Key features
Loans for game-changing innovations with strong commercial potential that will significantly improve the UK economy.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £10 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
23rd Sep 2019
Closes:
27th Nov 2019
Commercialising quantum technology: feasibility and industrial research projects round 1
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million for quantum technology innovation projects funded by the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £6 million
Sectors
Quantum
Opens:
5th Aug 2019
Closes:
30th Oct 2019
Commercialising quantum technology: large collaborative projects round 1
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £27 million to collaborate on developing quantum products and services. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £27 million
Sectors
Quantum
Opens:
5th Aug 2019
Closes:
30th Oct 2019
Transforming UK construction: MMC, digital and whole-life performance
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million for collaborative R&D projects that improve productivity, quality and performance in UK construction.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £10 million
Sectors
Construction
Opens:
28th Aug 2019
Closes:
30th Oct 2019
Transforming UK construction: demonstrator projects
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £26 million for practical, demonstrator projects in MMC, digital and whole-life asset performance.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £26 million
Sectors
Construction
Opens:
28th Aug 2019
Closes:
6th Nov 2019
SBRI: innovation in rail security surveillance analytics, phase 1
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £968,000, plus VAT, for innovations that demonstrate security surveillance analytics in Network Rail stations.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £968,000
Sectors
Rail
Opens:
16th Sep 2019
Closes:
13th Nov 2019
SBRI: innovation in automated tunnel examination
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million, plus VAT, for projects that develop and demonstrate innovation to automate the examination of tunnels.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £1.5 million
Sectors
Rail
Opens:
16th Sep 2019
Closes:
13th Nov 2019
Key features
A 2 day discovery workshop for successful applicants to refine, validate and collaborate on the challenge of Future Flight against 6 problem statements.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Sectors
Aerospace
Opens:
30th Sep 2019
Closes:
21st Nov 2019
Key features
This is stage 1 of a 2-stage competition. A total fund of up to £2 million is on offer for stage 1 to conduct research and develop a business plan for a healthy ageing ‘trailblazer’. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
23rd Sep 2019
Closes:
27th Nov 2019
NATEP: helping SMEs innovate in aerospace
Key features
UK micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million for industry led civil aerospace research projects.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2.5 million
Sectors
Aerospace
Opens:
21st Oct 2019
Closes:
4th Dec 2019
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million to run trials in England to test ways to encourage SMEs to adopt existing productivity-boosting technologies.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
2nd Oct 2019
Closes:
4th Dec 2019
i4i Product Development Awards Call 19
Key features
These awards support any stage of the translational research and development pathway, including the clinical development of laboratory-validated technologies or interventions.
Programme
NIHR
Award
No upper funding limit
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
30th Oct 2019
Closes:
11th Dec 2019
Key features
UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for 5G collaborative R&D projects in the EUREKA CELTIC-NEXT programme.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
AI & Robotics, General/Open
Opens:
14th Oct 2019
Closes:
11th Dec 2019
Key features
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of £1.5 million to support the evaluation of innovative medical devices, diagnostics and regulated digital health products.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £1.5 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
30th Sep 2019
Closes:
11th Dec 2019
Key features
Cycle 4 of the 2019/20 DASA Open Call for Innovation. The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and/or security of the UK.
Programme
DASA
Award
See below for details
Sectors
Defence, General/Open
Opens:
3rd Oct 2019
Closes:
12th Dec 2019
Key features
Apply for a share of £1.25 million to develop and demonstrate novel technologies or applications in the area of Electro-Optic and Infrared (EOIR) sensors to address the future needs of defence and security.
Programme
DASA
Award
Share of up to £1.25 million
Sectors
Defence
Opens:
4th Sep 2019
Closes:
13th Dec 2019
Key features
Share of up to £3.1 million available to fund innovative demonstration projects (TRLs 4 to 7) that help the rail industry implement more VSTP schedules in a robust and validated way, ensuring there is an allocated and de-conflicted path for each train service.
Programme
RSSB
Award
Share of up to £3.1 million
Sectors
Rail
Opens:
1st Oct 2019
Closes:
3rd Jan 2020
Key features
Opportunity to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver ambitious or disruptive R&D innovations that can make a significant impact on the UK economy.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £25 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
17th Oct 2019
Closes:
8th Jan 2020
Key features
UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to work on agri-tech and food chain innovations in Africa.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £5 million
Sectors
Agriculture
Opens:
14th Oct 2019
Closes:
8th Jan 2020
Key features
In this first phase applicants can apply for a share of up to £480,000 for modernising energy data access. This is being funded by Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, in collaboration with BEIS and Ofgem.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £480,000
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
16th Oct 2019
Closes:
8th Jan 2020
Key features
Apply for a share of up to £20 million to transform food production systems, improve productivity and sustainability, and help the industry move towards net zero emissions by 2040. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £20 million
Sectors
Agriculture
Opens:
17th Sep 2019
Closes:
22nd Jan 2020
Key features
UK businesses and research organisations can apply for a share of up to £5.4 million. This is for projects involving the application of whole genome sequencing to analyse cancers. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £5.4 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
7th Oct 2019
Closes:
22nd Jan 2020
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million to work with Chinese partners to develop new integrated precision farming technology and help achieve net-zero emissions. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £5 million
Sectors
Agriculture, AI & Robotics
Opens:
14th Oct 2019
Closes:
22nd Jan 2020
Key features
A share of up to £18 million available to invest in technologies to recover heat from industrial processes and increase the deployment of such technologies in England and Wales.
Programme
BEIS
Award
Share of £18 million
Sectors
Energy, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
15th Oct 2018
Closes:
31st Jul 2020
Key features
The British Business Bank has announced the first wave of its £250million Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), with the launch of £120million of SME debt finance, which is now available to businesses across the 10 Local Enterprise Partnership areas in the Midlands. Aimed at eliminating regional imbalances in funding, the British Business Bank is keen to support fast-growth organisations and businesses looking to expand into new markets and boost productivity, supporting job creation.
Programme
British Business Bank
Award
Up to £2m in lending and investment
Opens:
29th Aug 2017
Closes:
26th Aug 2022