Join us for the SME Credit 2: UKBIC Pre-Competition Engagement Event - your chance learn all about the UKBIC facility, the Faraday Battery Challenge and how the SME Credits Round 2 competition could benefit your business.

About the competition:

Building on the success of the first SME Credit competition in May of this year, the new competition will:

• support small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) research and development for the scale-up of battery technologies within the UK
• support small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to access the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) and demonstrate technologies at suitable scales to customers
• increase engagement with UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC)
• move UK battery innovations from technological potential towards commercial capability, including scalability and design for manufacture
• develop and secure material and manufacturing supply chains for battery technologies in the UK
  

Important information:

Funding support for eligible costs will be confirmed once the formal call is published.

The timeline of the competition will be: (all exact dates to be confirmed)

• 29 November 2023, Pre-competition engagement event at UKBIC facility
• January 2024, Competition opens
• January 2024, Online Competition Briefing event
• March 2024, Competition closes
• July 2024, likely start dates for projects
• End of March 2025, all projects must have been completed
  

Get in touch:

Contact our Business Development Team at sales@ukbic.co.uk, putting 'SME Credit' in the subject line.

Mark your calendars and save your spot now!