpage
Government
1. OPERATING COMPANIES (Directly Accessible / Eligible) & LARGE SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES*
Local Growth Deals
Government Departments:DBIS, DfT, DCLG, DECC, DfEHM Treasury and through LEPs
£1 billion
TBC
TBC
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
Freight Grants
£18.63 million
N/A
Up to 30% (€2 million)
All sizes
2014 - 2015
link to webpage
Employer Ownership Pilot Fund (EOP)
£340 million
£2 million
Depend on the call (up to 100%)
All sizes
2015 - 2016
link to webpage
Business Finance Partnership (BFP)
≈ £300 million (2013)
N/A
N/A
Businesses in the UK with a turnover up to £500 million
Open
link to webpage
Enterprise Zones
N/A
N/A
100% (Tax Relief - up to £275k in 5 years)
Businesses opening or relocating within an EZ
Until April 2015
link to webpage
N/A
N/A
130% (Tax relief on allowable R&D costs)
Large Company (only claim R&D Relief if company liable for
Corporation Tax)
Always Open
link to webpage
N/A
N/A
225% (Tax relief on allowable R&D costs)
SME (only claim R&D Relief if company liable for Corporation Tax) Always Open
link to webpage
N/A
Up to £500 k
N/A
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
Research and Development (R&D) Relief for Corporation Tax
HM Revenue & Custom
Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECA)
Collaborative R&D
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Depend on the call (between £100 k and
£10 m)
Depend on the call (between 20% and 80%) All sizes
Always Open
link to webpage
KTP
\
Around £100k
Up to 66%
All sizes
Always Open
link to webpage
Depend on the call
Depend on the call
Depend on the call
2014 - 2019
link to webpage
Up to 50% of total project costs
All sizes (at least one RSSB member)
Always Open
link to webpage
Innovate UK (former Technology Strategy Bard - TSB)
Future Railway
Competitions
Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)
RSSB Research Grant Scheme
£125 million (+ Industrial Match Funding
which gives approx. £240m from 2014 to
2019)
Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF)
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£34 million (2012-2013)
At least £500 k
TBC
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
£70.3 million
\
TBC
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)
Employer Investment Fund (EIF)
Transport System Catapult
No funding available, but source of information, advise, connections and potential collaborations
link to webpage
European Community
Mobility for Growth
€341 million
Depend on the call
Depend on the call
All sizes
Annually until 2020
link to webpage
Energy Efficiency
€21.8 million
Depend on the call
Depend on the call
All sizes
Annually until 2020
link to webpage
Galileo
€25 million
Depend on the call
Depend on the call
All sizes
Annually until 2020
link to webpage
Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials and Production
€64.4 million
Depend on the call
Depend on the call
All sizes
Annually until 2020
link to webpage
ICT - Energy Efficiency Research & Innovation
€21.8 million
Depend on the call
Depend on the call
All sizes
Annually until 2020
link to webpage
Connecting Europe Facilities (CEF)
≈ £26 billion
Depend on the type of fund
Depend on the type of fund
All sizes
2014 - 2020
link to webpage
European Union + private funding
Shift2rail
€920 million (€450 million from European
Union and €470 million from private
members)
First calls Apr-Jun 2015
First calls Apr-Jun 2015
First calls Apr-Jun 2015
2014 - 2020
link to webpage
EU Structural and Investment Funds (EISF)
ERDF, ESF, EAFRD
≈ £5 billion
N/A
up to 50% of total project costs
All sizes
2014 - 2020
link to webpage
European Clean Transport Facility (ECFT)
ECFT has been phased out, but similar projects could be supported via its normal lending activities. Please contact the Communication Department for further details: info@eib.org
Individual Loan
TBC
Horizon 2020
Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) - INEA
European Investment Bank (EIB) & EU
At least £25 million
Up to 50% of total project costs
All sizes
info@eib.org
Open
link to webpage
1
European Investment Bank (EIB) & EU
Structured Finance
TBC
TBC
TBC
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
InnovFin
TBC
TBC
TBC
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
Risk Sharing Finance Scheme (RSFF) (CLOSED!)
