Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Pre-deployment trials
Ref: GRT-FNE7MOXB
Funding Available
Between £750,000 and £6,000,000
UK Wide
All Sectors
15 July 2026
Grants & Funding
About This Grant
Part of the UK SHORE programme, this strand funds the pre-deployment testing of innovative clean maritime technologies. Projects must focus on the design, development, and testing of technologies for on-vessel or maritime infrastructure use, excluding full operational deployment.
What Can It Fund?
- Pre-deployment testing of clean maritime technologies
- design and development of on-vessel or maritime infrastructure solutions
- technical validation
Eligible Costs
- -Design costs
- -development costs
- -testing costs for clean maritime technology
Ineligible Costs
- -Operational deployment of the technology
- -projects not focused on clean maritime technology
- -costs associated with the other two competition strands (Deployment trials or Feasibility studies)
Funding Source
Department for Transport (DfT)
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