Grants

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UK registered businesses can apply for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential. They must significantly improve the UK economy and drive societal benefit.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants from micro, small or medium sized enterprises registered in the UK.

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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.
To lead a project, you can:
be an organisation of any size, including those based in the EU, EEA or internationally work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only. The majority of the project work must be carried out in the UK.

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UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for feasibility studies into UK manufacturing of zero emission vehicle technologies.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To work alone your organisation must be a UK registered business.

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late-stage collaborative research and development projects. Your project will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to collaborations only.
To lead a collaborative project, your organisation must be a UK registered business.
The consortium must contain at least one UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME) claiming grant funding on this application.

Apply for funding to Projects Peer Review Panel 2026. Only invited applicants, who have undergone a successful statement of interest (SoI) stage are eligible to apply.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.
STFC provides research grant funding opportunities that are reviewed through frequent Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) rounds. Only invited applicants, approved by programme managers can submit a full proposal.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be agreed with specific programme areas and STFC will fund 80% of the FEC.
The funding opportunity will open on 8 September 2025. More information will be available on this page then.

Apply for funding to deliver doctoral focal awards (previously centres for doctoral training), offering high quality, cohort-based doctoral education in nuclear skills for the UK civil and defence sectors to home students.
UKRI expect up to £45 million funding from the UK Government to be available for this opportunity. Subject to the current government spending review, additional government funding may be available.
An intent to submit must be completed by 12 September 2025 4:00pm UK time.
The UK government will fund 100% of eligible costs listed in the opportunity. Estates and indirect costs will not be funded.

You can apply for pilot project funding to collaborate with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative by one of two routes:
Projects can be either:
academic only academic with an industrial partner. For industrial partners matched funding is expected You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
Projects are expected to be between three and 12 months in duration.

Apply for Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) funding to maximise the international partnership brokering and networking policy opportunities of UK arts and humanities research, as a step towards the Horizon Europe Resilient Cultural Heritage Partnership.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £60,000. AHRC will fund 80% of the FEC.
Projects will be funded up to a maximum of 12 months and must start on 1 February 2026 and must be completed by 31 January 2027.

Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research which focuses on the underpinning science of aviation’s non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) impacts to identify benefits, mitigation options, informing industry and government policy decisions.
You must be:
based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £354,375. We will fund 80% of the FEC.
Projects must begin by no later than 1 March 2026 and last for up to 26 months.

This opportunity is for established researchers from across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) remit, without a background in core artificial intelligence (AI) research, who want to build domain relevant AI capability and develop advanced AI approaches to tackle a specific research challenge in their chosen field.
You must be hosted and supported by a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2,187,500. UKRI will fund 80% of the FEC. The funding is subject to final budget approvals.
Projects can be up to three years in duration and must start on 1 October 2026.

Apply for this invitation-only funding opportunity to support UK business and bioscience academic partnerships in accessing and benefitting from STFC skills, capabilities and facilities to find solutions to industrially relevant bioscience challenges.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. The full proposal stage requires both an academic and UK business partner to support the application.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £200,000, including academic costs (at 80%) and facility costs (at 100%).
Projects can last up to 18 months in duration.

Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions.
Your project can start and finish at any stage on the developmental pathway from prototype development, through pre-clinical refinement and testing to early-phase clinical studies and trials (up to phase 2a).
You must be based at a research organisation eligible for Medical Research Council (MRC) funding.
There is no limit on the amount of funding you can apply for, but it should be appropriate to the project. We usually fund 80% of a project’s Full Economic Cost (FEC).
This is an ongoing funding opportunity. Application rounds close every March, July and November.

Apply for funding to conduct rapid evidence reviews (RER) in support of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Research Programme on Gambling. The reviews will help identify evidence gaps within the research and innovation ecosystem relating to gambling harms.
The full economic cost of a RER can be up to £50,000. UKRI will fund 100% of the full economic cost.
UKRI will fund up to 30 RER for six months.
You must be based at a UK research organisation, independent research organisation, or UK registered business eligible for UKRI funding.

Apply for funding to pursue an ambitious, high risk and high reward curiosity-driven project in environmental research.
You must be:
based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements We welcome:
multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research projects delivered in partnership with other research funders and users The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £950,000. We will fund 80% of the FEC.
There is no defined project duration, but awards are usually between three and four years.

he UK Government, through the NPSA and the NCSC, is offering a subsidised security review aimed at helping companies within the Clean Energy sector strengthen their defences against state-level threats. It’s a great opportunity to reinforce your IP protection and operational resilience.
The review expands on Cyber Essentials and covers a wide range of areas including:

•              Cyber security
•              Governance and risk management
•              Supply chain resilience
•              Security culture
•              Incident response readiness

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

Innovate UK is offering up to £25 million in loans to micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Innovate UK innovation loans are for highly innovative late stage research and development (R&D) projects with the best potential for the future. There must be a clear route to commercialisation and economic impact.

