Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Non-CO2 Programme

Funding for research and technology development to maintain and grow the UK’s competitive positions in civil aerospace.

From:
Department for Business and Trade
Published
26 July 2024
Last updated
17 December 2025 — See all updates
Type of support:
Finance and Grant
Business stage:
Start-ups (1-2 years trading) and Established
Industry:
Manufacturing
Number of employees:
0 to 9 employees, 10 to 249 employees, 250 to 500 employees and More than 500 employees
Region:
East Midlands, Eastern, London, North East and North West
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Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber

Who it’s for

To lead an industrial research and technology project, your organisation must:

  • be a UK-registered business of any size for research projects
  • carry out your aerospace research project work in the UK
  • intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
  • address the challenges outlined in UK’s aerospace technology strategy – Destination Zero, that must include specific requirements set out in the ATI’s non-CO2 technologies roadmap
  • sign up to the ATI framework agreement
  • claim funding

Your business does not have to be registered with Companies House when you apply, but it must be registered before you can receive funding.

Your project can include partners that do not receive any of this competition’s funding, for example, non-UK businesses. Their costs will not count towards the total eligible project costs but must be included in your application.

More information on the different types of organisations can be found on Innovate UK’s (IUK) website under funding rules. We accept single applicant-led projects, though encourage collaborative project applications.

What you can get

Grant funding is available. Each application is individually assessed by the ATI programme’s partner organisations.

How to apply 

The ATI Non-CO2 Programme is a 2-stage competition: 

  • stage 1: outline stage 

  • stage 2: full stage application

Organiser

The ATI Non-CO2 Programme is coordinated and managed by:

  • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
  • IUK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • ATI

This funding stream is also linked to a wider Aviation Non-CO₂ Programme managed in partnership by DBT, the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

Find out more

Updates to this page

Published 26 July 2024
Last updated 17 December 2025 show all updates

  1. 'What you can get', 'How to apply' sections added and link for 'More information' updated.

  2. First published.

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