Artificial Intelligence grants
Grants for AI companies with genuine technical risk
Nearly every UK and EU programme now funds AI, which means assessors see hundreds of applications wrapping a commodity model in a new interface. Awards go to teams with a defensible technical unknown, a novel architecture, a hard data problem, or a domain where general models fail. We help you find and prove that unknown.
£190m+ won by our team
PhD-level specialists, never a template or an AI tool.
Funders funding artificial intelligence
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Programmes that fit artificial intelligence companies
Innovate UK CR&D competitions
Mission-led calls; strongest fit for foundational or applied ML innovation from UK SMEs.
Horizon Europe SecureAI
Digital, Industry and Space cluster call for trustworthy and secure AI research.
ARIA programmes
Programmatic funding for genuinely frontier, high-risk approaches.
What assessors actually score
- Why an off-the-shelf model does not already solve this
- Data access, provenance and evaluation methodology
- Benchmarks and baselines a technical assessor will respect
Where we work in artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence grants in our directory
Live programmes from the UK grant directory that suit artificial intelligence projects. Deadlines move between rounds, so each listing links through to the current detail.
Horizon Europe
[Horizon Europe - DIGITAL] CL4-2027-04 Energy-efficient AI Data Centres
This is a demonstration-heavy, industrially oriented grant for mature technologies that can materially reduce the energy and environmental impact of AI data centres. The Commission wants practical pilots, not conceptual studies: cooling, power backup, AI-aware operations, waste-heat reuse and energy-system integration all need to be shown in credible real-world settings. The most competitive bids will probably present a full-stack story: chip/module thermal management + data-centre operations optimisation + energy/waste-heat integration + validated industrial use cases. A good proposal should…
Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe Cluster 4: trustworthy AI
Thematic calls funding research into trustworthy, secure and human-centric artificial intelligence systems.
EIT Urban Mobility
[EIT Urban Mobility] Strategic Innovation Open Call - Mobility data management
Data-driven solutions that enhance the performance, efficiency and responsiveness of urban mobility systems through e.g. the use of advanced analytics, AI, quantum technology or real time data – in alignment with EU level interoperability and data governance efforts (e.g. common data spaces, European data standards, open digital infrastructures). Solutions that enable cities and public authorities to make data-informed decisions – particularly for the design and implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs), inclusive/participatory planning and citizen engagement, resilience and…
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics] Apply AI: AI-Driven Robotics for Industry: Enabling System Integration and Adopt…
This topic aims to support a large collaborative project that accelerates the deployment and industrial adoption of AI‑powered robotics by developing common frameworks, reusable integration tools and adoption strategies that work across multiple industrial sectors. It focuses on bridging the gap between robotics research and real‑world industrial systems, helping organisations integrate AI and robotic technologies at scale. What the Project Should Deliver Projects under this call are expected to produce outcomes such as: Modular, interoperable frameworks and standardized protocols to help int…
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics] Apply AI: Challenge-Driven AI Innovation Booster in Apply AI prioritised sectors…
This topic funds challenge‑driven programmes that organise multi‑stage competitions or innovation boosters focused on generative and advanced AI technologies in key strategic sectors prioritised by the EU’s Apply AI Strategy. The initiative aims to drive significant technological progress and boost AI adoption and innovation by actively engaging AI developers, researchers and SMEs in solving hard, real‑world problems. Priority application domains include areas like advanced manufacturing, healthcare and autonomous driving, where AI can deliver measurable impact and competitiveness gains. Expe…
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics] EU Frontier AI Initiative: Developing frontier AI solutions that are safe and co…
This topic is part of the EU’s Apply AI Strategy and the Frontier AI Initiative. It aims to support research and development of advanced frontier artificial intelligence models that push the state of the art in capability, while also addressing computational efficiency and safety by design. The initiative seeks to strengthen European scientific and technological leadership in AI by enabling development of large, multimodal AI systems and methods that are both powerful and energy‑efficient. Scope & Expected Outcomes Projects funded under this topic are expected to contribute to goals such as:…
Relevant client wins
Grants our team has won for companies solving comparable technical problems.
£341,810
Smart Grant secured
Neural Voice
AI / software: conversational AI
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£596,670
Awarded for AI risk management
Holistic AI
AI / software: AI assurance
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£331,000
For AI diversity impact tool
HR Data Hub
AI / software: workforce analytics
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£158,942
For Creator-Assist tool
Bronze AI
AI / software: interactive machine learning
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Award won
Highly competitive national award won
TextMine
AI / software: document intelligence
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