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Simply Business
A competition run by Simply Business to win £10,000 of funding, with one-to-one business coaching from Hatch Enterprise, for five business owners aged over 40.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, UK Space Agency
The National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) provides co-funded grant support to derisk high-reward R&D projects with a clear target market.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, UK Government
Capital grants of 10-20% of project costs for UK businesses investing in life sciences manufacturing of human medicines, medical diagnostics and MedTech products.
EIT Culture & Creativity
Funding of up to €30,000 and a 9-month training programme for early-stage founders with pre-incorporation business concepts in Materials and Built Environment (fashion and architecture). Includes an in-person Startup Sprint and an online Spark Incubation Programme.
Innovate UK
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.
Innovate UK
Funding for UK SMEs to experimentally validate prototype novel reusable AI mechanisms for efficient, structured and controllable AI systems. Projects must start at TRL 1, 2 or 3.
Innovate UK
Grant funding for UK registered SMEs to carry out research and development on material innovations, alongside private investment from selected investor partners. Up to £5 million is allocated to fund projects in this competition, subject to enough high quality applications.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
From 2027, cuts electricity costs by up to £40 per megawatt hour for eligible manufacturers in Great Britain, by exempting their sites from the indirect costs of the Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariffs and Capacity Market.
UnLtd
Grants and business support for social entrepreneurs starting or growing a social venture, with funding up to £18,000 depending on stage.
SeedLegals
A national pitching competition where founders submit a 90 second pitch video to join regional finals, with one winner per regional event going to the London Grand Final. Open to founders with a business idea and proof of traction.
EIT Urban Mobility
A Horizon Europe-funded open call for SMEs to scale and expand successful urban mobility solutions into new markets, supported by an end client. Each awarded SME receives a fixed lump sum grant.
Innovate UK
A Innovate UK competition to join a cohort of ambitious businesses that will develop solutions to decarbonise concrete and access funding and sector specific support for innovation and growth plans.
Innovate UK
Innovate UK grant, with the Department of Health and Social Care, to support development and adoption of sustainable technologies for manufacturing medicines. Open to collaborations; the consortium must include at least one UK micro, small or medium enterprise claiming grant funding.
Innovate UK
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £8 million to develop engineering biology products and services with selected investor partners.
Innovate UK
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million to support innovation in battery grade material technologies for electrification. This funding is from The Battery Innovation Programme.
ARIA
ARIA funds teams to build robot bodies with new forms of locomotion, through TA1 integrated robot bodies and TA2 foundational technologies. Applicants are encouraged to submit concept papers before full proposals.
Great British Energy
Up to £300 million in capital grant funding to build UK manufacturing capacity for key constrained components in offshore wind and electricity networks sectors.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, UK Space Agency
A UK Space Agency grant call for end-user businesses to lead consortium pilot projects using space-enabled data to address environmental intelligence or emissions monitoring challenges. Part of the Unlocking Space for Business programme.
Department for Transport
Grant funding for coach operators to purchase transferable audio-visual equipment for rail replacement services to comply with accessible information regulations.
EIT Health
EIT Health funds up to 50% of the total project budget, up to €850,000 per project, for digital and AI-powered medical technologies ready for real-world clinical validation and approaching market launch. Consortia of at least two organisations from different countries are required, led by a commercialising company.
QEST
Grants of £3,000 to £10,000 for early-stage craftspeople (typically practicing 4 years or less) to develop core skills and techniques through essential training.
QEST
Grants of £3,000 to £18,000 for mid-career to established craftspeople to refine their craft, deepen specialism or innovate, plus a place on the Cockpit PDP.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
The UK Government has launched the Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale Ups (VFRS4SU), a targeted grant scheme to help UK scale ups in Clean Energy, Life Sciences, and Digital and Technologies hire internationally by reimbursing eligible visa application fees for specialist hires and their de...
Advanced Propulsion Centre UK
Match-funded grants for consortium partners to support design, development and delivery of strategic zero-emission vehicle technologies.