Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7 Pre-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

• design, develop and test but not deploy innovative clean maritime technologies for on-vessel or maritime infrastructure use, or both.
• have total eligible costs between £750,000 and £6 million
• last up to 12 months
• start by 1 April 2027
• end by 31 March 2028

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

This strand supports pre-deployment testing of innovative clean maritime technologies.

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

Support organisers

• Department for Transport (DFT)
• Innovate UK

Contact

Innovate UK

Email

support@iuk.ukri.org

Phone

0300 321 4357

Next Steps

on the Innovation Funding Service website

Published
12 March 2026

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