CfI: Innovation in play to improve child outcomes
CfI: Innovation in play to improve child outcomes is a grant of £200,000 to £500,000 for organisations of any size across the United Kingdom to lead research and development projects on play. This scheme has closed.
Run by Innovate UK
Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.
This scheme has closed
It closed on 28 October 2026. It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds. We do not know where it was open, so these are for the whole North.
Organisations can apply for a share of £3 million to develop practical solutions that increase access to high quality play experiences and improve outcomes for children and young people.
Status and deadline
Status
Confirmed on the official page
Deadline
As stated: Competition opens: Tuesday 15 September 2026 - Competition closes: Wednesday 28 October 2026 11:00am
Confirmed on the official page
How much
Whole fund: £3,000,000, shared between applicants
Confirmed on the official page
Who can apply
Confirmed on the official page
Business size
Confirmed on the official page
How to apply
Confirmed on the official page
Where it is open: UK-wide
Confirmed on the official page
Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.
Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.
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Source and last checked
Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 29 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Innovate UK before you apply.
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- ukri.org/opportunity/via UKRI funding finder: Innovate UK, open and upcoming, read 10 Oct 2026
- apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2573/overview/0260e1f5-c985-4858-aee3-57a9e56f1the official page, checked automatically, read 5 Oct 2026
- ukri.org/opportunity/cfi-innovation-in-play-to-improve-child-outcomevia UKRI funding finder: Innovate UK, open and upcoming, read 5 Oct 2026