Dates
Competition closes: 19 March 2025, 12noon GMT
Applicants notified: w/c 19th May 2025
Project start date & duration: Phase 1: 10 June 2024 (8months), Phase 2: 02 February 2026 (10months)
Programme structure
- Up to £180,000 grant funding split across the two phases.
- Booster fund of £75,000 available, upon application.
Phase 1: Market Focus (6 key focus areas)
- Commercialisation strategy and financial planning • Intellectual property management • Investor readiness • New product development • Leadership and new venture growth • Corporate and alumni networks
Phase 2: Technology Validation
- Design, manufacture and testing of prototypes • Development of test equipment • Development of customer-engagement strategy • Other critical activities which validate your business model and increase your commercial and technology readiness levels
Specific Themes
Zero-emission enabling:
- Batteries, their components, management and integration systems • Fuel cell and associated balance of plant • Electric machines and power electronics • Hydrogen storage and management systems • Lightweight vehicle and powertrain structures • Manufacturing processes associated with industrialising relevant zero-emission technologies • Direct recycling methods resulting in recovery of critical materials • Significant reduction in vehicle development timescales • Digitalisation leveraged during the design, development, testing, production or in-service phases
Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM):
- Simulation and Digital Twins: tools, processes and methods for the development of simulation to support the development and deployment of CAM services. • Cyber Security and Resilience: solutions that enhance security and resilience to cyber-physical threats • Vehicle Hardware: solutions to ‘drive-by-wire’ systems that can support safety and security requirements for CAM • Connectivity and Data: solutions that develop the enabling connectivity and data required in deploying CAM services at scale, this includes approaches to mapping. • Testing and Assurance: novel solutions to the complex task of verifying, validating and assuring (VVA) CAM solutions. • Software and Automation: novel solutions in the development of automation and integration with vehicle systems
Funding Rates
| TDAP Phase | Description | Max amount available | Grant intensity % | Total spend required to claim all the grant |
| Phase 1: Market Focus | Mentor Support (1:1s)* | £25,000 | – | – |
| Phase Grant | £55,000 | 60% | £91,666 | |
| Phase 2: Technology Validation | Phase Grant | £100,000 | 60% | £166,666 |
*Not matched
- During Phase 2, an additional £75,000 booster fund is available to help the most ambitious businesses progress further.
- Grant funding allocation can be matched with the allocation of time and resources dedicated to completing the programme and any related technical development (contribution in kind)
How PNO can support you
The UK team has a strong track record in securing some of the most competitive national and European grants on behalf of its clients, with a full understanding of how a project should be presented to stand the highest chance of success. Each year in the UK alone, we are responsible for the submission of more than 100 funding applications across all sectors and priority areas. Based on this extensive experience, through careful project selection and using key insight into how a project should be best positioned, we consistently achieve success rates that are more than 5 times the typical success rates for UK national schemes and EU programmes.
For further information or to discuss a project idea please contact PNO Consultants
0161 488 3488 | info.uk@pnoconsultants.com
