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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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Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £3 million in a design accelerator to support NHS Organisations to speed up the development of novel community based patient access models that are safe, effective and resource efficient.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £3 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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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £600,000 for the development of regional demonstrators of drone, electric take off and landing (eVTOL) or zero emission conventional take off and landing (CTOL) aircraft operations in the UK.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £600,000

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for the development of next steps in integrated Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) usage. This funding is from Innovate UK and Department for Transport.

Programme:     Innvoate UK

Award:     Share of up to £3 million

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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £12 million, inclusive of VAT, to work on maturing and enabling the availability of CHERI Tools and Software components for RISC-V embedded devices that support the CHERI architecture extensions.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £12 million

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Organisations can apply for a share of £1.8million, inclusive of VAT, to deliver social impact through scaling community based diet and (or) exercise initiatives.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1.8 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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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million for Industrial research projects from the Farming Futures R&D Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £12.5 million

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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million for precision breeding of arable and horticultural crops. This funding is from the Farming Futures R&D Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £12.5 million

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Organisations can apply for a share of £800,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop pre-commercial innovations that support Local Authorities in meeting net zero goals.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £800,000

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Organisations can apply for a share of £800,000, inclusive of VAT, to further develop clean air pre-commercial innovations.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £800,000

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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Round 4 challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £30 million

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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Round 5 challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £30 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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UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Funding to be confirmed

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UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £2 millon

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Organisations can apply for a share of £14 million, inclusive of VAT, to accelerate the development and adoption of quantum sensors and quantum position, navigation, and timing products and services.

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Award:     Share of up to £14 million

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UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £2 million to fund innovation projects with businesses, not for profits or public sector organisations.

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Award:     Share of up to £2 million

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UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop innovative farming solutions. This must align with private investment from selected investor partners.

Programme:     Innovate Uk

Award:     Share of up to £5 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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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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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of at least £1 million for collaboration with Canadian SMEs on joint Semiconductors projects.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £ 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