Supports innovative UK businesses to realise the potential of new technologies, develop ideas and make them a commercial success.
Amount
£25,000 to £10,000,000
Deadline
No single deadline. Innovate UK runs separate funding competitions through the Innovation Funding Service, each with its own opening and closing dates (e.g. Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1 opened 1 October 2026 and closes 11 November 2026; Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems opens 12 October 2026 and closes 18 November 2026).
Area
United KingdomRating 9/10Local Landscape rating 9 out of 10
DDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
An award recognising outstanding achievement by UK businesses in young founder, innovation, international trade, sustainability and promoting opportunity through social mobility. Award-winners are valid for 5 years.
Area
United KingdomRating 6/10Local Landscape rating 6 out of 10
UK Export Finance offers finance and insurance, including credit guarantees for banks, to help UK companies sell goods and services abroad. Open to companies of any size and across all sectors.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 7/10Local Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Grants and funds for construction employers to support training and workforce development, including short courses, qualifications and apprenticeships.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
England, Scotland, WalesRating 7/10Local Landscape rating 7 out of 10
A BASS open call for proof-of-concept studies that validate market opportunity and pilot projects that test services with customers in the primary target market.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Europe, per the BASS Funding description; no UK-specific area stated.Rating 8/10Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
BASS Growth Projects help space-enabled solutions that have already achieved demonstrable commercial success in a primary market to unlock secondary market opportunities.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 7/10Local Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Large-scale capital investment funding to develop a UK-based zero-emission vehicle value chain and support transition to battery electric vehicle future.
Deadline
Open all year
Area
United KingdomRating 7/10Local Landscape rating 7 out of 10
An angel investment network that helps businesses get ready to raise money and introduces them to its investors, with equity investment from £25k to £2m to start, expand or scale up. It is for early-stage and growing businesses that want angel investment and help with pitching.
Amount
£25,000 to £2 million
Deadline
Open all year
Area
Not stated on the page; run by the Manchester-based Growth CompanyRating 6/10Local Landscape rating 6 out of 10
Hire of pilot scale laboratory facilities, or installation of a business's own equipment in the flexi hall, offered by the Biorenewables Development Centre.
Deadline
Open all yearRating 7/10Local Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Commercial project work with the Biorenewables Development Centre, described as straightforward, nimble and responsive for a business's commercial project.
Deadline
Open all yearRating 7/10Local Landscape rating 7 out of 10
Professional short courses delivered by York Business School to boost skills, knowledge and confidence in a workforce, for small businesses or larger organisations.