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Contracts for Innovation Competition Fusion Industry Challenges: Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion
- Published
- Published 27 October 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 15 August 2025
Overview
This is a Contracts for Innovation (previously SBRI) competition funded by the UK Atomic Energy Authority. The aim of the competition is to develop solutions to fusion energy challenges in two key priority areas. The competition has 1 theme: Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion.
We expect to fund a number of projects. Each project should be delivered by April 2026.
Each project can range in size up to total costs of £250,000, inclusive of VAT.
Please refer to attachments for the full competition guidance.
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Awarded
- Category
- Services
- Procedure
- Open
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 27 October 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £3,083,562
- Award date
- 28 September 2025
- Contract period
- 5 October 2025 → 31 March 2026
- Aegis Fibretech Ltd
- Amentum Clean Energy Ltd
- First Light Fusion Ltd
- Glass Technology Services Ltd
- Kyoto Fusioneering UK Ltd
- MATERIALS NEXUS LTD
- Monolith Performance Ltd
- Oxford Sigma Ltd
- TWI Ltd
- Tokamak Energy Ltd
- University of Warwick
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract Award Notice
27 October 2025
Contracting authority
UK Atomic Energy Authority
BuyerOxfordshire, United Kingdom
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