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  • Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 10, business and non-academic

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £110 million for ambitious research and innovation projects in any sector, and tailored support to develop careers for future leaders. This funding is from UKRI.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants with supporting organisations.

    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered:

    • business of any size
    • charitable organisation
    • Catapult
    • public body
    • Agri-Tech Centre
    • eligible research organisation

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    23 June 2025
    Closes:
    5 November 2025

  • Farming Futures R&D Fund: Precision Breeding Competition

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million for precision breeding of arable and horticultural crops. This funding is from the Farming Futures R&D Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.
    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.

    You must collaborate with other UK registered organisations and must involve at least one of the following:

    • UK registered business of any size
    • academic institution
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • charity
    • not for profit
    • public sector organisation

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    5 May 2025
    Closes:
    25 June 2025

  • Farming Futures R&D Fund: low emissions farming

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million for Industrial research projects from the Farming Futures R&D Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.
    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered:
    • business of any size
    • academic institution
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)
    You must collaborate with other UK organisations. Your project must involve at least one eligible grant claiming business of any size.

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    5 May 2025
    Closes:
    25 June 2025

  • Full ADOPT Grant: Round 1

    Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £2 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be an active farming, growing or forestry business of any size based in England
    • be able to evidence that you are an established business, including sole traders and partnerships
    • collaborate with at least one other farming businesses of any size based in the UK

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    28 April 2025
    Closes:
    25 June 2025

  • ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 1

    Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants only.
    To lead a project your organisation must:
    • be an active farming, growing or forestry business of any size based in England
    • be able to evidence that you are an established business, including sole traders and
    • have a UK bank account

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    28 April 2025
    Closes:
    11 June 2025

  • Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2025 – 2026 Round 2

    UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profits.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult
    • collaborate with a UK registered business of any size, eligible public sector organisation, charity or charitable business with two or more full time employees
    The business must contribute to the project’s costs.

    Open now

    Opened:
    14 April 2025
    Closes:
    11 June 2025

  • Developing Semiconductor Hardware For Critical Technologies

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million. These feasibility studies will investigate ways to improve semiconductor design and manufacture within the UK to support critical technologies.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.

    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.

    You must be or involve at least one micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME).

    Open now

    Opened:
    14 April 2025
    Closes:
    29 May 2025

  • Contracts for Innovation: READ-OUT digital cognitive dementia assessments

    Organisations can apply for a single award of up to £600,000, inclusive of VAT, to implement and assess a dementia based digital cognitive assessment (DCA) to be evaluated as part of the READ-OUT study being managed by the University of Oxford.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project, you can:

    • be an organisation of any size
    • work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors

    Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.

    Open now

    Opened:
    14 April 2025
    Closes:
    14 May 2025

  • Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – Platform Train Interface

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7 million inclusive of VAT, across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution. Projects can last between 3 and 7 months and must be completed by 31 March 2026.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project you can:

    • be an organisation of any size
    • work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors

    Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.

    Open now

    Opened:
    7 April 2025
    Closes:
    28 May 2025

  • Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – Personal Safety

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7 million inclusive of VAT, across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution. Projects can last between 3 and 7 months and must be completed by 31 March 26.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project you can:

    • be an organisation of any size
    • work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors

    Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.

    Open now

    Opened:
    7 April 2025
    Closes:
    28 May 2025

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