IDP7 is a great opportunity for polymer companies to fund R&D targeted at low carbon vehicles - £25 million available

Polymers will play in increasing role in many aspects of road vehicles because of light-weighting.

The competition

Key IDP7 competition dates

• IDP7 Competition opens - 20th February 2012
• Deadline for consortia to register intent - noon 21st March 2012
• Deadline for Expressions of Interest - noon 28th March 2012
• Close of second stage applications - noon 30th May 2012
• Applicants informed – 4th July 201

Yes, now I am interested to know more!

Next steps….

You need to register on _Connect and join some groups. To make this easier please email [email protected] who can send you are personalised invitation, just put “ IDP7 – BPF Newsletter” in the subject line.

As an interested party, you are strongly advised to:

1. Download and read the IDP7 competition scope document,
2. Populate your _connect profile as fully as possible, paying particular attention to the competences and offerings of your organisation, and then
3. Engage in the virtual networking space to both promote your capabilities to consortia and/or advertise the skills/capabilities you need to build your own consortia. It is there for you to find new partners, find new technologies and/or create and share new technology or project ideas.

Document Library:
Documents relating to this event can be found in the IDP7 Group library
 
In order to maximise this opportunity and get the most value out of joining _connect, it is strongly recommended that organisations:
• Complete their profile on _connect as soon as possible,
• Join the IDP7 Group,
• Participate in the IDP7 _connect discussion forum to seek new partners and technologies,

If you have any questions relating to how a polymer company can engage with this or any funding programme, please contact the leader of the Polymer group in the UK’s number 1 Knowledge Transfer Network for Materials, Dr Matthew Thornton at [email protected] .