Open innovation challenges

Innovation solutions wanted to create strong supportive, valued and digitally connected communities,  enabling people to get home sooner following a hospital stay. 

How can we automate the railway structure gauging process? This challenge aims to replicate, and exceed, the accuracy of manual inspections.

How can we develop systems that make the areas around our railways safer? A call to use technology to deter trespass and reduce crime.

Scottish Enterprise is looking for innovative organisations to help solve the climate emergency by harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Experienced in the Internet of Things? Renfrewshire Council is looking for an innovative tech solution to help manage its social housing stock IT system.

Wave Energy Scotland is seeking external experts and an innovative technological design solution for its wave energy device coupling system challenge.

Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is looking for innovative partners for R&D challenges. 

Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is seeking innovative solutions to create a new remote system capable of surveying potential crossing sites over water.

A major UK manufacturing industry is looking for innovative solutions to prevent liquid loss from storage containers.

A major UK manufacturing industry is looking for an innovative solution for removing long-chain esters from bulk liquids.

Methods needed to reduce the utilisation of bolt tensioning and torqueing tools in wind turbines and to reduce downtime and technician time

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.

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.

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.

Port safety innovation needed that would work with a broad range of freight types, haulage companies and vessel types.

Do you have a novel, cost-effective solution for noise reduction from ship engine exhausts? 

This open innovation programme is your opportunity to get involved in unlocking the full potential of the UK North Sea. Challenge is ongoing.

Do you have outstanding innovative business ideas that you would like to propose or further develop with Philips? Challenge is ongoing.

GE GENIUSLINK™ uses crowd-sourcing to match challenges to the right innovation solvers. Visit GE to see what challenges are currently open.

P&G is actively seeking innovation and partnership solutions across a number of programme innovation areas. Challenge is ongoing.

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.

VivaTech 2019 is the world's meetup for startups and company leaders taking place in Paris in May. Apply for this year's innovation challenges. Closing dates vary.

Inventive thinkers needed to solve the removal of biofouling from offshore wind turbine structures to ensure safe access.

Can you help the Weir Group? They would like to adopt and apply sensor technology to reduce hand and finger injuries across the organisation.