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iX Challenge: Verified reporting of the value created by defence contracts

iX Challenge is a competition offering up to £60,000 for start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses, as well as academic institutions and individual entrepreneurs, based in the United Kingdom, to verify social value across defence supply chains. Open, closes 6 November 2026.

Run by iX programme, Innovation Exchange, Innovate UK Business Connect, Innovate UK

Checked against the official page (ktninnovationexchange.co.uk) on 11 Oct 2026.

A competition for solution providers to capture and verify social value delivery across defence supply chains, with up to £60,000 grant for a 3 month project. Open to businesses including SMEs and start-ups.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closes 6 November 2026 at 5pm (5 days)

As stated: Opens: 05/10/2026 Closes: 06/11/2026 5:00pm

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £60,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Established businesses, academic institutions, start-ups, SMEs, or individual entrepreneurs, UK based or with the intention to set up a UK base.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

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

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

digital, security & defence

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How to apply

Follow the 'Find out more and apply' link to the Innovation Exchange challenge page.

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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

  • The page says the grant is up to £60,000 for the selected solution provider only after a pitch and selection process; the timeline lists selection, pitch day and confirmation dates.
  • The page says the apply link is the Innovation Exchange challenge page; the funded project runs from 1 March 2027 to 31 May 2027 at the latest.
  • Region list is given as regions, not areas on the directory list; areas left empty.

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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 (ktninnovationexchange.co.uk) on 11 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 20 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with iX programme before you apply.

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