Apply for a share of £14m to accelerate the development and adoption of quantum sensors and quantum position, navigation, and timing products and services.

Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) 2025 supports early stage, high-risk research and development projects with up to £45,000 in grant funding.

UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.3 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the marine and maritime cluster in the Great South West.

This funding is from Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme which supports the UK government’s goals for local economic growth. This Launchpad is also supporting Maritime UK South West as the local cluster management organisation.
Innovate UK will work with Cornwall Council, Plymouth City Council and Dorset Council to invest up to £2.3 million in innovation projects.

Calling all students! Want to get your hands on some brand new Apple tech? You're in luck - we're giving away 15 iPads and 35 pairs of Apple AirPods (4th Gen) in our latest prize draw!
Who can enter?
All current further education (FE) and higher education (HE) students in the UK aged 18+, including:
Full-time and part-time students
Undergraduates and postgraduates
A-level and T-level students
BTEC, HNC, HND, and Foundation Degree students
Degree apprentices
What's more, you don’t need to be a Santander customer to take part.
By entering, you'll not only be in with a chance to win some new tech - you'll also get free access to skills development courses from top global institutions! 

What is the Growth Catalyst?
Innovate UK’s Growth Catalyst is a new integrated package of funding and support, designed to accelerate highly innovative start-up businesses through specific stages on their journey to becoming scale-ups and beyond.
Our first Growth Catalyst pilot is aimed at innovative late-stage start-up businesses (seed to series A) working in clean energy or climate technology.
We plan two further Growth Catalyst rounds this year, potentially in different industry sectors. The next pilot will be aimed at early-stage (pre-seed) start-ups.
What could Growth Catalyst do for business?
We are offering successful applicants a new tailored funding and support package.
This package could support your business to progress innovative solutions towards a fully developed and tested product or service that may be delivered at scale.

The Tree Production Innovation Fund (TPIF) supports projects that will enhance or facilitate tree production methods in England. The Tree Production Innovation Fund (TPIF) supports projects that will enhance or facilitate tree production methods used in the UK. You can apply for up to £200,000 per financial year to develop new technologies or techniques that enhance UK tree production methods.

Two tailored business support programmes designed to accelerate the growth of promising start-ups and scale-ups in Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI).

EIT Culture & Creativity launches its 2025 call for applications for two tailored business support programmes designed to accelerate the growth of promising start-ups and scale-ups in Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI).
With a focus on five key sectors — fashion, architecture, cultural heritage, audio-visual media, and gaming — this call offers high-potential ventures the opportunity to scale their impact, compete for financial prizes, prepare to raise funds, and expand across international markets.
To help applicants in preparing and submitting their proposals, EIT Culture & Creativity previously hosted two information sessions covering the different aspects of the call. These webinars aimed to ensure open, free, and fair access to all interested stakeholders.
Webinar 1: Introduction to the call, focus & scope. Watch the recording here.
Webinar 2: Application demonstration. Watch the recording here.

The Quantum Business Incubation Centre (QuBIC) is designed to support early-stage quantum technology companies achieve their commercial potential by de-risking their route to market. It enables early-stage companies to develop new products or services based on quantum technologies (including computing, imaging, sensing, networks, cryptography, simulation, etc.).
The QuBIC builds upon the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s strong track record of managing support programmes and facilities for small businesses across its locations and the technical expertise both at STFC’s National Laboratories and at our partner organisations, such as The National Quantum Computing Centre.
While the QuBIC will ultimately support start-ups working across the spectrum of quantum technologies, our current focus will be on supporting Quantum Computing start-ups. The QuBIC will support businesses developing Quantum Technologies (Quantum Computing- software and hardware, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Communications, etc.)

The UK Space Agency invites proposals from end-user business led consortiums, with a space supplier and any relevant integrator organisations, for innovative pilot projects to commercialise space solutions within the Financial Services or Transport & Logistics sectors in the UK.
Projects must provide positive economic benefit to an end-user business within either the Financial Services or Transport & Logistics in the UK. Proposals must be UK based, led by UK based organisations. 
Projects must involve at least one satellite data domain (Earth observation, Satcom, PNT), and may involve complementary enabling technologies such as AI, Quantum or Machine Learning. 
Projects must start at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5+ and must progress to at least TRL 7 by the end of the project. 
Projects must be able to demonstrate a tangible benefit to the end-user business within the 7-month maximum project duration. Projects must have clearly defined, and tangible outcomes measured against success criteria showing progress towards commercialisation. Examples of previous successful pilot projects can be found here. 
Awarded projects will start from 1 September 2025 and must have fully completed by 31 March 2026. Projects should aim to be completed within 6 months, i.e. by February 2026, to allow for final wrap-up in March, with three milestones completed by January 2026. Projects planning to use the full 7-month duration should be aware that extension requests beyond the 31 March 2026 are not possible. 
Grant funding per project is expected to range from £150,000 to £400,000. In exceptional circumstances, UK Space Agency reserve the right to adjust the value or duration of the grant funding available.