DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Demonstrate 2

DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a Department for Business and Trade led programme aimed at transforming the UK's automotive industry by supporting R&D and the commercial scale up of innovative zero emission vehicle technologies. UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £33 million for late stage demonstration research and development projects. Projects will support the UK's transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry. The aim of strand 2 is to develop a product or process demonstrator to show increased capability and commercial exploitation opportunity. Projects must achieve TRL 5-6 or MRL 4-5 by completion, last between 9 and 12 months, and have total eligible grant funding requests between £500,000 and £1.5 million with a minimum of 50% match funding.