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Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Northumberland.

OpenGrantUK-wide

Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems

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.

Amount
£50,000 to £150,000
Deadline
Closes 18 November 2026 at 11am (16 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Investor Partnerships – Battery Innovation Programme

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.

Amount
Up to £5 million allocated to fund innovation projects in this competition. Project total costs: £50,000 to £300,000 for feasibility studies, £100,000 to £1 million for industrial research, £250,000 to £2 million for experimental development.
Deadline
Closes 25 November 2026 at 11am (23 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Smart and Resilient Energy Systems

European Space Agency (ESA), ESA Business Applications

A non-competitive BASS call for operational solutions using space-enabled technologies to improve the resilience of electricity grids.

Amount
Up to 50% of activity costs can usually be funded for UK applicants. Proof-of-concept studies up to €600,000 max cost per project: case-by-case assessment for pilot projects.
Deadline
Closes 27 November 2026 (25 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Road and Traffic Safety

ESA Business Applications, European Space Agency (ESA)

A BASS funding call for space-enabled solutions to improve traffic management, incident detection and predictive road safety.

Deadline
Closes 27 November 2026 (25 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
OpenGrantNational

British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme (BICS)

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.

Amount
Up to £40 per megawatt hour off electricity costs, from 2027
Deadline
Closes 30 November 2026 (28 days)
Area
England, Scotland, WalesLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

UnLtd - Awards

UnLtd

Grants and business support for social entrepreneurs starting or growing a social venture, with funding up to £18,000 depending on stage.

Amount
£8,000 to £18,000
Deadline
Closes 30 November 2026 at 10am (28 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Wildfires

ESA Business Applications

A non-competitive BASS call inviting proposals for space-enabled wildfire response and preparedness services.

Deadline
Closes 1 December 2026 (29 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Germany Bilateral Collaborative R&D: round 5

Innovate UK

UK SMEs can apply for grants to develop innovative proposals in collaboration with German SMEs, with a total fund of £2.4 million available.

Amount
£100,000 to £350,000
Deadline
Closes 1 December 2026 at 11am (29 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

ARIA: Standards and benchmarks for dexterous robotics

ARIA

ARIA seeks proposals for shared benchmarks, standards, interfaces or other capabilities that remove a clearly defined barrier affecting multiple developers or users of dexterous robotic systems. Up to four awards, with up to £3 million per project over up to 24 months.

Amount
Up to £3,000,000
Deadline
Closes 1 December 2026 at 1pm (29 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

EIT Urban Mobility: SME Market Expansion Open Call 2027

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.

Amount
Total estimated funding €600,000; around 10 projects; each awarded entity receives a fixed lump sum grant of EUR 60,000
Deadline
Closes 1 December 2026 at 4pm (29 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Growth Cohorts: Next-gen low carbon concrete cohort entry Round 2

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.

Amount
Up to £54,400
Deadline
Closes 2 December 2026 at 11am (30 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantEngland-wide

Full ADOPT Grant: Round 10

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Innovate UK

Grant for on-farm trial and demonstration projects to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector. Open to farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England that lead collaborative projects.

Amount
£50,000 to £200,000
Deadline
Closes 2 December 2026 at 11am (30 days)
Area
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D Round 2

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.

Amount
£500,000 to £1,000,000
Deadline
Closes 2 December 2026 at 11am (30 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Engineering Biology Investor Partnerships Round 1

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.

Amount
£250,000 to £2,000,000
Deadline
Closes 2 December 2026 at 11am (30 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies Rd 3

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.

Amount
£70,000 to £500,000
Deadline
Closes 2 December 2026 at 11am (30 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Battery innovation: concept development round three

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.

Amount
£500,000 to £4,000,000
Deadline
Closes 2 December 2026 at 11am (30 days)
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

ARIA: TA1 Integrated Robot Bodies and TA2 Foundational Technologies – Concept papers

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.

Amount
£1,000,000 to £15,000,000
Deadline
Closes 4 December 2026 at 2pm
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Assurance and Compliance

Innovate UK

Funds consortia to develop innovative AI deployment use cases for assurance and compliance systems, progressing towards full deployment and replication. Lead organisations must be businesses or other eligible UK organisations, with a deployer in a listed sector.

Amount
£100,000 to £200,000
Deadline
Closes 8 December 2026 at 11am
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Decision Critical Systems

Innovate UK

Funds consortia to develop innovative AI deployment use cases in the Decision Critical Systems strand, progressing towards full deployment and replication. A UK deployer organisation in an eligible sector must be part of the consortium.

Amount
£100,000 to £200,000
Deadline
Closes 8 December 2026 at 11am
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Operational Systems

Innovate UK

Funds consortia to develop innovative AI deployment use cases in the Operational Systems strand, progressing towards full deployment and replication. The deployer must operate in one of the listed sectors.

Amount
£100,000 to £200,000
Deadline
Closes 8 December 2026 at 11am
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks

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.

Amount
up to £300 million
Deadline
Closes 10 December 2026
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Unlocking Space for Business Grant Call: Environmental Intelligence and Emissions

UK Space Agency

A UK Space Agency grant call to fund innovative, near-to-market commercial solutions that use space-enabled technologies to improve the identification, monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions and environmental impacts for non-space UK businesses. Projects should involve an end-user business piloting a space-derived solution.

Amount
Up to £400,000
Deadline
Closes 11 December 2026 at 4pm
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

Unlocking Space for Business Grant Call: Environmental Intelligence and Emissions

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.

Amount
£2,000,000 grant funding available (total funding envelope); no per-project amount stated in this part
Deadline
Closes 11 December 2026 at 4pm
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
OpenGrantUK-wide

What Works Centre for a climate resilient UK

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Funding to establish and lead an independent What Works Centre for a climate resilient UK, generating and synthesising evidence on the effectiveness of climate adaptation interventions. The project lead must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding, with at least one project co-lead from business, the third sector or government bodies.

Amount
Total funding of £21.1m available for a single project. Academic participants funded at 80% FEC. 100% of eligible costs funded for business co-leads and other participating organisations.
Deadline
Closes 15 December 2026 at 4pm
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10

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