TBC
At least £500 k
Up to 50% of total project costs
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
The Carbon Trust
Venture Capital Investment
£46 million
Up to £4 million
up to 50% of totalprojectcosts
Any business in clean energy technology
Open
link to webpage
Siemens
Energy Efficicency Financing
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Depend on the call
Depend on the call
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
Collaborative R&D
\
Depend on the call (between £100 k and
£10 m)
Depend on the call (between 20% and 80%) All sizes
Always Open
link to webpage
Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI)
\
Depending on the calls
Up to 100% of Eligible Costs
All sizes
Always Open
(depending on the calls)
link to webpage
Between £25 k and £250 k
(Depending on the phase)
Between 35% and 60%
(Depending on the phase)
SMEs
Open (Round 6)
link to webpage
Up to £5,000
100% of eligible costs
SMEs
Open (Round 11)
link to webpage
Private Investment
Government
Innovate UK (former Technology Strategy Board - TSB)
SMART
£50 million
2. SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES - SMEs (Indirectly Accessible / Eligible to Operating Companies)
Innovation Vouchers
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Technology Inspired Innovation (CLOSED!)
£2 million
Max Support: £33 k
Up to 75% of total project costs
SMEs
Close on 21/01/2015
link to webpage
Department of Climate Change (DECC)
Energy Entrepreneurs Fund
£40 million ca.
£2.5 million
Up to £1 million
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
Future Railway
Future Railway Testing Vouchers
Up to five days of subsidised access to the testing facilities of Network Rail and Rail Alliance
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
RGF, NWAA, BAE SYstems and several UK Universities
GAMMA Project
£1.7 million
BIS - Part of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF)
Access to Finance Grant Scheme: UK Steel Enterprise Grant funding
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BIS
Finance for Business
\
BIS - British Business Bank (BBB)
British Business Bank Investment Programme
Between £5 k and £150 k
Companies have to provide 30% match
through in kind contribution
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
Up to £750 k
up to 35% of total project costs
SMEs
Unitl March 2015
link to webpage
N/A
N/A
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
£400 million
Between £10 - £100 million
Up to 50% of total project costs
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
SME Instrument
€25.1 million
Phase 1: £50 k
Phase 2: up to £2.5 million
Phase 3: Coaching and Training
Phase 1: 100% (Lump sum £50k)
Phase 2: up to 70%
Phase 3: N/A
SMEs
Annually until 2020
link to webpage
GALILEO
€25 million
Depend on the call
Depend on the call
SMEs
Annually until 2020
link to webpage
Eurogia
TBC
Depend on the call
Up to 66%
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
Main Fund
TBC
Between £75 k and £ 750 k
Up to 50% of the total project costs
SMEs in the East of England
Open
link to webpage
Smaller Investment Scheme
TBC
Between £25 k and £75 k
Up to 50% of the total project costs
SMEs in the East of England
Open
link to webpage
Up to £150 k
Depend on the call
SMEs
2014 - 2020
link to webpage
Depend on the Project
Depend on the Project
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
European Community
Horizon 2020
EUREKA
Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF)
European Commission
Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
£2.3(COSME)
billion
European Investment Fund (EIF)
\
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Intermediate Loans to SMEs
TBC
Up to €25 million
100% (up to €12.5 million
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
Anglia Ruskin University
Low Carbon Keep
TBC
Depend on the Project
Up to 40% of the total project costs
SMEs in the East of England
Until April 2015
link to webpage
Lincoln Science and Innovation park scheme
Lincoln Growth Fund
£1 million
Up to £50 k
Up to 40% of the total project costs
Businesses in Lincolnshire
Until March 2015
link to webpage
Government + 144 UK businesses
Enterprise Capital Fund Programme
£537 million
Depend on the project
Depend on the project
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
From the RGF
Business Angel Co-investment Fund
£50 million
Between £100 k and £1 million
TBC
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
The North West Fund
£155 million
Between £50 k and £2 million
Depent on the type of fund
All sizes in the North West of England
Open
link to webpage
£125 million
Between £1 k to £1.25 million
Depent on the type of fund
SMEs based in the North East of England
Open
link to webpage
≈ £90 million
Between £15 k and £2 million
Depent on the type of fund
SMEs in Yorkshire and the Humber region
Open
link to webpage
SMEs and Academia
Private Investment
JEREMIE Funds (from English Regional Development Agencies and ERDF)
Finance for Business North East
Finance Yorkshire
TFG Capital Ltd
TFG - Capital Private Investment Fund
\
Between £30 k and £50 k
Depend on the project
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS)
Match Funded Support
\
Up to £3K
100%
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
International Opportunities (Operating Companies & Supply Chain Companies)
3. ACADEMIA (Operating Companies Influence/Impact)
Government
Innovate UK (former Technology Strategy Board - TSB)
Technology Inspired Innovation (CLOSED!)
