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The Complex Weapons Innovation and Technology Partnership (CW ITP) is for looking to fund low technology readiness level (TRL) research projects that show potential exploitation for the generation-after-next complex weapons.

Who can apply for funding and what for?

This latest round of funding is making a request for proposals for project funding from SMEs, technology start-ups, research facilities and academia in the UK and France. CW ITP is looking for projects researching or developing novel technologies or materials that could provide the next advance in defence capabilities that meet the CW ITP's Enduring Technical Areas(ETAs):

• Mission, Systems & Algorithms
• Seekers
• Lethality Package
• Solid Rocket Motors
• Materials, Structures and Electronics

The CW ITP welcomes proposals from inside and outside the defence sector.

Collaboration, innovation and exploitation

Support for projects selected for funding will be through collaboration with UK and French prime original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) -MBDA, CEA, Leonardo UK, Roxel and Thales – who lead the CW ITP’s ETAs.

CW ITP is also underpinned by funding from the UK MOD’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and France’s Direction générale de l’armement (DGA).

Altogether, this means Collaboration, innovation and exploitation are priorities for CW ITP.

Dan Jones, Head of CW ITP, said:

“A key tenet that has made CW ITP a success so far is its collaboration ethos. The partnerships built from that ethos have nourished the innovation that CW ITP projects develop. Over the course of the CW ITP, and its previous iterations, we are now seeing the exploitation of those early innovations into technology for emerging products. This is the key impact CW ITP has. Ensuring that the environment of today, which informs our needs of tomorrow, will set a path towards the technologies and capabilities that will defend our nations’ sovereignty in the future.”

Submission deadline

The deadline for submission of proposals is 30 June 2025.

Selected projects must be ready to start in September 2025 and run for up to 24 months maximum.

Timeline of project call

• April 2025 - Call for proposals open
• June 2025 - Deadline for proposals submission       
• July 2025 - Proposals briefings
• August 2025 - Projects selection
• September 2025 - Projects start

Next steps for securing funding

If you are not a member of the CW ITP and want to know more, find out how to get involved here.

If you are already a member of CW ITP already, you can login to find out more about the details of the submission process via the members portal.