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    • Strategic programme
      By SMEs, for SMEs

    Standards Challenge Fund (SCF)

    Empowering innovators to shape best practices for emerging challenges, from GenAI and DNA barcoding to recycled plastics and RF-powered wearables.

    Shaping standards to enable tomorrow’s markets

    In partnership with Innovate UK, the SCF empowers SMEs to influence standards from the start, so they’re practical, relevant, and address their needs.

    • Best practices help innovative businesses demonstrate quality, manage risk, and build market trust

    • Standards enable smarter working by creating clarity, consistency, and confidence as businesses grow

    • SMEs submitted ideas where shared guidance was needed, with four taken forward into development

    • Each standard is progressing through a fast-track process designed to boost confidence in innovation

    • We invite interested stakeholders to contribute, collaborate, and connect via the Hub

    • Stay updated, share your insights, engage in discussions, and connect with the community

    Standards

    Discover and shape new best practices

    Radio Frequency-based Power Transmission to Low Power Electronic Devices

    It's intended to provide requirements for performance, safety, protection, interoperability, and testing for wireless power transmitters and receivers.

    DNA Barcoding of Engineered Biological Assets

    It's intended to specify requirements on DNA barcoding of engineered biological assets and their data content and data structure.

    Adoption and Operation of Generative AI Solutions

    It's intended to specify an end-to-end framework for designing, building, securing, operating, and evolving generative AI solutions.

    Recycled Plastics for Laboratory and Medical Products

    It's intended to give recommendations for the development of recycled plastic materials for use in laboratory and medical products.

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    Let's shape your organization's future together

    Get in touch if you have any questions about the Standards Challenge Fund or want to get involved.

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