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Manufacturing Digitalisation Innovation Programme: Innovation and Scale-up Hub

The Manufacturing Digitalisation Innovation Programme is a grant of from £3.8 million for research and technology organisations and academic institutions leading projects to support manufacturing digitalisation across the UK. Open, closes 18 November 2026.

Run by Innovate UK · funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Checked against the official page (apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk) on 7 Oct 2026.

UK registered research and technology organisations or academic institutions can apply for up to £4 million to establish a hub improving the targeting and commercial impact of grant-funded manufacturing digitalisation activity.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closes 18 November 2026 at 11am (16 days)

As stated: Competition opens: Friday 2 October 2026 - Competition closes: Wednesday 18 November 2026 11:00am

Confirmed on the official page

How much

From £3,800,000

Whole fund: £4,000,000, shared between applicants

You put in: RTOs can receive 100% of costs, academic institutions 80% FEC; businesses can receive up to 70% depending on size. If collaborative, no single organisation can claim more than 70% of total project costs.

This may be the whole fund rather than what one business can get

Who can apply

UK registered research and technology organisations (RTOs) or academic institutions can lead. Businesses of any size, academic institutions, charities, not for profit organisations, public sector organisations, and RTOs can be partners. Projects must have grant funding between £3.8 million and £4 million, last 36 months, start 1 April 2027, and end 31 March 2030.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

Sectors

chemistry, electronics, energy, manufacturing, materials, space, sustainability, transport

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How to apply

Apply via the Innovate UK funding portal at the link provided.

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

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Things we could not confirm

  • Briefing event link appears to be the same as the application link; actual Zoom joining link not separately provided in text

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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 7 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 7 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Innovate UK before you apply.

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