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Innovate UK - grant funding, innovation loans and expert support

Innovate UK offers grants of £25,000 to £10,000,000 and innovation loans to businesses across the UK, from start-ups to large companies, to develop new technology and ideas. Open, no fixed deadline.

Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 1 Nov 2026.

Supports innovative UK businesses to realise the potential of new technologies, develop ideas and make them a commercial success.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

£25,000 to £10,000,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Grant funding is available for all sizes of business, from new companies to large multi-nationals. Innovation loans are for UK-based SMEs only to carry out late-stage research and development projects.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

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

Not confirmed on the official page

Sectors

agriculture and food, construction, health, information technology digital and creative, life sciences, manufacturing, science and technology, service industries, transport and distribution

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How to apply

Apply on the Innovation competitions website.

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

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

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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 1 Nov 2026. Its details last changed on 1 Nov 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with the organisation before you apply.