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1. Title: EUREKA COLLABORATIVE R&D: AEROSPACE 2020 – FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT – FUNDING – SUBCONTRACTORS OPPORTUNITY2. Awarding Authority: Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, GB Tel: 03003214357. Email: support@innovateuk.ukri.org / info@innovair.org. (Competition Helpline)3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The ATI Programme is investing up to £2.25 million to fund UK participants in collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. The programme will fund projects which have strong market potential for the UK and Sweden.Your project proposal must demonstrate alignment to the aerospace R&D strategies in your nation.UK: Accelerating Ambition, the UK Aerospace Research and Technology programme strategySweden (in Swedish): NRIA Flyg 2020 – the Swedish aeronautical research and innovation agendaThe ATI Programme welcomes project ideas covering any aspect or aspects of civil aerospace or aeronautics.Innovate UK and Sweden’s funding agency, Vinnova, will fund their respective participants in the projects. You can find more information on Vinnova and Sweden’s strategic innovation programme in the ‘Supporting information’ section.UK participants must complete the application on the Innovation Funding Service, and provide all documents required, by 1pm British summer time on the deadline stated.Swedish participants must complete the EUREKA project application form, integrated project delivery plan and milestone register and submit them on the Vinnova website to the national call: “Samarbetsprojekt Sverige-Storbritannien om forskning och utveckling inom flygteknik”. This must be done by 2pm central European summer time (1pm British summer time) on the deadline stated5. CPV Code(s): 73400000, 73420000, 73110000, 73100000, 734250006. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK147. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: UK and Sweden.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.25 million to develop aerospace technology in partnership with businesses from Sweden and organisations from other EUREKA nations.The ATI Programme expects your project’s total eligible costs to be between £250,000 and £1.5 million. This includes costs from all partners, from the UK and Sweden. UK partners must enter their costs into the Innovation Funding Service.FundingThe ATI Programme has allocated up to £2.25 million to fund innovation projects in this competition.Businesses of any size can get grant funding for your eligible project costs of up to 50%.The UK registered research organisations in your consortium can share up to 30% of the UK total project grant. If your consortium contains more than one UK registered research organisation, this maximum will be shared between them.This competition provides state aid funding under Article 25 of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). It is your responsibility to make sure that your organisation is eligible to receive state aidProject sizeThe ATI Programme expects your project’s total eligible costs to be between £250,000 and £1.5 million. This includes costs from all partners, from the UK and Sweden. UK partners must enter their costs into the Innovation Funding Service.10. Competition closes: 1.7.2020 (13:00:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit: # funding opportunity