Open to businesses in Kirklees, including schemes for the wider region and the whole country.
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Health Innovation Yorkshire and Humber
Tailored support for healthtech innovators developing solutions that could improve patient outcomes, transform healthcare delivery and address NHS challenges. Includes expert masterclasses, support, mentoring and guidance.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
A £1 million challenge run by the West Yorkshire Mayor to help SMEs develop innovative solutions that make communities in West Yorkshire healthier. The February 2025 round has finished, with three winners and 19 finalists named.
Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Kirklees.
Creative UK
Grants of up to £2,500 to subsidise working with a consultant on business planning, strategy, marketing, IP monetisation or international operation. For companies working in moving image for storytelling, including film, television, games, animation and immersive industries.
CoSTAR National Lab, CoSTAR
UK-based creative or technology companies can apply for R&D support to develop innovations in advanced production workflows and tools, including AI-powered pipelines, motion capture, and democratised production techniques.
European Innovation Council
Grants and support for high-risk, demand-driven deep tech innovation with transformative potential, especially where there is extensive research but lack of commercial uptake.
UK Defence Innovation
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.
Tech Nation
A cohort-based programme of mentorship, masterclasses, site visits and investor access for early-stage UK DeepTech founders at post-spin out and Series A stage. Runs twice a year with 10 to 15 companies per cohort over six months.
ESA BIC UK
Business incubation support for UK-registered companies less than 5 years old with a demonstrable connection to space technology or the space sector.
ESA Business Applications
A non-competitive BASS Call for Proposals made up of three sub-calls supporting space-enabled services for resilience, safety, sustainability and security in the Arctic.
Innovate UK
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million as part of a pilot. This is to support high potential businesses developing a technology, product or service in measurement, instrumentation or sensing for UK manufacturing.
Innovate UK, Innovate UK Business Connect
UK organisations can join a delegation to Battery Innovation Days 2026 in Stockholm to build relationships and develop consortiums for Horizon Europe battery funding calls. Innovate UK covers flights and accommodation.
Innovate UK
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £500,000 for a phase 1 project to establish the Medicines Manufacturing Data Institute (MMDI). This funding is from Innovate UK.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Innovate UK
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £13 million for small R&D partnership projects. This funding is from the industry led R&D Partnerships Fund, a part of the Defra Farming Innovation Programme.
Innovate UK
Organisations can apply for a share up to £3 million inclusive of VAT, to develop and scale Engineering Biology platforms, products and services.
Innovate UK, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), Innovate UK, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Offers funding for civil aerospace research and technology development in the UK.
South Wales Police, Contracts for Innovation Cymru
Up to 6 projects to help South Wales Police explore how high-risk domestic abuse safeguarding could operate differently, combining service design, technology and systems thinking.
Contracts for Innovation Cymru
Seeking innovative solutions that can improve rehabilitation, recovery and long-term support for stroke survivors in Wales.
Bowel Screening Wales
Bowel Screening Wales is seeking innovative approaches that can support service modernisation, improve participant experience, improve the timeliness of pre-colonoscopy assessments, and strengthen the ability of NHS Wales to meet future demand.
Contracts for Innovation Cymru, Innovate UK
The challenge focuses on understanding and addressing the barriers that lead to non-attendance, supporting fairer access to services, improving patient experience and making better use of NHS resources.
Innovate UK
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for Engineering Biology pilot scale and validation projects. This funding is part of UKRI’s Engineering Biology Programme and funded by BIST.
Department for Work and Pensions
Funding to test new or significantly different approaches that support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to prepare for work, get a job, stay in work or make progress at work. Open to organisations across the UK, including businesses.
Digital Catapult
Up to £75,000 Innovate UK grant funding for UK SMEs to develop digital twin solutions for real-world industry challenges in Maritime, Aerospace and Defence sectors, with mentoring and industry access over nine months.
Innovate UK
Organisations can apply for a share of £3 million to develop practical solutions that increase access to high quality play experiences and improve outcomes for children and young people.