Open innovation challenges
Browse and apply for innovation challenges that will connect you to global companies and opportunities for growth.
100% funding available to solve public sector R&D challenges
Reducing spread of airborne pathogens in healthcare
Can you develop solutions that aid in the prevention or reduce the spread of droplets and airborne biological hazards?
DASA - Map the Gap - Phase 2
This is Phase 2 of a competition to create an autonomous survey system to help troops safely and stealthily advance over water.
DASA - Right on time
Can you identify and mature emerging technologies that can improve cost, performance and efficiency in delivery of Defence Support?
DASA - Wireless communications
Can you boost UK wireless communications capability when dealing with challenges from congestion and contention, such as jamming?
Rail demonstrations
Do you have an innovative and interactive idea about how proven technologies can be integrated, for the first time, into a railway environment?
Using data analytics to improve multi-morbidity acute care
Can you develop a data driven solution to improve the care and outcomes for patients with multi-morbidity admitted to A&E?
Improving hip fracture outcomes using data
Innovative solutions are required that can analyse and present hip fracture patients’ data. This will support clinical decision making and improve the quality of care.
Space for urban air mobility
European Space Agency is seeking space-based solutions to foster the implementation and safe and secure operation of the next generation of urban mobility.
The i-Con Innovation Challenge
An initiative from the Construction Innovation Centre Scotland (CSIC) designed to quickly match industry challenges with potential solution providers and funding for impact focused innovation projects.
Wave Energy Scotland
Wave Energy Scotland is seeking external experts and an innovative technological design solution for its wave energy device coupling system challenge.
DASA challenges
Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is looking for innovative partners for R&D challenges.
Opportunities to solve industrial R&D challenges
Volkswagen cargo management ideas
The Volkswagen Group are seeking ideas and concepts for new features in their commercial vehicles. They should be affordable, modular, sustainable, and easy to install.
Gelatin-based enteric capsules for targeted healthcare
This challenge is to find gelatin-based solutions that can allow for timed release of drugs which will improve targeted healthcare.
Non-intrusive inspection for manhole covers
KTN Innovation Exchange are working with a large UK company to find an alternative to manual inspection of manhole and service trench covers.
Control of climate on board marine vessels
Marine condensers are prone to corrosion. This challenge is looking for innovative technology that will reduce the need for maintenance and loss of efficiency due to down-time.
Connecting with healthcare professionals
GSK want to find new ways to contact healthcare professionals by using alternative digital channels and technologies.
Designing a compact underground electrical substation
UNARETI are looking for innovative solutions to develop a compact underground substation with specific size restrictions, no indoor space, and a single point of access above the surface.
SSE array cable fault challenge
Solutions needed to monitor the condition aluminium core array cables used in onshore windfarm applications.
Affordable rural single family sanitation solutions
World Vision, supported by SeaFreight Labs, is seeking novel new ideas, concepts, and approaches to tackle the lack of adequate toilets and latrines in some of the poorest areas of the world.
Novel Defoamer for Glossy Water-Based Paints
This challenge is to find a new defoamer formulation or technology for use in glossy water-based paints with low pigment volume concentration (PVC). It must prevent or destroy foam, be silicone and mineral-oil free, and not cause surface defects in the finished coating.
CoSolve challenge at AstraZeneca
CoSolve is a new global, virtual, open innovation challenge at AstraZeneca, seeking to find new collaborators – those with the boldest innovations and solutions that will help us create the next wave of medicines to help transform patients' lives.
Innovative ways to destroy PFAs
The EPA are looking for a non-thermal way of destroying PFAs in concentrated aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), while creating the least amount of potentially harmful by-products.
Improve how people living with disability can move around public or private buildings
Enel is looking for tailored approaches to improve the way in which people living with disability can move around public or private buildings.
Open Innovation Space
The UK’s space industry leader Airbus, has teamed with KBR, Leidos UK, Northrop Grumman and QinetiQ to bring new thinking to future space solutions and to launch the Open Innovation – Space initiative. Interested in working with this consortium?
Leading Edge Only network challenges
Find challenges from global organisations seeking innovative solutions on the Leading Edge Only network.
Wales & West Utilities - Real time operation
Wales & West Utilities seek a partner to develop the opportunities identified for greater coordination between electricity and gas networks for real time operations and forecasting of flexible gas generation.
Twinings - Revolutionising tea
How do Twinings get people who pause with a coffee mid afternoon, to choose Twinings as a way to feel more connected with the real world?
Fujistu - SAAS applications
Fujitsu is seeking cost-effective SAAS applications to allow them to extract information from Salesforce, supplement with data, and ensure that it can tag the CRM record back to the contact in Salesforce - whilst remaining GDPR compliant.
Lloyd's Register - Food supply chain and traceability
Lloyd's Register is looking for solutions that relate to the connection between physical food objects and digital records – so-called ‘phygital’ solutions.
Desiccation Challenge
Innovative solutions needed to keep equipment, such as camera systems, free from internal moisture, ensuring cameras will function with little to no maintenance in all weathers and environments.
Glass to Metal Fastening Challenge
Innovative solutions needed for fast, simple and modern ways of fastening glass to metal components such as prisms and lenses to plates and within tubes.
Wiper Blade Challenge
Innovative solutions needed to keep camera system windows clean for military land platforms, ensuring cameras have a clear view of the scene in all weathers and environments.
Stena Line
Port safety innovation needed that would work with a broad range of freight types, haulage companies and vessel types.
Philips
Do you have outstanding innovative business ideas that you would like to propose or further develop with Philips? Challenge is ongoing.
P&G
P&G is actively seeking innovation and partnership solutions across a number of programme innovation areas. Challenge is ongoing.
Zobele Group Innovation Challenge
This leading home, health and personal care company is looking to partner with startups and entrepreneurs to find hardware devices, formulations and packaging solutions for their products.