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  • Innovate UK Fast Start Net Zero Living Digital

    UK registered small and micro businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop data driven digital applications solving challenges in delivering net zero. This funding is from Net Zero Living and Telecoms Technology Missions Fund programmes

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants only.

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered micro or small business
    • not have previously been awarded funding from Innovate UK
    • carry out its project work in the UK
    • intend to exploit the project outcomes from the UK for domestic or global benefit

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    2 January 2024
    Closes:
    24 January 2024

  • Farming Innovation Programme: Research Starter round 4 - EoI

    Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £850,000 for feasibility projects to improve productivity, sustainability resilience and move the agricultural sector to net zero. 

    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 partnerships
    • not have been awarded Innovate UK funding as a project lead within the last 5 years before 14 February 2024

    Opening soon

    Opens:
    18 December 2023
    Closes:
    14 February 2024

  • Improving and Scaling-up Semiconductor Manufacturing – CR&D

    UK registered businesses can apply for up to £12 million as part of a collaborative research & development drive into ways to improve and scale up semiconductor manufacture and improve supply-chain resilience within 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.

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

    Open now

    Opened:
    4 December 2023
    Closes:
    31 January 2024

  • UK-Australia Renewable Hydrogen Innovation Partnership Programme

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for collaborative innovation projects between the UK and Australia. Projects must focus on the cost reduction of clean hydrogen. The UK funding is from Innovate UK.

    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
    • be or involve a grant claiming UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
    • partner with an Australian registered business or organisation, which must be a separate non-linked entity to the UK project partner

    Open now

    Opened:
    1 December 2023
    Closes:
    12 January 2024

  • Transport Decarbonisation Demonstrators

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to work with Local Authorities to develop place-based solutions to transport decarbonisation. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.

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

    Your collaboration must involve at least one grant claiming Local Authority.

    Open now

    Opened:
    27 November 2023
    Closes:
    8 January 2024

  • Zero Emission Generators (ZE-Gen) Accelerator Phase 1: Discover

    Organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for feasibility studies to develop renewable replacements for fossil fuel generators in Nigeria or the Philippines.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.

    To be eligible for funding you must be:

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

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

    Open now

    Opened:
    20 November 2023
    Closes:
    31 January 2024

  • Growing Kent and Medway: prototyping and demonstrator fund

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £750,000 for the development and demonstration of innovative new technologies. These projects will be in the horticultural food and drink supply chain.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size
    • carry out at least 60% of your project activity in the Kent and Medway (K&M) area

    You must involve at least one partner from the K&M area.

    Open now

    Opened:
    20 November 2023
    Closes:
    24 January 2024

  • Canada-UK Critical Minerals: Sustainability and Circularity

    UK registered organisations and Canadian SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5.4 million for joint R&D projects focused on driving circularity in critical minerals.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to Canada and UK collaborations only.

    The project consortium must include:

    Open now

    Opened:
    20 November 2023
    Closes:
    3 April 2024

  • Transforming Cancer Therapeutics

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million to develop next generation immunotherapies for cancer or life-changing treatments for paediatric cancers.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.
    To lead a project or work alone your organisation must be a UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).

    Open now

    Opened:
    15 November 2023
    Closes:
    24 January 2024

  • Launchpads: Cluster Management

    UK registered organisations can apply for up to £150,000 for a project to develop and manage one of the emergent innovation clusters being supported by an Innovate UK Launchpad.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants or collaborations.

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size, academic institution, a research and technology organisation (RTO), charity, not for profit or public sector organisation
    • carry out its project work in the UK, and have impact on one of the emergent innovation clusters being supported by an Innovate UK Launchpad.

    Closing soon

    Opened:
    13 November 2023
    Closes:
    13 December 2023

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