eFutures and Connected Everything are looking to fund a number of small projects, led by Early Career Researchers, with a specific focus on Enabling Digital Manufacturing Technologies to Evolve. Alongside the funding opportunity, we are also offering a skills building programme.
As a result of consultation with the potential applicants, examples of such projects could be (but not limited to):
1) Transfer of concepts from other domains to manufacturing
2) Collaborations with Industry (demonstrator testing for example Proof (or dis-proof) of concept work
3) Workshops to exploring solution development
4) Computational simulation development
5) Software purchases
6) Buying time to use specialist equipment We want to fund as many high-quality applications as possible. up to 4 projects will be funded to a maximum value of £7,500 at full Economic Cost (fEC). Funding will be awarded at 80% fEC (total project funding request cannot exceed £6,000).
Projects can be between 2 and 4 months in length and must be complete before 18 March 2022.
The deadline for applications is 6 September at 5.00pm.
Funding documents:
Funding Document Part 1
Funding Document Part 2
Call Guidance

Skills Building Programme:
We are delighted to offer the following sessions to help Early Career Researchers Develop their skills and network with like-minded peers. Please sign up for these sessions at:
1) Tuesday 15th June Professor Sarah Sharples: Career Connections
2) Thursday 17th June Dr Zena Wood: Developing an elevator pitch
3) Wednesday 23rd June Ideation workshop (strictly limited numbers), to register interest email eFutures before 9 June 2021
4) Thursday 15th July - Dr Nik Watson: Working with Industry
5) Wednesday 4th August - Dr Oliver Fisher & Beth McEvoy: Writing workshop