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iX Challenge: Systemic capture and analysis of structural condition data

The iX Challenge is a Department for Education competition for start-ups, small and medium-sized businesses, and other innovators across the UK to develop digital tools that record and analyse school building condition data. Open, closes 4 December 2026.

Run by Innovate UK, Innovation Exchange · funded by Department for Education (DfE)

Checked against the official page (ktninnovationexchange.co.uk) on 27 Oct 2026.

A Department for Education challenge seeking scalable, cost-effective digital tools and methods to capture structural condition data from school buildings immediately before demolition and analyse it for defect trends. The successful applicant(s) may be invited to pilot the methodology in up to 3 schools scheduled for demolition.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Closes 4 December 2026 at 5pm

As stated: Registration Details Opens: 23/10/2026 Closes: 04/12/2026 5:00pm

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How much

Not stated

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Who can apply

Established businesses, academic institutions, start-ups, SMEs, or individual entrepreneurs that are UK based or intend to set up a UK base. Academic institutions and RTOs must have a partner offering a clear route to market.

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Business size

Start-ups, Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

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Sectors

design, digital, electronics, industrial maths, infrastructure, materials, robotics & ai, sensors, sustainability, water

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How to apply

Find out more and apply via the Innovation Exchange challenge page.

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

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Things we could not confirm

  • Amount of any award not stated beyond a possible pilot in up to 3 schools; pilot is subject to DfE commercial procurement and budget availability.
  • Listed locations are regions where the work is, not where applicants must be based.
  • Challenge is run through Innovation Exchange; its own rules may apply.

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Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (ktninnovationexchange.co.uk) on 27 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 27 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Innovate UK before you apply.

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