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  • Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2026 – 2027 Round 2

    UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £10 million to fund innovation projects with businesses.

    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 with two or more full time employees

    The business must contribute to the project’s costs.

    Open now

    Opened:
    20 April 2026
    Closes:
    24 June 2026

  • Growth Cohorts: Next generation low carbon concrete cohort entry

    UK registered businesses can apply to join a cohort of ambitious businesses. These businesses will develop solutions to decarbonise concrete and access funding and sector-specific support, to develop and deliver innovation and growth plans.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants only.

    To work alone your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.

    Open now

    Opened:
    20 April 2026
    Closes:
    8 July 2026

  • Battery Innovation Programme: Battery skills initiatives

    UK registered organisations can apply for up to £3.7 million to establish or scale regional skills initiatives for battery manufacturing and its supply chain. This funding is provided through the Battery Innovation Programme.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.

    To work alone or lead a collaborative project your organisation must be:

    • an academic institution
    • a research or technology organisation (RTO)
    • a charity
    • a not for profit
    • a public sector organisation

    Open now

    Opened:
    20 April 2026
    Closes:
    18 June 2026

  • ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 8

    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 partnerships
    • have a UK bank account

    Open now

    Opened:
    15 April 2026
    Closes:
    27 May 2026

  • Frontier AI Discovery

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to develop feasibility studies for frontier AI and foundation models. This funding is from Innovate UK.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to single applicants only. To work alone your organisation must be a UK:
    • business of any size
    • research organisation
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)
    • charity
    • not for profit
    • public sector organisation
    • non-governmental organisation (NGO)

    Open now

    Opened:
    14 April 2026
    Closes:
    10 June 2026

  • Contracts for Innovation: Enabling Commercial Quantum Networking

    Organisations can apply for a share of £20 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop a deployable prototype of an enabling component or sub-system for commercial quantum networking.

    Eligibility

    To lead a project, you can:

    • be a UK 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.

    Closing soon

    Opened:
    14 April 2026
    Closes:
    20 May 2026

  • Medicines Manufacturing: Labs of the Future

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £7.5 million to support the development and use of digital, automated, and robotic technologies. This aims to improve the speed and efficiency of pharmaceutical process development and manufacturing.

    Eligibility

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

    Open now

    Opened:
    13 April 2026
    Closes:
    28 May 2026

  • Full ADOPT Grant: Round 7

    Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 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 business of any size based in the UK

    Open now

    Opened:
    9 April 2026
    Closes:
    3 June 2026

  • Battery innovation feasibility studies round 2

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million for innovation in battery technologies for electrification. This funding is from the battery innovation programme.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations.

    To lead a collaborative project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size. The consortium must contain at least one UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME) claiming grant funding on this application.

    Open now

    Opened:
    9 April 2026
    Closes:
    27 May 2026

  • Battery innovation concept development round 2

    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.

    Eligibility

    This competition is open to collaborations only.

    To lead a collaborative project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size. The consortium must contain at least one UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME) claiming grant funding on this application.

    Open now

    Opened:
    9 April 2026
    Closes:
    27 May 2026

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