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Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies Rd 3

Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies Round 3 is a grant of £70,000 to £500,000 for UK-registered businesses, including collaborations, developing battery technology across the UK. Open, closes 2 December 2026.

Run by Innovate UK · funded by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Battery Innovation Programme

Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million to support innovation in battery grade material technologies for electrification. This funding is from The Battery Innovation Programme.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Closes 2 December 2026 at 11am (30 days)

As stated: Opening date: 11 September 2026, 10:00am - Closing date: 2 December 2026, 11:00am

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How much

£70,000 to £500,000

Whole fund: £25,000,000, shared between applicants

You put in: The balance between your total eligible project costs and the amount of grant awarded must be funded by the organisation receiving the grant. For feasibility studies: up to 70% if micro or small organisation, up to 60% if medium sized, up to 50% if large organisation.

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Who can apply

UK registered businesses can apply. The competition is open to collaborations. To lead a collaborative project your organisation must be a UK registered business. The consortium must contain at least one UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise claiming grant funding on this application.

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Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

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How to apply

Submit application through the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) portal. Each organisation in the project must complete their own project costs, organisation details and funding details.

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

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Source and last checked

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