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Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027

Eureka Globalstars Japan 2027 is a grant of up to £600,000 for UK businesses leading research and development projects with a small business partner from Japan. Open, closes 20 January 2027.

Run by Innovate UK

Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 15 Oct 2026.

Grants for UK businesses in business-led collaborative industrial research projects with partners from Japan and other participating Eureka countries, in areas such as semiconductors, quantum, AI and space.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closes 20 January 2027 at 11am

As stated: Competition closes: Wednesday 20 January 2027 11:00am

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £600,000

Whole fund: £2,000,000, shared between applicants

You put in: Grant covers a share of eligible project costs (up to 70% micro/small, 60% medium, 50% large).

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

UK registered businesses can lead a collaborative R&D project with at least one SME from Japan. UK research organisations can join as collaborators but cannot lead or work alone.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

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

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

semiconductors, quantum, artificial intelligence, cyber security, advanced connectivity technologies, biotechnology, space

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How to apply

Lead applicant starts a Start new application on the Innovation Funding Service; Eureka project team submits the Eureka application form to the Eureka website.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Competition opens 7 October 2026 per the page; the start-new-application link is shown, so check current status.
  • Eureka project application form has a separate deadline: 12:00am CET on 20 January 2027 (11:00pm GMT on 19 January 2027).
  • Other participating Eureka countries apply through their own funding bodies, with their own rules.

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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 15 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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