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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Round 4 Discovery

Programme

Closes

23 Oct 2024

Award

£150k
All
All
Energy/ net zero
£100k to £500k

Funding which aims to deliver net zero at lowest cost to consumers and support innovative businesses to grow and scale.

Design to Deliver: Space-Enabled Information for a Thriving World

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

25 Oct 2024

Award

£50k
All
All
Fintech/Prof services
Energy/ net zero
<£100k

Funding for solutions that could translate space-enabled data and services into information that is trusted and actionable, fuelling responsible behaviours towards nature.

Contracts for Innovation: International Rail Innovation Challenges

Programme

Department for Business and Trade

Closes

16 October 2024

Award

£500k
All
All
Transportation
£100k to £500k

Funding to deliver feasibility studies to address the challenges of building and operating a wide range of international rail projects across the globe.

Cyber Local

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

9 October 2024

Award

£150k
All
All
AI/Quantum
£100k to £500k

Funding to develop impactful regional activities and events that focus on supporting the growth of the cyber security sector and the development of cyber security skills.

Competition 27 - Work-related digital innovations for individuals with poor mental health

Programme

SBRI

Closes

13 November 2024

Award

£200k
All
All
Healthcare/Med tech
£100k to £500k

Funding for digital interventions addressing work-related barriers for employed, unemployed, and disadvantaged individuals with mental health problems.

Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Round 17

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

30 Oct 2024

Award

£2 million
All
All
Agritech / Food
AI/Quantum
Creative/Music
Defence
Education
£500k+

Apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

Biomedical Catalyst 2024 Round 1: Industry-led R&D

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

16 Oct 2024

Award

£4 million
All
All
Healthcare/Med tech
£500k+

Funding to develop innovative solutions to health, and healthcare, challenges.

Eureka Globalstars Japan Round 3

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

4 Dec 2024

Award

£600k
All
All
Aerospace
Agritech / Food
Creative/Music
AI/Quantum
Defence
£500k+

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

Quantum CR&D Demonstrators for Position, Navigation and Timing

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

9 Oct 2024

Award

£500k
All
All
AI/Quantum
£100k to £500k

Funding for innovation projects demonstrating quantum technology solutions for determining position, navigation and time.

Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Round 17

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

30 Oct 2024

Award

£2 million
All
All
Aerospace
Agritech / Food
AI/Quantum
Creative/Music
Defence
£500k+

Apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

Analysis for Innovators Round 14: Stage 1

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

9 Oct 2024

Award

£100k
All
All
AI/Quantum
Fintech/Prof services
Energy/ net zero
Aerospace
Agritech / Food
<£100k

Funding to resolve productivity and competitiveness issues by working with top scientists and research facilities.

Contracts for Innovation: AI tools for education

Programme

The Department for Education (DfE).

Closes

9 Oct 2024

Award

£200k
All
All
Education
AI/Quantum
£100k to £500k

Funding to develop AI Education tools to support effective assessment of progress and feedback for pupils using an AI code library.

British Business Bank Investment Fund for Wales

Programme

British Business Bank

Closes

Applications are accepted all year round

Award

£2 million
All
All
Fintech/Prof services
Manufacturing
AI/Quantum
Creative/Music
Defence
£500k+

This fund aims to drive sustainable economic growth by supporting innovation and creating local opportunity for new and growing businesses across Wales.

Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing: Expression of interest

Programme

European Space Agency

Closes

16 Oct 2024

Award

£100k
All
All
Healthcare/Med tech
<£100k

The aim of this competition is to provide seed funding to establish a consortium and prepare a case for a later, full sustainable medicine manufacturing themed Grand Challenge award.

SPACE FOR SAFEGUARDING OF CHILDREN

Programme

European Space Agency

Closes

6 Nov 2924

Award

€200k
All
All
Fintech/Prof services
Healthcare/Med tech
£100k to £500k

Funding to improve existing tools and develop new ones to identify and address the issue of missing children.

European Space Agency: Space for Sustainable Pharma

Programme

European Space Agency, Innovate UK

Closes

3 Nov 2024

Award

Unspecified
All
All
Healthcare/Med tech
£100k to £500k

Innovate UK are supporting companies looking to investigate the feasibility and commercial viability of services which address pharmaceutical sustainability challenges.

