IoT Cities £10m Demonstrator

The Internet of Things (IoT), where everyday objects are connected to networks enabling their data to be shared, is a major area of growth for the global economy. These technologies underpin ‘smart’ services that have a transformative effect on society, particularly in the urban environment, allowing cities better to meet the needs of citizens.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is to invest up to £10 million* in a single collaborative R&D project to demonstrate the capability of the Internet of Things (IoT) in a city region. This competition (delivered by Innovate UK on behalf of DCMS) is part of a wider £40 million government investment in IoT announced in March 2015.

The aim of this demonstrator is to show how the large-scale deployment of IoT – where everyday objects are connected to a network in order to share their data – can benefit citizens by offering environmental improvements, economic opportunities, and more efficient and effective delivery of services such as transport, healthcare and energy.

Projects must be collaborative and led by a local authority or local enterprise partnership (or an equivalent body outside England). Projects should involve at least one local authority, one local enterprise partnership and several businesses.

At this half-day briefing event Innovate UK will explain in detail the scope and conditions of the competition.

For further information on the funding competition visit Bit.ly/iotcities.

Key Dates:

Competition opens

• 13 July 2015

Competition briefings

• London – 21 July 2015
• Edinburgh – 23 July 2015
• Belfast – 24 July 2015
• Cardiff – 28 July 2015
• Birmingham – 29 July 2015

Registration deadline

• noon 23 September 2015

Written applications deadline

• noon 30 September 2015

Invitation to interview sent out to selected applicants

• 16 October 2015

Deadline for feedback response

• noon 23 October 2015

Panel interviews

• Week commencing 9 November 2015