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SBRI - Government challenges. Ideas from business. Innovative solutions.

SBRI

The SBRI programme uses the power of government procurement to drive innovation. It provides opportunities for innovative companies to engage with the public sector to solve specific problems.

Competitions for new technologies and ideas are run in specific areas and aim to engage a broad range of companies.

SBRI enables the public sector to engage with industry during the early stages of development, supporting projects through the stages of feasibility and prototyping.

  • What is it?

    What is it?

    SBRI is a programme that brings innovative solutions to specific public sector needs, by engaging a broad range of companies in competitions for ideas that result in development contracts.

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  • The benefits

    The benefits

    The SBRI process benefits both the public sector body that is running the competition and the businesses that have the opportunity of obtaining a development contract.

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  • How it works

    How it works

    SBRI starts with a particular department or other public body identifying a specific challenge. This is the turned into an open competition for innovation, appealing to the broader business community.

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  • Competitions Overview

    Competitions are run by a number of departments on a range of different challenge areas and are updated regularly. Please see the competitions overview for a summary.

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  • SBRI awards

    Details of some of the projects that have been awarded SBRI contracts.

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  • Register for updates

    Register for regular updates via the Technology Strategy Board monthly e-newsletter.

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