Royce Industrial Collaboration Programme opens funding call

The programme will match companies with UK academic experts to accelerate technology development.

Universities, research and technology organisations, and companies can apply for funding of total project costs between £50,000 and £130,000 for exploring ideas with a focus on technology translation.

Henry Royce invites proposals across one of the five key scope areas listed below:

Sustainable materials innovation

• Materials innovations to support sustainability across the Foundation Industries (cement, metal, glass, chemicals, polymers, paper and ceramics sectors), including design, production, use and end-of-life considerations.
• Innovations in materials use and recycling to address the scarcity of critical minerals and reduce dependence on limited resources.

Extending life of major assets through materials science

• Performance enhancement and degradation mitigation through surface treatments, coatings or repair strategies to enhance or extend lifespan of large infrastructure assets.
• Smart infrastructure management solutions that enable structural material health modelling (prediction), measurement and monitoring.

Advanced materials for next-generation quantum and semiconductor devices

• High-frequency telecommunications, sensing and power electronics.
• New functionalities, heterogeneous integration and metamaterials.
• Thin film development for low-power electronics.

Energy materials and green hydrogen technologies

• Materials for production, storage, transport and utilisation of hydrogen in gaseous and liquid form.
• Advanced energy materials for energy harvesting, storage and conversion technologies for efficient, scalable solutions.

Healthcare innovation

• Materials for medical applications that interface effectively with biological systems to realise a healthier population

Detailed guidance, documents and an application portal for the funding call are now available on the Royce Industrial Collaboration Programme page.

 Applications must be received by Monday 12th May 2025 at 17:00.