Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7 Deployment trials

Who it is for

This competition is open to collaborations only.

To lead a collaborative project, your organisation must

• be a UK-registered business of any size
• collaborate with other UK-registered organisations

To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK-registered

• business of any size
• academic institution
• charity
• not-for-profit
• public sector organisation
• research and technology organisation (RTO)

Your project must

• develop, test and deploy innovative clean maritime technologies for on-vessel or maritime infrastructure use, or both
• have total eligible costs between £3 million and £15 million
• last up to two years and nine months
• start by 1 April 2027
• end by 31 December 2029

Support you can get

This competition is part of a suite of interventions launched by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) programme.

The UK SHORE programme aims to transform the UK into a global leader in clean maritime technology and accelerate progress towards net zero.

This competition is split into three strands

• Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7 Deployment trials (this strand)
• Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7 Pre-deployment trials
• Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7 Feasibility studies

This strand supports real-world demonstrations of innovative clean maritime technologies in an operational setting. 

For industrial research projects, you can get funding for your eligible project costs of up to

• 70% if you are a micro or small organisation
• 60% if you are a medium-sized organisation
• 50% if you are a large organisation

For experimental development projects which are nearer to market, you can get funding for your eligible project costs of up to

• 45% if you are a micro or small organisation
• 35% if you are a medium-sized organisation
• 25% if you are a large organisation

Support organisers

• Department for Transport (DFT)
• Innovate UK

Contact

Innovate UK

Email

[email protected]

Phone

0300 321 4357

Next Steps

on the Innovation Funding Service website

Published
12 March 2026

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