MSI: SME Resource and Energy Efficiency - Industrial Research
Award: Share of up to £15.5 million
Programme: Innovate UK and Made Smarter Innovation (MSI)
Opens: 22 October 2025
Closes: 10 December 2025
Overview
Through the Made Smarter Innovation (MSI) programme, Innovate UK (part of UKRI) will invest up to £15.5 million across two strands of this competition, supporting feasibility studies and industrial research projects, subject to receiving enough high-quality applications.
This industrial research strand focuses on industrial digital technologies (IDTs) for manufacturers, aiming to improve the sustainability, resilience and productivity of UK SME manufacturers by delivering better energy or resource efficiency.
Innovate UK will assess projects using a portfolio approach, seeking a balanced mix across themes, technologies, technology readiness, sectors, locations, project sizes, business sizes and research categories, with primary prioritisation on scalability and exploitation potential.
Eligibility
Your project must:
- Have total project costs between £200,000 and £1 million
- Last between 6 and 12 months
- Start on 1 April 2026
- End by 31 March 2027
- Be carried out in the UK, with the intention to exploit results from or in the UK
Award & Project Duration
- Award: Share of £15.5 million.
- Project duration: 6 to 12 months
Key Dates
- Closes: 10 December 2025
