Collaborative research and development
Find partners for collaborative research and developmentDeadlines and status shown as published.
Collaborative calls, partner search routes, consortium building events, research organisations and facilities, each recorded from a published source with its own date.
Consortium building is slow because trust is slow. UKIZ can shorten the search, not the relationship.
16 current records from 9 organisations across 8 places. Most recent check 2026-08-25.
What this page is
A record here means an organisation, call or facility exists and published something UKIZ can point at. It is not evidence that an organisation wants to join your consortium, that it has capacity in the timescale or that you are eligible for a call.
UKIZ does not form legal consortia, assess eligibility, write bids, choose partners or guarantee introductions.
- UKIZ does not form consortia or act as a party to any agreement.
- UKIZ does not assess eligibility or write bids.
- No organisation is represented as willing to collaborate unless it has said so publicly.
- Call documents are linked in full at source, never copied or summarised as guidance.
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What the evidence supports
- Collaborative funding calls2
- Universities and research organisations2
- Facilities and testbeds2
On the record
- £20m Farming Futures automation and robotics competition is open
No published statement recorded about working with others.
Source, checked 2026-08-10 - Andy WeightmanManchester Centre for Robotics and AI · Manchester
As published: READY FOR REVIEW
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - Chemicals / materials / fashion
As published: Direct B2B sales/partnerships.
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - DRIVE35 CollaborateAPC / Innovate UK
As published: Closes 16 Sep 2026
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - DRIVE35 funding remains the main automotive industrialisation pathway
No published statement recorded about working with others.
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - Floating Offshore Wind Centre of ExcellenceUK / regional projects
As published: Membership/project engagement.
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - ISO/TS 15066 with ISO 10218 contextISO / BSI
No published statement recorded about working with others.
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - Medicines Manufacturing Innovation CentreCPI · Glasgow / Scotland
As published: YES — industry-facing
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - National Quantum Computing CentreSTFC / UKRI · Harwell
As published: YES — programmes / controlled access
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - Professor Nathan LeporaBristol Robotics Laboratory / University of Bristol · Bristol
As published: READY FOR REVIEW
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - Rich WalkerShadow Robot Company · London
As published: READY FOR REVIEW
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - Royce equipment training collaborationsUK-wide
No published statement recorded about working with others.
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - The Francis Crick InstituteCrick founding partners · London
As published: COLLABORATION / PARTNERSHIPS
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - UK Agri-Tech Centre Midlands Hub
As published: UK Agri-Tech Centre engagement
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - UK-Switzerland CR&D Round 3Innovate UK / Innosuisse · UK + Switzerland
As published: OPEN
Source, checked 2026-08-25 - Up to £13m opens for high-impact quantum-computing applications
No published statement recorded about working with others.
Source, checked 2026-08-04
How to use it
Calls carry their own dates
Where a source states a deadline or a status, UKIZ shows it with the date it was last checked. A call that has passed its published close is removed from this page rather than left to mislead.
Partner search through official routes
National and international programmes run their own partner search and brokerage services. UKIZ links to those routes rather than pretending to replace them.
Capability, evidenced
Universities, research organisations, companies and facilities appear here on evidenced capability, not on sector labels. Access to a facility is a separate question from its existence, and is shown only where the operator has published it.
Needs and connections stay under consent
Public Needs appear only where the member has chosen discovery, and connection requests run through the existing consent rules. UKIZ does not enable cold approaches.
Common questions
Will UKIZ find me a consortium partner?
UKIZ shows who holds evidenced capability and which official partner search routes are open. Choosing and agreeing partners is yours to do.
Do you check whether I am eligible for a call?
No. Eligibility is decided by the funder and set out in the call documents, which UKIZ links to in full at source.
Why has a call disappeared?
A call that has passed its published close is taken off the page. UKIZ would rather show fewer records than out of date ones.