ATI Strategic Programme
Fund for industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive.
To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
- be a UK-registered business of any size for research projects
- be a UK-registered business of any size, a research and technology organisation (RTO), research organisation or an academic institution for capital infrastructure projects
- carry out your aerospace research or capital infrastructure project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
- address the specific requirements of the UK’s Aerospace Technology Strategy
- sign up to the Aerospace Technology Institute framework agreement
- claim funding
The ATI programme is co-ordinated and managed by:
- Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
- Innovate UK
- Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)
Projects must meet the objectives and priorities of the UK Aerospace Technology Strategy, to maintain and grow the UK’s competitive position in civil aerospace.
The ATI Programme has been allocated £685 million from the government for the financial years 2022 to 2023 through 2024 to 2025.
There are two phases to this competition.
1. Expression of interest (EoI) opens regularly and your proposal is reviewed by the Aerospace Technology Institute only. DBT is responsible for the decision to progress your EoI proposal to phase 2 based on the Aerospace Technology Institute’s recommendation. There is no funding in this phase, funding will be awarded in phase 2.
2. Full-stage application (FSA) (invite only): if you are successful in the EoI competitions, you will be invited to apply to Full-stage application for Research or Capital strands. Your proposal will be subject to an independent assessment by Innovate UK, a value for money (VfM) and policy review by DBT and a strategic review by the Aerospace Technology Institute.
Applications are open from Tuesday 2 January to Wednesday 20 November 2024. During this timeframe, there are multiple competition calls with individual opening dates and submission deadlines.
- Innovate UK
- Department for Business and Trade
- Aerospace Technology Institute