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:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
21st Nov 2018
Investment accelerator: innovation in precision medicine
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million of grant funding to match private equity investment and fund innovations in precision medicine.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £6 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
23rd Jul 2018
Closes:
26th Sep 2018
Newton Fund and EUREKA GlobalStars: affordable health in India
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million to collaborate and address the challenges of affordable and accessible healthcare in India.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £1 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
13th Aug 2018
Closes:
27th Sep 2018
UK Space Agency and NHS England Competition
Key features
Up to £4 million available for as many as four applications of technology originally designed for space that could improve NHS treatment.
Programme
UK Space Agency
Award
Share of up to £4 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
10th Aug 2018
Closes:
30th Sep 2018
BEIS Call for CCUS Innovation
Key features
Up to £15 million for innovation projects that significantly reduce the cost of capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2).
Programme
BEIS
Award
Share of up to £15 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
31st Jul 2018
Closes:
1st Oct 2018
Biomedical Catalyst 2018 Round 2: Late Stage
Key features
UK SMEs can apply for a share of up to £10 million to work on solving healthcare challenges in a clinical setting or a relevant late stage environment.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £10 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
6th Aug 2018
Closes:
3rd Oct 2018
Biomedical Catalyst 2018 round 2: Primer Award
Key features
UK SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5 million to work alone or with others on solving healthcare challenges in a model system.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £5 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
6th Aug 2018
Closes:
3rd Oct 2018
APC 11: advancing the UK’s low carbon automotive capability
Key features
£20 million of collaborative match funding is available for UK-developed late stage R&D to support advanced low carbon propulsion technologies in automotive.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £20 million
Sectors
Automotive
Opens:
6th Aug 2018
Closes:
3rd Oct 2018
Digitalisation of medicines manufacturing: Challenge Fund
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for capital projects to improve medicines manufacturing.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £8 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
10th Sep 2018
Closes:
3rd Oct 2018
Defence and Security Accelerator Open Call for Innovation
Key features
This is Cycle 4 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:
4th Sep 2018
Closes:
15th Oct 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to improve productivity and sustainability across UK crop and ruminant production systems.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £20 million
Sectors
Agriculture, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
20th Aug 2018
Closes:
24th Oct 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million to speed up development of commercial digital health solutions.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £1 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
3rd Sep 2018
Closes:
31st Oct 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million to speed up development of commercial digital health solutions.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £8 million
Sectors
Health & Life Science
Opens:
3rd Sep 2018
Closes:
31st Oct 2018
Key features
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million to address the need for clean, affordable and secure energy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £10 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
20th Aug 2018
Closes:
14th Nov 2018
Open grant funding competition: round 3
Key features
Opportunity to apply for a share of up to £20 million to deliver game changing or disruptive innovations with significant potential for impact on the UK economy.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £20 million
Sectors
General/Open
Opens:
24th Sep 2018
Closes:
14th Nov 2018
Key features
UK businesses and research organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million from DFID for projects with partners in eligible African countries.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £3 million
Sectors
Agriculture
Opens:
28th Aug 2018
Closes:
21st Nov 2018
SBRI first of a kind round 2: demonstrating tomorrow’s stations and a greener railway
Key features
Businesses can apply for a share of £3.5 million, including VAT, to develop demonstrators for decarbonisation of the railway and customer experience in stations.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £3.5 million
Sectors
Rail
Opens:
8th Oct 2018
Closes:
28th Nov 2018
Key features
A share of up to £5 million available for organisations to conduct feasibility studies to accelerate the development of low carbon bulk hydrogen supply solutions.
Programme
BEIS
Award
Share of up to £5 million
Sectors
Energy
Opens:
1st Jul 2018
Closes:
5th Dec 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to research and develop technologies that accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
Automotive
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
6th Dec 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £16 million to research and develop technologies that accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £16 million
Sectors
Automotive
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
6th Dec 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for up to £4 million to research and develop technologies that accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £4 million
Sectors
Automotive
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
6th Dec 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £23 million for R&D projects focused on de-risking the scale up of battery development technology. This funding comes from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £23 million
Sectors
Automotive, Defence, Energy, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
12th Dec 2018
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million for feasibility studies focused on de-risking the scale up of battery development technology.
Programme
Innovate UK
Award
Share of up to £2 million
Sectors
Automotive, Defence, Energy, Manufacturing & Materials
Opens:
17th Sep 2018
Closes:
12th Dec 2018
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