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Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems

Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems is a grant of £50,000 to £150,000 for UK micro, small and medium-sized businesses working on AI projects across the United Kingdom. Open, closes 18 November 2026.

Run by Innovate UK

Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 17 Oct 2026.

Funding for UK SMEs to experimentally validate prototype novel reusable AI mechanisms for efficient, structured and controllable AI systems. Projects must start at TRL 1, 2 or 3.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Closes 18 November 2026 at 11am (17 days)

As stated: Competition closes: Wednesday 18 November 2026 11:00am

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How much

£50,000 to £150,000

Whole fund: £1,660,000, shared between applicants

You put in: Funding covers up to 70% of eligible costs for micro or small organisations, up to 60% for medium organisations and up to 50% for large organisations, so the business pays the rest of its eligible project costs.

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Who can apply

UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply to work alone, with projects of £50,000 to £150,000 total eligible costs, 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)

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How to apply

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

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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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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 17 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 17 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 9 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Innovate UK before you apply.

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