£2 million
Max Support: £33 k
Up to 75% of total project costs
SMEs
Open
link to webpage
Investment in the eight great technologies:
£600 million total, of which:
TBC
TBC
Funding for research institutes, new facilities and equipment
TBC
link to webpage
Big Data
BIS
£189 million
TBC
TBC
TBC
link to webpage
Space
£25 million
TBC
TBC
TBC
link to webpage
Advanced Materials
£73 million
TBC
TBC
TBC
link to webpage
Energy
£30 million
TBC
TBC
TBC
link to webpage
Research Councils, Universities and Societies
EPSRC
Realising the Graphene Revolution (CLOSED!)
£2.5 million
Average: £200 k
Up to 75% of total project costs
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
Software for the Future (CLOSED!)
£4 million
Average £500 k - £1 million
Up to 100% (80% of FEC)
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
SUPERGEN - Energy Storage Challenge Call
£4 million
Between £1-2 million
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Academia/consortia
Until 7 Jan 2015
link to webpage
Royal Society
Grants & Fellowships
\
Depend on the fellowship
Depend on the fellowship
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
Royal Academy of Engineering
Grants & Fellowships
\
Depend on the fellowship
Depend on the fellowship
All sizes
Open
link to webpage
Taiwan
Rail Project (HVO TWN-15)
£11.4 billion
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2015 - 2030
link to webpage
Portugal (CLOSED!)
High Added Value Infrastructure
£2.8 billion
\
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\
2014 - 2020
link to webpage
Oman
National Railways Network
$15 billion
\
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\
2014 - tbc
link to webpage
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Railway Programme (HVO SAU-6)
$ 90 billion
\
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\
2012 - 2040s
link to webpage
Singapore
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) (HVO SPG-6)
> £30 billion
\
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\
2008 - 2020
link to webpage
Iceland
High Speed Rail
£500 million
\
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\
2015 - 2020
link to webpage
Brazil
Transport infrastructure (HVO BRA-44)
£180.6 billion total (£44 billion for railway
and road transport)
\
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\
2015 - 2045
link to webpage
India
Metro Opportunities - Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai (HVO – IND 3)
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2015-2050
link to webpage
Qatar
Rail network projects (HVO QAT-4)
£25 billion
\
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2015-2032
link to webpage
Thailand
Flood management & transport infrastructure (HVO THA-10)
£46 billion
\
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\
2015-2025
link to webpage
Indonesia
Infrastructure development (HVO INA-01)
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\
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\
link to webpage
Vietnam
Urban regeneration and transport projects (HVO VNM-30)
\
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\
link to webpage
Canada
Toronto light rail transit system (HVO CAN-01)
£5.26 billion
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\
2015-2021
link to webpage
Bahrain
Rail opportunities (HVO BHR - 01)
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\
2015-2030
link to webpage