Key features
Opportunity to apply for a share of up to £25 million to deliver ambitious or disruptive R&D innovations with significant potential for impact on the UK economy.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £25 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
25th Jul 2019
Closes:
16th Oct 2019
Manufacturing made smarter: round 1 (fast start)
Key features
Up to £30 million is available for projects to transform the productivity and agility of UK manufacturing. Projects must have the potential for rapid impact.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £30 million
Sectors
Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
24th Jul 2019
Closes:
28th Aug 2019
Accelerating the building of housing using geospatial intelligence
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of £250,000, including VAT, to investigate how technology can be used to monitor developments of all sizes and types.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £250,000
Opens:
15th Jul 2019
Closes:
28th Aug 2019
A4I Round 5
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million to address measurement and analysis problems with one or more analysis partner organisations.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £3 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
29th Jul 2019
Closes:
4th Sep 2019
i4i Connect – Call 3
Key features
i4i Connect is aimed at small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in need of a funding boost to reach the next stage in the development pathway.
Programme
NIHR
Award
£50,000-£150,000 per project
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
14th Aug 2019
Closes:
11th Sep 2019
Eureka Eurostars 2: Round 12
Key features
UK SMEs can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to collaborate in research with partners across Europe and associated countries.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2.5 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
15th Jul 2019
Closes:
12th Sep 2019
Coeliac UK and Innovate UK joint research call 2019
Key features
Coeliac UK in collaboration with Innovate UK are launching a second research call to industry and researchers to make improvements for people living with coeliac disease.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Up to £180k per project
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
7th Jun 2019
Closes:
16th Sep 2019
Energy Catalyst Round 7 – Early Stage
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £22 million across 3 strands to help provide clean, affordable and secure energy in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or both. This is the early-stage strand.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £22 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
17th Jun 2019
Closes:
18th Sep 2019
Energy Catalyst Round 7 – Mid Stage
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £22 million across 3 strands to help provide clean, affordable and secure energy in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or both. This is the mid-stage strand.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £22 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
17th Jun 2019
Closes:
18th Sep 2019
Energy Catalyst Round 7 – Late Stage
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £22 million across 3 strands to help provide clean, affordable and secure energy in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or both. This is the late-stage strand.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £22 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
17th Jun 2019
Closes:
18th Sep 2019
Innovation Loans: July 2019 Open Competition
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:
8th Jul 2019
Closes:
18th Sep 2019
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million to develop innovative proposals with Singapore and other EUREKA countries.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £1 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
17th Jun 2019
Closes:
19th Sep 2019
Key features
Up to £20 million is available for multidisciplinary consortia to develop and evaluate integrated diagnostic solutions for early detection and diagnosis. This includes funding from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF).
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £20 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
22nd Jul 2019
Closes:
23rd Sep 2019
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £19 million across 2 strands for collaborative projects that develop supply chains for power electronics, machines and drives in the UK. This listing includes details for Strand 1 & 2.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £19 million
Sectors
Automotive, Construction, Energy, Manufacturing & Materials, Rail
Opens:
29th Jul 2019
Closes:
25th Sep 2019
Key features
UK businesses and RTOs can apply for a share of up to £2 million to define a cyber-physical connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) test facility.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
Automotive, Defence
Opens:
12th Aug 2019
Closes:
25th Sep 2019
Mechanising and improving advanced therapy manufacture
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £3.7 million for research and development projects to improve manufacturing of advanced therapies. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £3.7 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
27th Aug 2019
Closes:
25th Sep 2019
Key features
Share of up to £500,000 for innovative ‘Point of Care’ (PoC) diagnostics technologies that provide information to enable clinicians to earlier diagnose and ultimately treat individuals exposed to chemical and biological hazards.
Programme
DASA
Award
Share of up to £500,000
Sectors
Defence, Health & Life Science
Opens:
25th Jul 2019
Closes:
26th Sep 2019
Key features
Cycle 3 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:
10th Jul 2019
Closes:
2nd Oct 2019
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million to develop technology components that help improve the efficiency of local energy systems.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £3 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
22nd Jul 2019
Closes:
9th Oct 2019
Key features
Apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop technologies to broaden the environmental and performance envelope of unmanned autonomous or semi-autonomous systems.
Programme
DASA
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
AI & Robotics, Defence
Opens:
14th Aug 2019
Closes:
10th Oct 2019
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million for UK-developed late stage R&D, to support growth in advanced low carbon propulsion capability in the automotive sector.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £20 million
Sectors
Automotive, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
19th Aug 2019
Closes:
16th Oct 2019
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
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
Advanced Vision for 2020 and Beyond
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
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