Competitions

Competitions are based on specific government department needs. They provide opportunities for companies to obtain short term development contracts with the department.

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Brief Government Departments Competition Title Status Open Deadline
Download Competition Brief   Department of Energy and Climate Change Energy efficient Whitehall

This competition is looking for energy efficient solutions for government buildings in Whitehall.

Closed 22/02/10 19/04/10
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Less Than Lethal Weapons and Effects

This competition aims to stimulate innovative research proposals for technology that can assist the Armed Forces to deliver less than lethal effects in current operational situations.

Awarded 29/11/09 05/01/10
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Next Generation IED Search and Defeat Capability

Research and development which enhances capability to locate and defeat Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), whilst minimising the burden on military personnel.

Closed 13/05/10 24/06/10
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Future Sensing of Underwater Threats

Seeking innovative approaches to detect and counter both static and mobile underwater targets.

Open 21/07/10 15/09/10
Download Competition Brief   NHS South Central Reduction in hospital admissions

The NHS South Central Challenge is looking to all sectors to bring new technologies and new practice to bear on the achievement of the ambitious Shaping the Future (QIPP) target of a 20% reduction in admissions to hospital within the next 2 years.

Open 29/06/10 23/08/10
Download Competition Brief   Food Standards Agency and Defra On farm test for Campylobacter

There is a requirement for a rapid, accurate, cheap test that can be deployed on farms to identify Campylobacter infection. This test would be used to inform actions on the farm and would need to be simple and robust enough for farm workers to use.

Open 06/07/10 17/09/10
Download Competition Brief   NHS South East Coast Living well with Dementia

NHS South East Coast is seeking new innovations to enable people with dementia to live more independently.

Open 30/06/10 09/09/10
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Influence through Cyberspace

Research investigating how behaviour and attitudes are revealed and can be shaped by online activity within cyberspace.

Closed 22/04/10 07/06/10
Download Competition Brief   Department for Transport – Highways Agency Synthetic Environments in managed motorways

Use of synthetic environments applied to transport, in this case, modelling and managing complex traffic situations on motorways

Awarded 09/07/09 11/09/09
Download Competition Brief   Home Office Screening for Drug Drivers

Use of an oral fluid screening device would significantly assist the detection of drug drivers by the police.

Closed 03/06/10 15/07/10
Download Competition Brief   Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Ultra-efficient lighting for homes

The Technology Strategy Board and Defra are launching a £1.2m SBRI initiative to fund development work on ultra-efficient lighting (UEL) for the domestic environment.

Closed 22/02/10 19/04/10
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Helicopter Rotor Blade Scintillation

Seeking innovative approaches to physical protection systems that protect against IEDs, mines, rocket attacks and other threats in current and possible future operations.

Closed 11/02/10 25/03/10
Download Competition Brief   Department for Communities and Local Government Retrofit for the Future

This competition aims to retrofit UK social housing stock in order to meet future targets in reduction of CO2 emissions and energy use.

Awarded 07/04/09 24/06/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Personal Robotics Support Vehicle

Ideas for a robotic support vehicle that can follow an Infantry Section (8 soldiers) can carry some of their equipment on, but which will have the same mobility and can go to the same places that the soldiers can.

Closed 23/04/09 05/06/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Future Protected Vehicle – 30 tonne tank

Looking for highly innovative ways of delivering the same capability as our current Main Battle Tanks, but in a significantly lighter package that is more easily transportable, fuel efficient and less reliant on the supporting military infrastructure.

Closed 25/06/09 03/09/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Armour and Protection

Seeking innovative aproaches to physical protection systems that protect against IEDs, mines, rocket attacks and other threats in current and possible future operations.

Closed 08/10/09 12/11/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Battlefield Medical Technology

This CDE call is focuses on quality of survival, battlefield analgesia and medical force protection.

Closed 22/10/09 04/12/09
Download Competition Brief   Design Council Hot Products

Aims to stimulate design led innovation in the security of mobile phone devices, through improving the security of data stored on mobile devices.

