Connected Everything II Futures Prize Fund

Call Details

This funding call is now closed. Details below are for reference purposes.

CE II have now released a funding call on the 5 October 2023 called the “Connected Everything Futures Prize Fund”:

•We will be awarding prizes of up to £20,000 to researchers to develop their own network proposal

•Competition winners will then be mentored by the current Project Team on how to write a successful network+ proposal.

•Such proposals can either be submitted via responsive mode for a new network within digital manufacturing, Connected Everything 3, or applying for relevant network calls when announced

• The awarded funds can be used for investigator time, travel, researcher time and workshops.

•We encourage groups of up to 5 to apply for this funding call.

Research Topics

The thematic areas were refreshed for Connected Everything II and have been fundamental to the transformation towards digital manufacturing:

• The Future Industrial Worker
• Industrial Internet of Things
• Cyber-Physical Production Systems
• Regulation, Standards & Guidance
• Data-Driven Manufacturing
• Creative Manufacturing Design and Customisation
• Resilient Manufacturing

Applicants can touch on these thematic areas, and also refer back to the previous thematic areas of connected Everything I that can be found on our site or suggest new thematic areas within their application. Some new research areas were established during the Celebration & Sandpit event on the 27^th September and details of these can be found here in our post-sandpit workshop report.  

Connected Everything II Prize Fund Application Form (WORD)

We also kindly ask applicants to complete our EDI questionnaire (WORD), so that we can continue to review for diversity amongst protected characteristics as identified in the Equality Act 2010.

Key dates

05 October 2023	Call for applications goes live
02 November 2023	Deadline for Submissions
10 November 2023	Applicants notified of the result
15 November 2023	Projects underway
26 February 2024	Projects Complete

We understand the tight timeline for funds to be spent and projects completed, however, we are working hard to have this extended, to provide more time for awardees. Further details will be available soon once we can confirm.

To submit your applications and for all other enquiries, please contact our Network Manager at sarah.afriyie@nottingham.ac.uk.