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Defence Innovation Loans

Defence Innovation Loans are loans of £100,000 to £1,000,000 for UK-registered small and medium-sized businesses with a solution to a defence challenge, based in the United Kingdom. This scheme has closed.

Run by UK Defence Innovation

Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

This scheme has closed

It closed on 19 May 2026. It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds. We do not know where it was open, so these are for the whole North.

Funding for later-stage research and development and commercialisation of innovative ideas that could improve UK defence and security. Open to businesses of all sizes, including SMEs, and companies new to defence.

Status and deadline

Status

Closed

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Deadline

Closed 19 May 2026

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How much

£100,000 to £1,000,000

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Who can apply

UK-registered small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with a solution to a defence challenge.

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Business size

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

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How to apply

Check the live funding opportunities page for open competitions and guidance on how to apply, or contact a UKDI Innovation Partner after registering for a UKDI account.

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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

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

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

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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 (gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 16 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 5 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with UK Defence Innovation before you apply.

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