Open to businesses in Sunderland, including schemes for the wider region and the whole country.
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Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Sunderland.
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.
Challenge seeking ideas that could change how neurological care is delivered in the NHS, with an award of up to £12,000 for UK-registered businesses.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ESA Business Applications
A non-competitive BASS call inviting proposals for space-enabled wildfire response and preparedness services.
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.
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.
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
Cadent and Innovate UK seek smart control solutions that help domestic hybrid heating systems choose the most efficient and cost-effective heating source. Successful applicants are invited to pitch to Cadent.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Innovate UK, Innovation Exchange
A Department for Education challenge seeking scalable, cost-effective digital tools and methods to capture structural condition data from school buildings immediately before demolition and analyse it for defect trends. The successful applicant(s) may be invited to pilot the methodology in up to 3 schools scheduled for demolition.