Innovation and Funding

The Ceramic Innovation Network (CIN) – created by BCC and Lucideon, with support from the University of Surrey and Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) – arranges annual events for the UK ceramic research base and industrialists around themes based on the principal challenges faced by the ceramic industry that may be solved through innovation and collaborative work. 

Topics covered to-date include: 
2014    Defect Reduction in Structural Ceramics: Problems and Practical Solutions 
2015    Reduce-Replace-Recycle: Effective Material Resource Management in Ceramics 
2016    Energy Efficiency in Ceramic Processing 
2017    Digital Technologies in Ceramic Manufacturing 
2018    Ceramics in Society: Demanding Environments 
2019    Accelerating Clean Growth in Ceramics 
2021    Firing up the Ceramics Industry and Exploring Sintering

The British Ceramic Confederation provides regular updates on funding opportunities, events and news. We also engage with government on developing funding opportunities and hold member only webinars with Innovate UK, KTN and others once the funds are open.

In the section below BCC showcases a number of case studies where members have successfully applied to a variety of funding schemes. Please contact BCC for more details of the funding opportunities and to discuss the help available.

Topic Resources