Closed 20/04/09 29/05/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Self Sustaining Forward Operating Base

Looking for technologies to power a Forward Operating Base whilst minimising or even removing the need for a fuel supply chain.

Closed 21/05/09 31/07/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Lightweight Soldier Weapon System

Looking for novel technologies and materials that reduce the weight of the small arms (weapons) and ammunition carried by an Infantry Section (8 soldiers).

Closed 23/04/09 05/06/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Energy Efficient Soldier

Specifically looking for the rapid implementation of novel lightweight or high density power technologies to reduce the weight burden carried by infantry soldiers.

Closed 24/03/09 07/05/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Automatic Imagery Extraction

MOD is seeking automatic and semi-autonomous tools / techniques to ease operator workload in the processing & exploitation of imagery data in high-data throughput environments.

Closed 27/07/09 11/09/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Lightweight Personal Protection

Personal protection (including body armour and helmets) is a major contributing factor to the load carried by our troops and this call will seek novel lightweight solutions whilst maintaining a high level of physical protection.

Closed 25/06/09 04/09/09
Download Competition Brief   East of England SHA Patient Safety and improving health outcomes

Technologies that enable better patient monitoring, accurate transfer and interpretation of data to determine the correct treatment, designing best practice and eliminating calculation errors in medication.

Awarded 22/04/09 30/06/09
Download Competition Brief   East of England SHA Managing Long term Conditions

Ideas and technologies that address the remote monitoring of patients combined with decision support to enable better care from home.

Awarded 22/04/09 30/06/09
Download Competition Brief   East of England SHA Keeping Children Active

Looking for technologies which can help and motivate children to take more exercise, to understand and monitor the amount of exercise they are taking and to incentivise them to exercise more.

Awarded 22/04/09 30/06/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Prosthetics

This CDE call focuses on two specific areas of treatment research related to amputation research and similar complex traumas.

Closed 16/07/09 03/09/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Detection of Volatile Compounds

Explosives release small quantities of airborne chemicals, known as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). MOD is seeking other methods than using dogs to perform this task with minimal intervention by personnel.

Closed 06/10/09 01/12/09
Download Competition Brief   NHS National Innovation Centre Paediatric Transport Chair

Wouldn't it be great if children with profound learning and physical difficulties who have long term conditions could be managed more effectively in the community and have their quality of life increased

Closed 12/10/09 16/11/09
Download Competition Brief   NHS National Innovation Centre Fractured Neck of Femur

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a new, easy to use/re-use mechanism for moving patients with a fractured neck of femur which would self regulate/stabilise whilst the patient was in transit (help protect the patient from further injury to an already painful complaint).

Closed 12/10/09 16/11/09
Download Competition Brief   NHS National Innovation Centre Paediatric improved diagnostics

Wouldn't it be great if there were improved diagnostic and investigative testing for children which included a rapid assessment of ER based vital signs; could demonstrate a differentiation of viral versus bacterial infections and could offer a multiple specific and generic tests that could network visualisation for quick decision making.

Closed 12/10/09 16/11/09
Download Competition Brief   NHS National Innovation Centre Paediatric non-invasive technologies

Wouldn't it be great if there were suitable non invasive technologies (or minimally invasive technologies) to replace the current invasive testing methods and which could be carried out at the bedside and offer multiple testing capability delivered via the same platform.

Closed 12/10/09 16/11/09
Download Competition Brief   Ministry of Defence Countering Difficult Air Targets

MOD is conducting research to ensure that air defence weapons & systems are capable of dealing with the evolving threat from aerial systems.

Closed 24/02/09 22/05/09
Download Competition Brief   Office for Security & Counter Terrorism Intent in Crowded Places

Seeking innovative approaches to understand, characterise, detect and influence intent in crowded places with a view to reducing the risk of terrorist attacks.

Closed 03/06/09 10/07/09
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