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  • 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

  • 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 business of any size including sole traders and partnerships, and active farming, growing or forestry businesses.

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

    • UK business of any size including sole traders and partnerships, and active farming, growing or forestry businesses
    or a UK registered:
    • academic institution
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • charity
    • not for profit
    • public sector organisation

    Open now

    Opened:
    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:
    • business of any size, including sole traders and partnerships and active farming, growing or forestry businesses
    • 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.

    Open now

    Opened:
    5 May 2025
    Closes:
    25 June 2025

  • Investor Partnerships: Clean Energy and Climate Technologies

    UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants only.

    To apply your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered micro, small or medium sized business (SME)
    • carry out its project work in the UK
    • intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
    • have been invited to apply by an investor from our pool of selected investor partners

    Open now

    Opened:
    2 May 2025
    Closes:
    2 July 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

    Open now

    Opened:
    28 April 2025
    Closes:
    25 June 2025

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