Grant Funding Calls

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The competition aims to accelerate AI adoption across the UK, by fostering collaboration between challenge holders in sectors and developers who need data-rich environments to advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £200,000

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Eurogia2030 is on the front line in the Energy field to achieve carbon neutrality goals.

Programme:     Eureka

Award:     Share of up to £4,000,000

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CELTIC-NEXT has opened a call for organisations collaborating internationally on the R&D ofICT projects.

Programme:     Eureka

Award:     Share of up to £750,000

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Funding for European teams interested in developing services integrating technology solutions to the smart cities and urban agricultural sector.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £75,000

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On Friday 1 December 2023, Defence Ministers announced the launch of an innovation challenge series for AUKUS Pillar II. The first of these challenges was focused on Electronic Warfare (EW). The second is focused on undersea Command, Control and Communications.

Programme:     DASA

Award:     Share of up to $8 million

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The Open Call for Innovation is one of the services the Defence and Security Accelerator uses to find ideas that address challenges across both Defence and Security landscapes to give us an edge over our adversaries.

Programme:     DASA

Award:     Share of up to £250,000

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MAGICIAN funds projects that enhance robotic defect detection and repair in manufacturing through AI-driven and human-centered automation

Programme:     Cascade Funding Hub

Award:     Share of up to 200,000 €

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Innovate UK is offering up to £25 million in innovation loans to micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £25 million

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Organisations can apply for a single award of up to £600,000, inclusive of VAT, to implement and assess a dementia based digital cognitive assessment (DCA) to be evaluated as part of the READ-OUT study being managed by the University of Oxford.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £600,000

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The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme is accepting applications to their new researcher and clinician-led THRIVE (Translate Healthcare Research through InnoVation and Entrepreneurship) funding and training opportunity.

Programme:     NIHR

Award:     Share of up to £150,000

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DASA launches Phase Two of Innovation in Support of Operations – a Themed Competition seeking fast paced scalable proposals across five new challenge areas.

Programme:     DASA

Award:     A share of up to £4 Million

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InnovateUkraine is a funding competition which aims to support and develop the energy innovations which will aid the recovery and restoration of Ukraine

Programme:     Innovate Ukraine

Award:     Share of up to £2 million

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The Department for Transport (DfT), Innovate UK and Innovate UK Business Connect are pleased to announce the latest First of a Kind (FOAK) rail competition.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     To be confirmed

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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7 million inclusive of VAT, across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution. Projects can last between 3 and 7 months and must be completed by 31 March 2026.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £4.7 million

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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7 million, inclusive of VAT, across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution. Projects can last between 3 and 7 months and must be completed by 31 March 2026.

Programme:     Innovate Uk

Award:     Share of £4.7 million

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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7 million inclusive of VAT, across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution. Projects can last between 3 and 7 months and must be completed by 31 March 26.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £4.7 million

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UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8 million 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 £8 million

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UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovation projects to grow their business. This funding is from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £8 million

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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million. These feasibility studies will investigate ways to improve semiconductor design and manufacture within the UK to support critical technologies.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £5 million

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Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £2 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £2 million

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ESA invites proposals for projects that leverage space-based technologies to advance resilience and sustainability in the energy sector.

Programme:     European Space Agency

Award:     Share of up to €500,000

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Funding for European teams interested in developing sustainable space-based services and applications for intermodal transport, covering both freight and passenger transportation.

Programme:     European Space Agency

Award:     Share of up to €500,000

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ESA seek space-enabled services and products related to observation, monitoring, analysis and modelling of the state of the Sun and (inter)planetary environments.

Programme:     European Space Agency

Award:     Share of up to €200,000

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The EIC Transition is a funding programme under Horizon Europe targeting innovation activities that goes beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory.

Programme:     European Innovation Council

Award:     Share of up to EUR 98 million.

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ESA invites proposals for feasibility studies and demonstration projects to leverage space-based services and applications for smart cities.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Up to 80% of project costs

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Develop and scaleup innovations with the potential to create or disrupt markets (TRL 6-8). Patient capital principle.

Programme:     European Innovation Council

Award:     Share of up to €384 million

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Programme:     European Innovation Council

Award:     Share of up to EUR 4 million

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Catalyzing major funding rounds to scale up breakthrough innovations in the fields of digital, deep tech, clean tech & biotech.

Programme:     European Innovation Council

Award:     Share of up to EUR 300 million

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Ministries and funding agencies have funding for organisations collaborating on disaster resilience, response, and recovery R&D projects.

Programme:     Eureka

Award:     To be confirmed

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Funding to support the use of space-based assets to improve the European Rail system

Programme:     European Space Agency

Award:     Share of up to EUR500,000

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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