Grant Funding Calls

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million. This is for business case feasibility studies to support scale up of the UK’s zero emission automotive supply chain.

Programme:     APC

Award:     Share of up to £2 million

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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with South Korea. You must collaborate with at least one South Korean business applying under the equivalent KIAT or KETEP programme.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £6 million

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Proposals are sought for innovative pilot projects, funded by the UK Space Agency’s Unlocking Space for Business programme.

Programme:     UK Space Agency

Award:     Share of upto £3.5 milion

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The ATI Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive.

Programme:     ATI Programme

Award:     Share of up to £685 million

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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.2 million for collaborative projects that enable digital twins, data interoperability and cyber resilience in the UK energy networks. This funding is from Innovate UK.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1.2 million

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ARIA are looking to fund this Technical Area 1.1 with up to £3.5M in total for the first year.

Programme:     ARIA

Award:     Share of up to £3.5 million

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NHS England has launched a new round of its funding competition for innovation in the early detection and diagnosis of cancer.

Programme:     SBRI

Award:     Share of up to £4 million

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The ATI Programme funds industrial research to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive. This is an invite only competition, you must be invited into the competition by Innovate UK.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £685 million

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for innovative feasibility studies in advanced low carbon manufacturing. This funding is from Innovate UK and BBSRC.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1 million

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UK registered organisations and Irish organisations can apply for a share of up to a combined total of £860,000 (EUR 1 million) for joint R&D projects focused on UK and IE Green Shipping Corridor routes.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £860,000

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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) are pleased to offer grant funding to UK Enterprises who are developing new and innovative technologies within the Floating Offshore Wind Supply Chain. This document outlines the scope and guidance for prospective applicants.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1.5 million

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UK registered organisations, collaborating with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme, can apply for a share of up to £4 million for collaborative projects resulting in innovative solutions in emerging technologies.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £4 million

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This Call for Ideas is delivered in partnership with Ofgem. Future funding may be available from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund. The fund aims to deliver net zero at lowest cost to consumers and support innovative businesses to grow and scale.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £450 million

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UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £500,000 to develop adoptable and investable innovations within communication networks. This funding is from the Telecoms Technology Missions Fund programme.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £500,000

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This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking proposals that enhance physical defensive countermeasures which can be used to mitigate a Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) kinetic attack.

Programme:     DASA

Award:     Share of up to £750,000

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The offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) launched a brand new Innovation Grant Funding Competition with a pot of £1m

Programme:     OWGP

Award:     Share of up to £1 million

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UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for funding of between £10,000 and £30,000 for innovation projects to grow their business. This funding is from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £30,000

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UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Eastern England.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £4.5 million

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.1 million for business focussed innovation in advanced and high value dairy production and manufacturing. This funding is from Digital Dairy Chain for Cumbria, South and West Scotland.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1.1 million

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UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the digital technology cluster in North East England.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1.5 million

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UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the immersive and creative industries cluster centred on Coventry and Warwickshire in the West Midlands.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1.5 million

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UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the life and health sciences cluster in Northern Ireland.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1.5 million

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UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in net zero industry in South West Wales.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1.5 million

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million for business led projects that grow their innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Eastern England. This funding is from Innovate UK.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £4.5 million

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UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for funding of between £10,000 and £30,000 for innovation projects to grow their business. This funding is from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £30,000

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for the development of advanced machinery. This funding is from the UKRI Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) supported by the Advanced Machinery and Productivity Institute (AMPI).

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1 million

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovative smart shipping technologies for maritime decarbonisation. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £8 million

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for people centred and systemic design projects, across a range of themes and innovation areas. These are to influence, inform and de-risk their future R&D activity.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £2 million

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DASA is seeking innovations that will enable deployed forces to move away from logistics resupply, towards self-sufficiency and enhanced operational energy.

Programme:     DASA

Award:     Share of up to £3.1 million

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Women within UK registered micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £4 million to develop their exciting and innovative ideas. The £75,000 grant also includes bespoke business support.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £4 million

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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Taiwan. You must collaborate with at least one Taiwan business applying under the equivalent DoIT programme.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £5 million

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £430,000 for feasibility study projects with Netherlands organisations, looking at UK – NL Green Shipping Corridor routes. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £430,000

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £25 million

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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £15 million across the two strands of this competition, to develop innovative solutions for nutrient management. This funding is from the Farming Futures R&D Fund.

Programme:     Defra

Award:     Share of up to £15 million

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £15 million across the two strands of this competition, to develop innovative solutions for nutrient management. This funding is from the Farming Futures R&D Fund.

Programme:     Defra

Award:     Share of up to £15 million

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A £20 million challenge fund to deploy advanced technology for traffic signals, making use of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to optimise traffic flow and balance traffic across wider areas.

Programme:     ITMF

Award:     Share of up to £20 million

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The King’s Awards for Enterprise are for outstanding achievement by UK businesses in the categories of: innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility.

Programme:     Kings Award

Award:     Innovation, Trade, Sustainable Development, Social Mobility

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for collaboration with Canadian SMEs on joint R&D projects, for enabling technologies and innovations in biomanufacturing of biologics and advanced therapies.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £3 million

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Are you a small or medium-sized business seeking to develop a new product, process or service? A SMART: SCOTLAND grant can support technically focused feasibility studies to help discover if your idea will work in the real world.

Programme:     Scottish Enterprise

Award:     Share of up to £100,000

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The Welsh Government is investing £30 million in new programmes that will help Welsh organisations develop and embed new innovative products and services to help improve people’s lives, grow the economy and address the climate and nature emergency.

Programme:     The Welsh Government

Award:     Share of up to £30 million

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UK registered businesses can apply for up to £12 million as part of a collaborative research & development drive into ways to improve and scale up semiconductor manufacture and improve supply-chain resilience within the UK.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £12 million

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If you’re looking to grow your Scottish manufacturing business through developing low carbon products, processes or services, you can apply for the LCMCF grant.

Programme:     Scottish Enterprise

Award:     Share of up to £26 million