UK registered fashion, design and craft businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million for projects that develop new innovative products and tools for the UK creative industry, as part of funding from Innovate UK’s Creative Catalyst. The deadline for applications is 29 January 2025.

The aim of this CR&D competition is to advance the development of collaboration with innovators in the creative industries.

Projects must:

• support the growth of the UK creative industries
• demonstrate a clearly innovative and ambitious idea which addresses an industry challenge
• be a significant improvement on what is currently available, with a demonstrable impact to your growth plan
• create a new revenue stream, for example, new products, tools or intellectual property (IP)
• be market ready within 12 months after project completion
• demonstrate value for money

They must also:

• have a grant funding request between £150,000 and £200,000
• last between six and nine months
• carry out all of its project work in the UK
• intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
• start by 1 July 2025
• end by 31 March 2026

To lead a project your organisation must:

• be a UK registered micro or small business
• collaborate with other UK registered organisations
• fall within one of the creative industries subsectors
• involve at least one grant claiming business from outside the Greater London area

The project team must have a least one grant claiming business outside of the Greater London area.

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