CSconnected Supply Chain Programme
CSconnected are deploying a £1M investment programme with Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) to drive the expansion of the semiconductor supply chain in South Wales, to boost jobs creation and GVA growth in Wales and the UK. Apply now!
Calls to action and opportunities list
Find here latest opportunities and calls to action for the semiconductor sector.
CSconnected Supply Chain Development Programme | CSconnected
CSconnected are deploying a £1M investment programme with Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) to drive the expansion of the semiconductor supply chain in South Wales, to boost jobs creation and GVA growth in Wales and the UK. Apply now!
APCUK: ARMD4 Advanced Route to Market Demonstrator 4
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million for late stage R&D projects that help accelerate the UK transition to zero emission vehicles and towards a net zero automotive future. Closing date: 2 April 2025 11:00am
Global Business Innovation Programme in The Netherlands - Quantum Technology
Innovate UK invites companies with expertise in delivering quantum technology solutions to join a Global Business Innovation Programme in The Netherlands. The programme aims to help ambitious innovative UK businesses to grow and scale on a global stage through building R&D and innovation collaborations and partnerships. Registration closes: 3 April 2025
DBT Mission to SEMICON Taiwan 2025
Building on the success of DBT's missions in 2023 and 2024, they are recruiting a delegation of innovative UK semiconductor companies to join the DBT mission to SEMICON Taiwan 2025. Register your interest by 7 April 2025.
DBT’s UK Tech Showcase at London Tech Week 2025
London Tech Week 2025 (9th – 13th June) is the UK’s largest and most influential tech event. Complementing the official London Tech Week programme, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is curating a programme of events to showcase the strengths of UK tech. Deadline for registration: 11 April 2025
Welsh Government are participating in a number of business to business (B2B) exhibitions, conferences, trade missions and export market visits, in Wales, the UK and around the World to promote Wales and Wales based businesses. This will create opportunities for Wales-based businesses to participate with Welsh Government under the Wales banner at CENEX 2025. Exhibiting with Welsh Government can be a very cost-effective way to showcase your company, gain valuable contacts and identify potential business in this sector.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for collaboration with Canadian SMEs on joint R&D projects. The aim of this competition is to stimulate the development and implementation of innovative technologies across a range of sectors and technology areas. Closing date: 16 April 2025 11:00am
Chips JU ECS R&D Calls: New opportunities & funding for semiconductor R&D with EU
The UK joined the Chips JU last year and a number of UK organisations were successful in securing funding during the 2024 ECS R&I call. These calls present a brilliant opportunity to make connections that we know can generate future customers and collaboration opportunities.
Phase 1 deadlines are on the 29 April 2025. The opportunities include both global calls and focused calls on RISC-V and heterogenous integration for automotives, and AI tools for automation.
Further funded CPD places through Cardiff Capital Region’s Cluster Development & Growth programme
The places – which must be used by the first week in March – are available for the following CPD short courses:
- Introduction to Etching for Semiconductor Manufacturing – a 2-day in-person course at the new CS² Compound Semiconductor Community Space, Newport, on 4th & 5th March (14 places available)
- Introduction to Compound Semiconductor Electronics: Parts 1 & 2 – a blended course (online and in-person) with the in-person session at Cardiff University’s SPARK building on the afternoon of 5th March (15 places available)
- Introduction to Compound Semiconductor Photonics – fully online (10 places available)
Japan-UK Joint call for Quantum Technologies for Innovation
Apply for funding to form world-leading partnerships with collaborators in Japan. This international joint funding opportunity will support research projects in the field of Quantum Technologies. Closing date: 8 May 2025 16:00 UK time.
Apply for proof of concept to support the commercialisation of research to enable spinouts or social ventures, licencing or other commercialisation pathways. Applications from any disciplines are welcomed. No pre-existing UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding is required. The programme will not support discovery-driven research. You must be based at a UK research organisation. Closing date: 29 May 2025
Artificial intelligence, engineering biology and quantum technologies: highlight notice – UKRI
Apply for funding for the application of artificial intelligence (AI), engineering biology, and quantum technologies in biomedical research and development. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding. Opening date: 12 March 2025 Closing date: 29 May 2025
Innovation Exchange challenge: Counter Multi-Domain Unmanned Vehicles & Vessels
BAE Systems invites innovative solutions that can support the timely and successful conduct of Counter Multi-Domain Unmanned Vehicles and Vessels (C-UxV) in response to increasingly complex and diverse threats. This opportunity is open to both academic and industrial practitioners. Industrial participants can be established businesses, start-ups or SMEs of any size. Research Technology Organisations (RTOs) such as Catapults are eligible to apply. Registration closes: 30 May 2025
Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 10, business and non-academic
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £110 million for ambitious research and innovation projects in any sector, and tailored support to develop careers for future leaders. This funding is from UKRI. Competition opens: Monday 23 June 2025. Competition closes: Wednesday 5 November 2025 11:00am
Agile Cymru is a scaleable programme of coordinated action, an agile tool to deliver greater economic co-operation at speed, guided by the International Strategy and our economic policies. This includes a flexible grant mechanism to support cross-border and international activity that maximises shared opportunities across themes, sectors, and geographies. Agile Cymru funding can support a wide range of activity; the focus is on the outcome and benefit for Wales.
SMART Flexible Innovation Support (FIS) | Business Wales (gov.wales)
The Welsh Government is building a stronger, fairer, greener country, with an economy based on fair work, sustainability and the sectors of the future. SMART Flexible Innovation Support (FIS) is open to any organisation wishing to engage in Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I), including the third sector, local authorities and health boards. Open ended
Academic-Industry Partnerships In Cardiff Capital Region
Jointly funded by the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund and Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) the Academic-Industry Partnerships programme, part of the Cluster Development and Growth Programme, aims to bring together industry and academia to identify innovative solutions to enterprise challenges, particularly amongst micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Open ended
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Events
Find here upcoming events for the semiconductor sector.
Autolink 2025 | Welsh Automotive Forum
Wales Automotive Supply Chain Expo returns on Tuesday, 13th May 2025, at Cardiff City Stadium. As well as showcasing our Automotive Supply Chain and Industrial Partners, we will be exploring Wales’ automotive supply chain transition.
TechUK next Defence Spring Dinner will be held on 22 May 2025 in London.
Cambridge 6G Symposium | UKTIN 27-28 March 2025 / University of Cambridge
The event will bring together leading global experts from academia, industry, and government to explore the future of 6G technologies and their transformative potential. 27-28 March 2025, 09:30 - 17:00
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