The European Prize for Women Innovators

Programme

HORIZON EUROPE

Closes

25 Sep 2024

Award

€100k
All
All
Aerospace
Agritech / Food
AI/Quantum
Creative/Music
Defence
<£100k

The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe’s game-changing innovations, so that they may inspire other women and girls realise their full potential as the EU’s future scientists, innovators, and tech leaders.

ATI Non-CO2 Programme

Programme

ATI

Closes

20 Nov 2024

Award

£18 million
All
All
Transportation
Aerospace
£500k+

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.

Innovate UK Smart grants: July2024

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

23 Oct 2024

Award

£25 million
All
All
Manufacturing
Aerospace
Agritech / Food
AI/Quantum
Creative/Music
£500k+

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £25 million in the best game-changing and world-leading ideas, designed for swift, successful commercialisation.

EIT Manufacturing Accelerate

Programme

EIT Manufacturing

Closes

18 Oct 2024*

Award

£500k
All
All
Energy/ net zero
Manufacturing
£100k to £500k

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.

Eureka collaborative R&D: Eurostars 3 Call 7

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

12 Oct 2024

Award

€360k
All
All
Fintech/Prof services
Manufacturing
£100k to £500k

Funding for collaborative research and development (CR&D) in partnership with organisations from participating Eurostars countries that aim to develop innovative products, technology-based applications and/or technology-based services.

Accessible and affordable tests to advance early detection of heritable cancers

Programme

Horizon Europe Framework Programme

Closes

18 Sept 2024

Award

£12 million
All
All
Healthcare/Med tech
£500k+

HORIZON are providing funding for projects that aim to deliver results through validating, piloting, and upscaling genetic, multi-omics, or other biomarker-based tests for early detection of cancers with underlying heritable genetic risk in routine healthcare.

Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants

Programme

Arts Council National Lottery

Closes

Open all year round

Award

£100k
All
All
Creative/Music
Education
<£100k

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

Eureka Disaster Resilience Programme Collaborative R&D 2024

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

31 Oct 2024

Award

£1 million
All
All
Defence
£500k+

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £1 million to fund CR&D projects focused on industrial research with the aim to support international collaboration on R&D projects that create innovative products, processes or services for commercialisation. This programme will fund projects in the field of Disaster Resilience, Response and Recovery.

Challenge Awards round 15

Programme

NIHR

Closes

September - October (subject to change)

Award

Unspecified
All
All
No items found.

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.

SMART: SCOTLAND grants

Programme

Scottish Enterprise

Closes

Applications are accepted all year round

Award

£100k
All
All
No items found.
<£100k

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

Creative Growth Finance

Programme

Creative uk

Closes

Applications are accepted all year round

Award

Loans of £100K - £1m
All
All
No items found.
<£100k

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.

THE CONTENT FUND

Programme

UK Games Fund

Closes

Jan - Feb

Award

£50k - £150k
All
All
No items found.
<£100k

The Content Fund is a joint plan between Government and industry to drive growth, build talent and develop skills across the creative sectors.

Investor Partnerships

Programme

Investor Partnerships

Closes

Multiple funding rounds

Award

£50k to £5m
All
All
No items found.
<£100k

Innovate UK has selected a number of investor partners and will provide grant funding to companies that are delivering ambitious innovation projects with strong commercial potential.

Biomedical Catalyst

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

Multiple funding rounds

Award

Your project’s total costs must be between £150,000 and £4 million. The total grant cannot exceed £2 million.
All
All
No items found.
£500k+

The Biomedical Catalyst programme provides funding to help businesses test and develop innovative health and care projects.

The Industry-led research and development (R&D) stream of the Biomedical Catalyst programme supports pre-market R&D projects.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate existing evidence of commercial and technical feasibility.

Innovation Loan

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

Multiple funding rounds

Award

£100k to £2m
All
All
No items found.
<£100k

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.

European Space Agency

Programme

European Space Agency

Closes

Ongoing

Award

€60k to €3 million +
All
All
No items found.
£500k+

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

Smart Grant

Programme

Innovate UK

Closes

Multiple funding rounds

Award

£100k to £2m
All
All
No items found.
<£100k

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

We can help with a wide range of funding opportunities

Programme

Various

Closes

Ongoing

Award

Various
All
All
No items found.

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