Funding Opportunities: Energy/Net Zero
Eureka Globalstars Japan Round 3
Funding to develop Innovative proposals in partnership with Japan and other participating Eureka countries with the aim to promote business led, collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research
EIT Manufacturing Accelerate
This Accelerator programme supports and grants financing to startups and scale-ups with innovative solutions and technologies, that address critical challenges in the manufacturing sector, and are helping the European manufacturing sector to become more efficient, resilient, green, and globally competitive.
*This Competition has multiple cut off dates, see link for more information.
European Space Agency: Maritime Decarbonisation through Autonomy
This grant supports innovations in maritime autonomy that enhance decarbonisation through improved vessel efficiency, advanced infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and security. It seeks solutions leveraging space data to increase autonomy, improve situational awareness, and protect systems while preparing seafarers for the evolving landscape of human-assisted operations. Focus areas include sustainability, safety, and regulatory integration.
British Business Bank Investment Fund for Wales
This fund aims to drive sustainable economic growth by supporting innovation and creating local opportunity for new and growing businesses across Wales.
Other grant funding opportunities
European Space Agency: Space for Sustainable Pharma
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Innovate UK are supporting companies looking to investigate the feasibility and commercial viability of services which address pharmaceutical sustainability challenges.
SPACE FOR SAFEGUARDING OF CHILDREN
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Funding to improve existing tools and develop new ones to identify and address the issue of missing children.
Agri-tech and food technology, Eastern England - Round 2 MFA
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Funding for business led projects that grow their innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Eastern England.
Competition 27 - Work-related digital innovations for individuals with poor mental health
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Funding for digital interventions addressing work-related barriers for employed, unemployed, and disadvantaged individuals with mental health problems.
ATI Non-CO2 Programme
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This Non-CO2 Programme focuses on reducing non Co2 emissions in the aerospace sector, Funding will be awarded from the total ATI Programme budget valued at £685m.
HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: AI / Novel Technology Red Agent Penetration Testi
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This Co-Creation challenge by Innovate UK and HMGCC aims to evaluate the readiness of the technologies, their capabilities and integration needs. This will be achieved by evaluating ease of adaption and integration. The challenge is being delivered across two workstreams delivered in parallel over 12 weeks.
Space For Electromobility
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Funding for teams who would like to develop sustainable space-based services and applications that address challenges related to the electromobility ecosystem.
Mental Health Award: Accelerating Scalable Digital Mental Health Interventions
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This Wellcome Trust funding supports research on digital interventionsfor early intervention in anxiety, depression, or psychosis. Projects caninvolve various technologies, such as AI, mobile apps, chatbots, wearables, andmore, targeting symptoms or functional impairments. Interventions can bestandalone or adjunct and suitable for delivery in diverse settings.
NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Product Development Awards (PDA) Call 29 Stage 1
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The i4i Product Development Awards supports collaborative research and development of medical devices, in vitro diagnostic devices and high-impact patient-focused digital health technologies for use in the NHS or social care systems.
Mindset extended reality (XR): Digital therapeutics for mental health
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Funding to develop digital therapeutic extended reality (XR) solutions to provide mental healthcare services. These solutions will optimally be applied and trialled following an R&D cycle of between 12 to 18 months. Solutions must have the potential to be adopted at scale to form part of the UK’s formal mental healthcare ecosystem.
The Content Fund
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The Content Fund is a joint plan between Government and industry to drive growth, build talent and develop skills across the creative sectors.
European Space Agency
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You can apply for funding from ESA for the Open Call for Proposals or through specific themed opportunities. Your project must delivered R&D related to the space industry
Innovation Loan
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This is a multi-sector generous loan opportunity of between £100k and £2m for UK registered, highly innovative SMEs with projects lasting up to 5 years.
Creative Growth Finance
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Creative UK have partnered with Triodos Bank on the Creative Growth Finance fund to offer loans of £100,000 to £1m* that will help businesses to grow.
SMART: SCOTLAND grants
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The SMART: SCOTLAND grant aims to support high-risk, highly ambitious projects providing support to conduct feasibility studies. It’s only available to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based in Scotland
Challenge Awards round 15
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NIHR i4i Challenge Awards support the real-world evaluation of medical devices, in vitro diagnostic devices and high-impact patient-focused digital health technologies for us in the NHS or social care system. The i4i Challenge Awards provide funding for collaborative projects with a focus on implementation research on technologies which have demonstrated safety and efficacy, and have a clear pathway towards adoption and commercialisation.
Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
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Arts Council National Lottery are offering funding to people in England who are creative, or work in the arts, museums or libraries. The fund supports thousands of individual practitioners, community and cultural organisations