Innovate UK, under UK Research and Innovation, invites applications for its call on development of the digital security by design software. This supports projects to investigate requirements for adoption of digital security by design technologies across the software development ecosystem. The aim of the competition is to enable the growth of the software ecosystem that will be crucial for the successful adoption of DSbD technologies. Projects can focus on one or more of the following aspects: •software frameworks; •tooling; •development environments; •operating systems; •language runtimes; •libraries and ancillary support; •middleware. Lead applicants must be a UK registered SME and must carry out the project work in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK. Applicants can submit a maximum of two applications. The total budget is worth up to £1.5 million. Funding is worth between £40,000 and £80,000 over six months. Projects must start on or after 1 April and end by 30 September 2021.

Website: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/786/overview