Closes: 3rd Jun 2020
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
Closes: 5th Jun 2020
Key features
Apply for UK grant funding from the NIHR i4i Challenge Awards, for the assessment of medtech innovations in healthcare settings.
Programme: NIHR
Award: No upper funding limit
Closes: 8th Jun 2020
Key features
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) are partnering to launch a call for research proposals on quantum technologies.
Programme: Innovate UK/NSERC
Award: Share of up to £2 million
Closes: 8th Jun 2020
Key features
Sponsored by Innovate UK, the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), Niche Vehicle Network will run their annual collaborative R&D competition to fund SMEs active in the UK niche vehicle, low carbon vehicle technology sector.
Programme: Niche Vehicle Network
Award: Up to £250,000 per project
Closes: 17th Jun 2020
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: ATI/Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £2.5 million
Closes: 24th Jun 2020
Key features
UK businesses with Canadian business partners can apply for a share of up to £2 million, from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, for innovative projects that enhance productivity and sustainability of crop, livestock and aquaculture systems.
Programme: Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £2 million
Closes: 30th Jun 2020
Key features
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million for advanced materials R&D projects partnering with EUREKA country organisations, including South Korea.
Programme: Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £1 million
Closes: 1st Jul 2020
Key features
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.25 million to develop aerospace technology in partnership with businesses from Sweden and organisations from other EUREKA nations.
Programme: ATI
Award: Share of up to £2.25 million
Closes: 1st Jul 2020
Key features
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £30 million to develop integrated aviation systems and vehicle technologies that enable new classes of electric or autonomous air vehicles. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
Programme: Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £30 million
Closes: 1st Jul 2020
Key features
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £30 million to develop integrated aviation systems and vehicle technologies that enable new classes of electric or autonomous air vehicles. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
Programme: Innovate UK
Award: Share of up to £30 million
Closes: 8th Jul 2020
Key features
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £30 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 £30 million
Closes: 21st Jul 2020
Key features
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking proposals that can develop the technology needed to counter Unmanned Air Systems (C-UAS) and demonstrate how these can be integrated together to form a capable system.
Programme: DASA
Award: Share of up to £1.5 million
Closes: 27th Jul 2020
Key features
DCMS have launched a £30 million open competition to develop new uses for 5G in a variety of industries.
Programme: DCMS
Award: Share of up to £30 million
Closes: 30th Jul 2020
Key features
Cycle 2 of the 2020/21 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: View funding competition for more info
Closes: 31st Jul 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
Closes: 5th Aug 2020
Key features
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop digital health technologies in partnership with organisations from EUREKA countries.
Programme: Innovate UK/EUREKA
Award: Share of up to £2 million
Closes: 31st Dec 2020
Key features
Proposals are invited for short term projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak.
This competition has no closing date.
Programme: UKRI
Award: No cap on funding amount
Closes: 26th Aug 2022
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