UKRI confirms SIPF Wave 2 launch in coming months
Led by UK Research and Innovation, Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) is a new competitive funding scheme that takes a place-based approach to research and innovation funding, to support significant regional growth.
23 bids have been awarded seedcorn funding in Wave 1 to develop full stage bids that will be submitted to a closed call in September 2019, and Wave 2 will be launched in the coming months.
Some initial information is available here:
https://www.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/strength-in-places-fund/
There will be a series of stakeholder events across the UK, including in Newcastle on Wednesday 15th May, Sheffield on Wednesday 29th May, Birmingham on Friday 7th June and Liverpool on Wednesday 12th June.