Latest grant funding competitions

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Up to £30 million of collaborative match funding is available for UK-developed late stage R&D to support advanced low carbon propulsion technologies in automotive.

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Organisations that were awarded funding during Stage 1 can apply for a share of £15 million (including VAT) to develop vaccine candidates and technologies in line with UK Vaccine Network priorities.

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UK businesses can apply for a share of £1 million for early-stage, human-centred design projects that will determine future R&D activity in immersive experiences.

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Innovate UK have allocated up to £20 million to fund innovation projects in this Open competition.

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UK businesses and research technology organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop precision medicine technologies.

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Individuals can apply to join a 5-day collaborative workshop to develop project proposals to use robotic and AI systems to service infrastructures in challenging environments. Projects will be funded by the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

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UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million to increase the manufacturing capacity of innovative genomic analysis technologies.

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UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million to design smart local energy systems.

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UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million to develop world-class smart local energy system demonstrators.

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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £400,000. Up to £80,000 is available per organisation to develop a new digital solution to help track waste from source through treatment to end destination.

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UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £16 million to transform the creative industries by testing large, immersive experiences with mass audiences.

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Up to £50 million is available to establish centres of excellence in digital pathology and/or medical imaging with artificial intelligence (AI).

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UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £4 million to develop new solutions to reduce persistent plastics entering our environment.

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UK businesses and research organisations can apply for a share of £12 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. This is to develop AI and data enabled products and services within accountancy, insurance and legal services.

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UK business and research organisations can apply for a share of £12 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. This is to develop AI and data enabled products and services within accountancy, insurance and legal services.

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Organisations can apply for a share of £750,000 to look at improving diagnosis of coeliac disease, better self-care and gluten-free food production.

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UK businesses or research and technology organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to create the world’s best connected vehicles data exchange or trading platform.

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UK businesses and research and technology organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million to create the second phase of the UK connected and autonomous vehicle test ‘ecosystem’.

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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.

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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.