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DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5

DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5 is a grant of £2.5 million to £20 million for UK-registered organisations, including businesses of any size, to build scale-up manufacturing for zero emission vehicle technologies in the UK. Open, closes 4 November 2026.

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

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Closes 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)

As stated: Competition opens: Monday 10 August 2026 ... Competition closes: Wednesday 4 November 2026 11:00am

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How much

£2,500,000 to £20,000,000

Whole fund: £150,000,000, shared between applicants

You put in: substantial private investment required

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Who can apply

UK registered organisations can apply. The lead organisation must be a UK registered business of any size. Projects must have total grant funding requests between £2.5 million and £20 million, total eligible costs of at least £5 million, last at least 12 months, start from 1 June 2027, and end by 31 March 2030. Work must be carried out in the UK.

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Business size

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

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How to apply

Apply through the Innovation Funding Service (IFS).

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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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