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27 competitions

  • 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

  • Contracts for Innovation: Quantum Sensors and PNT Missions Primer

    Organisations can apply for a share of £14 million, inclusive of VAT, to accelerate the development and adoption of quantum sensors and quantum position, navigation, and timing products and services.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project, you can:

    • be an organisation of any size, including those based in the EU, EEA or internationally
    • work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors

    Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    19 May 2025
    Closes:
    2 July 2025

  • Contracts for Innovation: DSbD Advancing CHERI Tools and software

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £12 million, inclusive of VAT, to work on maturing and enabling the availability of CHERI Tools and Software components for RISC-V embedded devices that implement the CHERI architecture extensions.

    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 May 2025
    Closes:
    18 June 2025

  • Contracts for Innovation: DSbD Advancing CHERI RISC-V Devices

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million, inclusive of VAT, to accelerate the development and implementation of commercial CHERI-enabled RISC-V embedded devices.

    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 May 2025
    Closes:
    18 June 2025

  • Future Flight: Strategic Growth

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for the development of next steps in integrated Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) usage. This funding is from Innovate UK and Department for Transport.

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

    Open now

    Opened:
    12 May 2025
    Closes:
    11 June 2025

  • Future Flight: Regional Demonstrator

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £600,000 for the development of regional demonstrators of drone, electric take off and landing (eVTOL) or zero emission conventional take off and landing (CTOL) aircraft operations in the UK.

    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 (RTO)
    • charity
    • public sector organisation

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

    Open now

    Opened:
    12 May 2025
    Closes:
    11 June 2025

  • Canada-UK Semiconductors

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of at least £1 million for collaboration with Canadian SMEs on joint Semiconductors projects.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to UK and Canadian collaborations only.

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size

    or

    • be a Canadian incorporated, profit oriented small or medium sized enterprise (SME)

    Your collaboration must involve at least one grant claiming UK registered business and one eligible Canadian incorporated, profit orientated SME.

    Open now

    Opened:
    12 May 2025
    Closes:
    15 October 2025

  • Accelerated Knowledge Transfer 4 (AKT4) Addiction

    UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £2 million to fund innovation projects with businesses, not for profits or public sector organisations.

    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 four or more full time employees

    The business, public sector organisation, not for profit or social enterprise must contribute a minimum of 10% to the project’s costs.

    Open now

    Opened:
    12 May 2025
    Closes:
    2 July 2025

  • Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Round 21

    UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applications from micro, small or medium sized enterprises (SME) registered in the UK.

    Open now

    Opened:
    8 May 2025
    Closes:
    2 July 2025

  • Weight Management Pathway Design Accelerator

    Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £3 million in a design accelerator to support NHS Organisations to speed up the development of novel community based patient access models that are safe, effective and resource efficient.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants only.

    To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered Integrated Care Board, or equivalent entities in the devolved nations health administrations, whose role it is to establish care service provisions.

    Closing soon

    Opened:
    6 May 2025
    Closes:
    28 May 2025

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