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CfI: Counter UAS Demonstrations in Prison Environments

CfI: Counter UAS Demonstrations in Prison Environments is a grant of £40,000 to £80,000 for organisations of any size based in the United Kingdom, to test low-cost technology that detects and tracks drones at UK prisons. This scheme has closed.

Run by Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 15 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.

A Contracts for Innovation competition to demonstrate and test low-cost counter uncrewed aerial system technology that detects and tracks drones within UK prison estates.

Status and deadline

Status

Closed

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closed 28 October 2026

As stated: Opening date: 5 October 2026, 10:00am - Closing date: 28 October 2026, 11:00am

Confirmed on the official page

How much

£40,000 to £80,000

Whole fund: £900,000, shared between applicants

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Any organisation of any size, including those based in the EU, EEA or internationally, can lead a project alone or with subcontracted partners; the majority of work must be done in the UK.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Any size

Not confirmed on the official page

How to apply

Click Start new application on the Innovation Funding Service competition page.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Not confirmed on the official page

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

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 15 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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