MSI: SME resource and energy efficiency – industrial research
Funding of up to £15.5 million across two strands for UK-registered organisations to develop industrial digital technologies aimed at improving resource or energy efficiencies in SME manufacturers.
The competition opens on Wednesday 22 October 2025 and closes at 11am on Wednesday 10 December 2025.
Who it is for
This competition is open to collaborations based in the UK only.
To lead a collaborative project, your organisation must be a UK registered micro, small or medium-sized (SME) operating as a technology developer.
Collaborations must include at least two UK SMEs that operate as manufacturers and can also include:
- academic institutions
- research and technology organisations
Your project must:
- have total costs between £200,000 and £1 million
- last between 6 and 12 months
- start on 1 April 2026
- end by 31 March 2027
Support you can get
This competition aims to explore new industrial digital technologies (IDTs) for manufacturers. The IDTs will improve the sustainability, resilience and productivity of UK micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) manufacturers by improving energy or resource efficiency.
This competition is split into two strands:
- MSI: SME resource and energy efficiency - Feasibility Studies
- MSI: SME resource and energy efficiency - Industrial Research (this strand)
For industrial research projects, eligible project costs can be funded as follows:
- up to 70% if you are a micro or small organisation
- up to 60% if you are a medium-sized organisation
Support organisers
- Innovate UK
- Department for Business and Trade