Eligibility:

• Open to UK registered businesses.
• Proposals must focus on significant improvements in the semiconductor manufacturing sector, supporting long-term UK industry needs.

Project Requirements:

• Total project costs must not exceed £2.5 million.
• Proposals should address areas such as innovations in manufacturing techniques, expanding existing capabilities, fostering product designer and manufacturer relationships, and encouraging new industry-academia collaborations.

Specific Themes: Projects can focus on areas including:

• Compound and silicon semiconductors.
• Development of Process Design Kits (PDKs).
• Manufacturing process development, including wafer fabrication and sustainability.
• Device and circuit simulation, design, and testing.
• Advanced semiconductor packaging, integration techniques, and system development.

Exclusions:

• Projects primarily focusing on standard PCB fabrication or assembly, and those dependent on export performance or domestic input usage.

Portfolio Approach: Aiming to fund a variety of projects across different technologies, markets, and technological maturities.

Research Categories: Industrial research projects will be funded.