# Title Funder Funding Start End Status
1 Trelavour Hard Rock Lithium Demonstration Plant Innovate UK
£1,984,771
Aug. 31, 2022 Feb. 29, 2024 Active
2 Trelavour Hard Rock Lithium Scoping Study Innovate UK
£681,553
March 31, 2021 March 30, 2022 Closed
3 Co-production of Lithium and China Clay in Cornwall - CLiCCC ISCF
£3,580,480
April 30, 2021 April 30, 2022 Closed
4 Novel Extraction and Responsible Sourcing of Lithium from Unconventional Brine and Hard Rock Resources EPSRC
£0
Jan. 7, 2019 June 29, 2023 Active
5 Novel Extraction and Responsible Sourcing of Lithium from Unconventional Brine and Hard Rock Resources EPSRC, NERC
£0
Jan. 7, 2019 June 30, 2023 Closed
6 Lithium and Graphite Recovery from Lithium-Ion Batteries (LaGReLiB) Innovate UK
£119,542
Sept. 30, 2020 Dec. 31, 2020 Closed
7 Open Skies Cornwall Innovate UK
£1,608,271
March 31, 2022 March 31, 2024 Active
8 Open Skies Cornwall ISCF
£8,041,355
March 31, 2022 March 31, 2024 Active
9 Membrane distillation-crystallisation for the production of carbon neutral lithium in the UK Innovate UK
£1,718,830
Sept. 30, 2022 Sept. 30, 2023 Closed
10 Feasibility study to create the business case for the purchase and installation of a commercial scale geothermal Direct Lithium Extraction unit in Cornwall Innovate UK
£345,480
April 30, 2022 Sept. 30, 2022 Closed
11 Zero Carbon Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Fluid Innovate UK
£846,440
Nov. 1, 2020 March 31, 2021 Closed
12 Bioprocessing of lithium brines BBSRC
£1,311,345
Feb. 14, 2023 May 11, 2025 Active
13 EVBR: Development and scale-up of a highly efficient lithium-ion battery recycling process Innovate UK
£347,946
May 31, 2022 May 30, 2023 Active
14 Geological safety and optimisation in mining operations: towards a new understanding of fracture damage, heterogeneity and anisotropy. NERC
£342,925
July 31, 2021 Dec. 31, 2023 Active
15 Enabling the circular economy of sustainable metals production at scale through AI-powered systems to support a net-zero future. Innovate UK
£4,999,475
May 14, 2023 May 15, 2024 Active
16 EALIR - Development of new, highly-efficient techniques to increase the recovery of critical materials in lithium-ion battery recycling Innovate UK
£253,202
Sept. 30, 2022 March 31, 2024 Active
17 EALIR - Development of new, highly-efficient techniques to increase the recovery of critical materials in lithium-ion battery recycling Innovate UK
£1,266,010
Sept. 30, 2022 March 31, 2024 Active
18 Geological controls on upper crustal heat flow for deep geothermal energy in Cornwall NERC
£0
Sept. 30, 2018 Feb. 12, 2023 Closed
19 Selective Metal Biorecovery from Lithium Ion Batteries BBSRC
£302,670
Feb. 1, 2023 Jan. 31, 2025 Active
20 BOLT-2-WAVEHUB Innovate UK
£10,886,915
Nov. 1, 2010 May 31, 2013 Closed
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