The new 5G Create fund has recently been launched, with up to £30 million available to develop new uses for 5G in a variety of industries. To share more, DCMS and UK5G are running a series of briefing events across the UK.
The 5G Create Fund has the potential to have a significant impact on immersive companies who will be eligible to apply.
To find out more, you can sign up for one of the DCMS/UK5G briefing events for the 5G Create funding competition that are running from March-May. By attending, you will hear directly from the teams behind the competition and find out more about its scope and eligibility for applying. Additionally, you will also get to hear more about the process and top tips for making an application for funding.
If you are looking for potential collaborators, there will also be an opportunity for delegates to deliver a two-minute pitch to the room with a max of two slides for each pitch.
As these events are predicted to be in demand, you are encouraged to register your interest in attending as soon as possible!
Briefing event dates and registration
Bristol | 9 March 2020 | 9:30-13:00 | Find out more and register
Glasgow | 12 March 2020 | 9:30-13:00 | Find out more and register
Salford | 16 March 2020 | 9:30-13:00 | Find out more and register
Online Webcast | 16 March 2020 | 10:00-12:30 | Find out more and register
Belfast | 31 March 2020 | 9:30-13:00 | Find out more and register
London | 11 May 2020 | 9:30-13:00 | Find out more and register
Who should attend
The event is open to organisations and businesses who may be interested in taking part in projects, including:
- Organisations involved in the development, trialling and usage of applications, products, services.
- Network providers
- Mobile Network Operators
- Technology vendors
- Local authorities and other public service delivery bodies
About the 5G Create Fund
5G Create is an open competition with the Government hoping to attract bids from a variety of industries where the UK has a competitive advantage, encouraging dynamic business models and opening up new opportunities and markets. This includes our creative industries but also our rich variety of technology businesses in sectors such as energy, water, health and social care and logistics
5G Create is part of the 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme. Up to £30m will be available in this competition, aiming to explore and develop new use-cases and sustainable business models for 5G applications and services.
“We are determined to make the UK a world-leader in 5G but that doesn’t just mean giving people faster mobile phone connections. Today we’re announcing new funding to seize the new opportunities modern technology will offer us. This includes seeing how it could create new jobs in the countryside, make businesses more productive and unleash even more ideas in our cutting-edge creative industries.”
Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden
“The Creative Industries Council is delighted that DCMS is launching 5G Create. We have been advocating a funded competition along these lines, as an exciting opportunity for UK creative companies to develop innovative products and services using this transformational technology. 5G offers innovative opportunities right across the sector from film and tv, to games, to music, fashion and advertising. We hope that start-ups and well-established companies alike will bid for the available funds.”
Tim Davie, Co-Chair of the Creative Industries Council and CEO of BBC Studios
Find out more about the 5G Create Fund
About the 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme
The 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme is the Government’s nationally coordinated programme of investment in 5G. The Programme looks to harness areas where the UK has a competitive advantage – such as in scientific research, engineering talent and our rich variety of technology businesses.
The Programme is working to deliver the following objectives:
- Accelerate the deployment of 5G networks and ensure the UK can take early advantage of the applications those networks can enable.
- Maximise the productivity and efficiency benefits to the UK from 5G.
- Create new opportunities for UK businesses at home and abroad and encourage inward investment.
The event is open to organisations and businesses who may be interested in taking part in projects, including:
Organisations involved in the development, trialling and usage of applications, products, services.
Network providers
Mobile Network Operators
Technology vendors
Local authorities and other public service delivery bodies
Also, if you are looking for potential collaborators there will be an opportunity for delegates to deliver a two-minute pitch to the room with a max of two slides for each pitch.