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SDR Energetics

SDR Energetics is a grant of £500,000 to £45m for businesses across the UK. Open, closes 8 January 2027.

Run by Ministry of Defence (MOD)

Last read from find-government-grants.service.gov.uk on 14 Nov 2026.

The UK government is acting on the Strategic Defence Review's recommendations by investing in the ‘factories of the future’ initiative, bringing energetics industries back to the UK, and strengthening our long-term national security by building up to six new energetics and munitions factories in ...

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Closes 8 January 2027 at 5pm

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How much

£500,000 to £45,000,000

Whole fund: £90,000,000, shared between applicants

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Who can apply

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Business size

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How to apply

On contracts.mod.uk

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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. Last read from find-government-grants.service.gov.uk on 14 Nov 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 14 Nov 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Ministry of Defence (MOD) before you apply.

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