Contracts for Innovation DSbD Advancing CHERI RISC-V Devices

Summary

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million, inclusive of VAT, to accelerate the development and implementation of commercial CHERI-enabled RISC-V embedded devices.

Eligibility criteria

This is a single phase two stage competition

To lead a project, you can

• be an organisation of any size
• work alone or with the subcontracted skills and expertise of others from business, research organisations, research and technology organisations, or the third sector (charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups)

Your project must

• start on 1 September 2025
• end by 31 March 2028
• have total costs up to £1.5 million, inclusive of VAT, for stage 1
• have total costs between £500,000 and £3.5 million, inclusive of VAT, for stage 2

Additional information

This competition aims to fund activities in maturing and growing the availability of commercial off-the-shelf implementations of CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions) enabled devices for use in embedded computing.

Your project must focus on accelerating the availability of commercial-off-the-shelf CHERI-enabled devices. The goal is to broaden the availability of such devices for use by industry and software developers.

Stage 1 must be completed by 31 March 2026. No time extensions for stage 1 milestones will be possible. All stage 2 milestones must be completed prior to 31 March 2028.