NPL-led programme to boost competitiveness and resilience
12/11/2020
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and its partner National Measurement Laboratories (NMLs) at LGC, the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), TÜV-NEL and the National Gear Metrology Laboratory (NGML) are committed to supporting the UK government’s plans for economic recovery by providing specialist measurement advice and short-term projects to companies at no charge.NPL’s leadership of the Measurement for Recovery (M4R) programme is just one of the many ways it is supporting the national effort and responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
World-leading measurement solutions are critical to business and government, accelerating research and innovation, improving quality of life and enabling trade.
Measurement for Recovery helps solve analysis or measurement issues that cannot be resolved using standard technologies and techniques. The aim is to help boost resilience and competitiveness by bringing together the UK’s top scientists and facilities with companies, to address problems in innovative ways.
The specialist services can provide measurement and analysis expertise, investigate the feasibility of concepts and validate products and processes, support new products and services that will directly help the national response to COVID-19, help cost reduction or improve productivity, increase product reliability and mitigate in-service costs and offer advice on standards and regulatory needs.
NPL is working with partner National Measurement Laboratories from the National Measurement System. Together, they have some of the most advanced facilities, techniques and technologies available in the world and can match the best scientists and facilities with companies that have analysis or measurement problems.
To be eligible to apply, you must be a UK company registered at Companies House and within your de minimis allocation (less than €200,000 (approximately £179,000) of government funding over a three-year period).
Companies that fit the criteria can apply using the online form at https://www.npl.co.uk/measurement-for-recovery/form. NPL will aim to respond to applications within three working days. This programme does not pay for standard measurement and test services available commercially by NPL or other suppliers.
On offer is access to scientific experts and their lab facilities with a maximum provision of 20 days’ specialist advice per project (this is paying for the expert’s time and facilities and is not a financial grant to the company) and analysis, results and reports completed within the maximum 20 allocated days.
The Measurement for Recovery programme is currently open until the end of 2020.
https://www.npl.co.uk/measurement-for-recovery
