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Innovate UK Smart grants: January 2024

Key Features

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

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £25 million

Closes: 24th Apr 2024

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UK-Switzerland CR&D Round 2

Key Features

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4 million for innovative projects in all technologies. You must collaborate with at least one Swiss implementation partner applying under the equivalent Swiss Innosuisse programme.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £4 million

Closes: 1st May 2024

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Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: round 14

Key Features

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 £25 million

Closes: 1st May 2024

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APC: ARMD3 – Advanced route to market demonstrator 3

Key Features

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £15 million for late stage R&D projects that help accelerate the UK towards a zero emission automotive future.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £15 million

Closes: 1st May 2024

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Diet and health innovation: Early stage feasibility projects

Key Features

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million for early stage feasibility projects working with one or more of the Diet and Health Open Innovation Research Club (OIRC) hubs. This funding is from BBSRC and Innovate UK.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £2.5 million

Closes: 8th May 2024

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Eureka Quantum collaborative R&D Multilateral 2024

Key Features

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop quantum technologies with organisations from Eureka partner countries.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £2 million

Closes: 8th May 2024

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The C-LEO programme

Key Features

The UK Space Agency Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit (C-LEO) programme will provide up to £160 million of grant funding and contract awards over the next 4 years to UK companies and researchers to develop innovative satellite communications technology.

Programme:     UK Space Agency

Award:     Share of up to £60 million

Closes: 8th May 2024

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DASA Open Call for Innovation – Cycle 1 – Defence Rapid Impact

Key Features

The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, product or service, at various levels of maturity.

Programme:     DASA

Award:     Share of up to £250k

Closes: 14th May 2024

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AUKUS Electronic Warfare Challenge

Key Features

On Friday 1 December 2023, Defence Ministers announced the launch of an innovation challenge series for AUKUS Pillar 2.

Programme:     DASA

Award:     Share of up to £1.92 million

Closes: 16th May 2024

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Automotive Transformation Fund Feasibility Studies: Round 5

Key Features

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million. This is for business case feasibility studies to support scale up of the UK’s zero emission automotive supply chain.

Programme:     APC

Award:     Share of up to £2 million

Closes: 17th May 2024

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UK-South Korea CR&D 2024

Key Features

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with South Korea. You must collaborate with at least one South Korean business applying under the equivalent KIAT or KETEP programme.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £6 million

Closes: 22nd May 2024

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Unlocking Space for Business

Key Features

Proposals are sought for innovative pilot projects, funded by the UK Space Agency’s Unlocking Space for Business programme.

Programme:     UK Space Agency

Award:     Share of upto £3.5 milion

Closes: 22nd May 2024

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Digital Twin Energy Grids

Key Features

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.2 million for collaborative projects that enable digital twins, data interoperability and cyber resilience in the UK energy networks. This funding is from Innovate UK.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1.2 million

Closes: 24th May 2024

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Safeguarded AI: TA1.1 Theory

Key Features

ARIA are looking to fund this Technical Area 1.1 with up to £3.5M in total for the first year.

Programme:     ARIA

Award:     Share of up to £3.5 million

Closes: 28th May 2024

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NHS Cancer Programme – Innovation Open Call 3

Key Features

NHS England has launched a new round of its funding competition for innovation in the early detection and diagnosis of cancer.

Programme:     SBRI

Award:     Share of up to £4 million

Closes: 29th May 2024

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ATI programme: batch 43 SME

Key Features

The ATI Programme funds industrial research to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive. This is an invite only competition, you must be invited into the competition by Innovate UK.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £685 million

Closes: 29th May 2024

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Resource-efficient or bio-based materials and manufacturing, FS 2

Key Features

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for innovative feasibility studies in advanced low carbon manufacturing. This funding is from Innovate UK and BBSRC.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £1 million

Closes: 29th May 2024

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International Green Corridors Fund: UK – IE Feasibility Studies

Key Features

UK registered organisations and Irish organisations can apply for a share of up to a combined total of £860,000 (EUR 1 million) for joint R&D projects focused on UK and IE Green Shipping Corridor routes.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £860,000

Closes: 30th May 2024

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UK – Germany Bilateral: Collaborative R&D Round 3

Key Features

UK registered organisations, collaborating with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme, can apply for a share of up to £4 million for collaborative projects resulting in innovative solutions in emerging technologies.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £4 million

Closes: 3rd Jun 2024

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Smart Shipping Acceleration Fund

Key Features

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovative smart shipping technologies for maritime decarbonisation. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £8 million

Closes: 26th Jun 2024

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UK-Taiwan CRD 2024

Key Features

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Taiwan. You must collaborate with at least one Taiwan business applying under the equivalent DoIT programme.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £5 million

Closes: 17th Jul 2024

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SMART: SCOTLAND grants

Key Features

Are you a small or medium-sized business seeking to develop a new product, process or service? A SMART: SCOTLAND grant can support technically focused feasibility studies to help discover if your idea will work in the real world.

Programme:     Scottish Enterprise

Award:     Share of up to £100,000

Closes: 9th Nov 2024

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Smart Flexible Innovation Support (SMART FIS)

Key Features

The Welsh Government is investing £30 million in new programmes that will help Welsh organisations develop and embed new innovative products and services to help improve people’s lives, grow the economy and address the climate and nature emergency.

Programme:     The Welsh Government

Award:     Share of up to £30 million

Closes: 9th Nov 2024

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Improving and Scaling-up Semiconductor Manufacturing – CR&D

Key Features

UK registered businesses can apply for up to £12 million as part of a collaborative research & development drive into ways to improve and scale up semiconductor manufacture and improve supply-chain resilience within the UK.

Programme:     Innovate UK

Award:     Share of up to £12 million

Closes: 31st Dec 2024

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Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund (LCMCF)

Key Features

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

Closes: 31st Mar 2026

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