Key features
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:
26th Nov 2018
Closes:
30th Jan 2019
Planning rail capacity through automated infrastructure design
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £300,000 for projects that develop and demonstrate tools to automatically plan rail infrastructure.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £300,000
Sectors
Manufacturing & Materials, Rail
Opens:
22nd Oct 2018
Closes:
19th Dec 2018
Defence and Security Accelerator Open Call for Innovation
Key features
This is Cycle 5 of the DASA Open call. The Open Call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and/or security of the UK.
Programme
DASA
Award
See below for further details
Sectors
Defence
Opens:
19th Oct 2018
Closes:
3rd Jan 2019
Intelligent Power Networks to Decarbonise Rail
Key features
Funding available to facilitate research and innovation in support of the industry’s decarbonisation challenge, in particularly by developing intelligent, zero-carbon technologies to enable the industry to be world leader in delivering low-carbon transport solutions.
Programme
RSSB
Award
Share of up to £1 million
Sectors
General/Open, Rail
Opens:
30th Oct 2018
Closes:
9th Jan 2019
SBRI: tackling non-exhaust and non-road vehicle air pollution
Key features
Organisations can apply to develop new solutions to reduce air pollutant emissions from road vehicle brake or tyre wear, non-road mobile machinery used in construction and transport refrigeration units.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £300,000
Sectors
Automotive
Opens:
12th Nov 2018
Closes:
9th Jan 2019
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of £250,000, including VAT, to develop innovative detection technologies for deployment in the UK postal border environment.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £250,000
Sectors
AI & Robotics, Defence, General/Open
Opens:
3rd Dec 2018
Closes:
23rd Jan 2019
Key features
The Geospatial Commission will invest up to £1.5 million to fund projects for crowdsourcing the creation and/or maintenance of geospatial datasets.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £1.5 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
26th Nov 2018
Closes:
30th Jan 2019
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £500,000 for innovative technologies to accelerate the integration of advanced materials onto military platforms.
Programme
DASA
Award
Share of up to £500,000
Sectors
Defence, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
28th Nov 2018
Closes:
1st Feb 2019
Key features
This is phase 2 of the 3 phase Industrial Fuel Switching competition to stimulate early investment in fuel switching processes and technologies.
Programme
BEIS
Award
Share of up to £3 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
30th Nov 2018
Closes:
4th Feb 2019
Key features
Organisations can apply for £30,000, including VAT, to develop an automated solution that will help Citizens Advice Scotland write and update 3,500 pages of factual advice content.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £150,000
Sectors
AI & Robotics, General/Open
Opens:
10th Dec 2018
Closes:
6th Feb 2019
ESA: Virtual and Augmented Reality Kick-Start
Key features
Funding of up to €60,000 per contract available to businesses which intend to develop applications making use of immersive technologies in different industry sectors.
Programme
ESA
Award
€60,000 per project
Sectors
AI & Robotics
Opens:
15th Jan 2019
Closes:
25th Feb 2019
Key features
Innovative SMEs can apply for a share of £2.5 million to collaborate in research with partners across Europe and associated countries.
Programme
EUREKA Eurostars
Award
Share of £2.5 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
12th Dec 2018
Closes:
28th Feb 2019
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million to develop innovative technologies targeting global markets in partnership with Israeli companies.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £1 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
19th Nov 2018
Closes:
11th Mar 2019
Ocean plastic solutions investment accelerator: reducing plastic pollution
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop solutions that tackle the environmental crisis of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
2nd Jan 2019
Closes:
13th Mar 2019
Key features
A share of up to £18 million available to invest in technologies to recover hear 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:
30th Sep 2019
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