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UK registered organisations are invited to apply for a share of £2 million for early-stage innovation projects, that use people and planet-centred design processes and expertise to influence their future research and development activity.

The competition will help businesses, charities, public sector and not-for-profit organisations work alone or in collaboration to develop new ideas or test and improve existing ideas that will benefit people and the planet. Projects can explore innovative ideas for physical or digital products, services, places or business models.

Grants of between £40,000 and £80,000 are available and applications are encouraged from organisations that have not previously used people and planet-centred design processes or expertise.

The funding is made available by Innovate UK through the Design Foundations Competition, which closes to applications at 11am on the 31st August 2022.