Innovate UK is offering travel support for companies to attend consortia building events in Europe.
These travel awards are an excellent mechanism for supporting companies who want to expand their networks across Europe and make an impact in collaborative international research and development projects. These awards encourage UK participation, engagement and visibility at international events and aim to accelerate UK involvement in European research programmes (incl. Horizon Europe and EUREKA).
To be eligible for support, you need to be a for-profit UK-based R&D performing SME according to the EU definition (see definition here). If successful in your application for travel and accommodation costs, you will receive pro-active support from Innovate UK to help you maximise the benefit of attending. Please note, that successful applicants will need to adhere to Innovate UK’s policy for reasonable travel expenses (in line with HMRC travel and subsistence overview), a copy will be provided to successful applicants.
Up to £700 is available to help cover travel and subsistence costs needed to attend the following events:
- Road Transport Research Conference (RTR Conference) 5-7 February 2024, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 24 January 2024, Notification date: 29 January 2024)
- “Charting the course towards a Sustainable Blue Economy” Symposium, 13-14 February 2024, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 23 January 2024, Notification date: 24 January 2024)
- Electronic Components and Systems European Brokerage Event (Chips Joint Undertaking), 20-21 February, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 31 January 2024, Notification date: 2 February 2024)
- Clean Aviation Annual Forum 5-6 March 2024, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 21 February 2024, Notification date: 26 February 2024)
- BIO-Europe Spring, 18-20 March 2024, Barcelona, Spain (Application deadline: 26 February 2024, Notification date: 1 March 2024)
- WindEurope Annual Event 2024, 20-22 March 2024, Bilbao, Spain (Application deadline: 26 February 2024, Notification date: 1 March 2024)
- Transport Research Arena (TRA) 15-18 April 2024, Dublin, Ireland (Application deadline: 31 January 2024, Notification date: 7 February 2024)
- Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking Info Day 2024, 23 April 2024, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 1 April 2024, Notification date: 5 April 2024)
- European Sustainable Energy Week, 11-13 June 2024, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 21 May 2024, Notification date: 24 May 2024)
- Connecting Green Hydrogen Europe, 25-27 June 2024, Madrid, Spain (Application deadline: 3 June 2024, Notification date: 7 June 2024)