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Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies (Grant)
Apply for funding to form world-leading partnerships with collaborators in Japan for your research into Advanced Connectivity Technologies. UK applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Japanese applicants must be eligible for NICT funding.
UK Research & Innovation, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, NICT · National · From £1 to £1.12 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationAdvanced Manufacturing: Measurement and Sensing Pilot
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million as part of a pilot. This is to support high potential businesses developing a technology, product or service in measurement, instrumentation or sensing for UK manufacturing.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · National · From £80,419 to £80,420
Applicant types: Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationGREAT Gateway Innovation Fund (Year 4) 2026/2027
The GREAT Gateway Innovation Fund forms part of VisitBritain’s international marketing plans for 2026/27. With the support of the GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign, the Fund aims to provide financial assistance to nationally-accredited Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEPs, England only) or regional Destination Management Organisations (DMOs, Scotland and Wales only), to deliver marketing activity in the United States.
British Tourist Authority operating as VisitBritain · England, Wales, Scotland · From £100,000 to £200,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Private Sector, Local authority
Official grant guidance and applicationCommon Ground Award 2026-2027
The Common Ground Award 2026 to 2027 will invest capital funding into VCSE sector organisations that bring people from different backgrounds together to build community cohesion and resilience. It will support the cost of constructing or renovating facilities, spaces, and equipment to deliver services. Applicants should read the full Common Ground Award prospectus and scoring criteria before making an application: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-ground-award-2026-to-2027-prospectus
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · England · From £20,000 to £250,000
Applicant types: Non-profit
Official grant guidance and applicationFuture computing paradigms Network Plus (Grant)
Opportunity to build a multidisciplinary Network Plus that will initiate UK collaboration in future computing paradigms and provide evidence-based recommendations for UKRI and government, shaping national research priorities. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) · National · From £1 to £2.8 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationCfI: Engineering Biology for Defra and FSA Phase 1
Organisations can apply for a share up to £3 million inclusive of VAT, to develop and scale Engineering Biology platforms, products and services.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · National · From £100,000 to £200,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector, Local authority
Official grant guidance and applicationFarming Innovation Programme: Small R&D Partnership Projects Rd 5
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £13 million for small R&D partnership projects. This funding is from the industry led R&D Partnerships Fund, a part of the Defra Farming Innovation Programme.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) · National · From £1,000 to £2.1 million
Applicant types: Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationInvestor Partnerships – ACT and Semiconductors
UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) · National · From £150,000 to £900,000
Applicant types: Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationMedicines Manufacturing Data Institute: Phase 1
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £500,000 for a phase 1 project to establish the Medicines Manufacturing Data Institute (MMDI). This funding is from Innovate UK.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · National · From £50,000 to £100,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationDoctoral focal award plus: innovating in data-driven research (Grant)
We are commissioning one doctoral focal award plus to develop a cadre of social scientists from doctoral studentships and across career stages with the skills needed to use data-driven research approaches in innovative ways. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council · National · From £1 to £5.85 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationUKRI Translation: BBSRC Proof of Concept 2026 (Grant)
Apply for funding to translate bioscience research into innovations such as products, services and solutions that generate real-world economic, societal, and environmental impact. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) · National · From £100,000 to £800,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationA guide for the commercialisation of Creative Industries Research (Grant)
Apply for funding to transform the commercialisation of research in the creative industries, working collaboratively to address barriers to commercialisation and develop a new sector specific commercialisation guide. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council · National · From £1 to £250,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationAdvanced Wireless Technology Grant Fund
The Advanced Wireless Grant Scheme offers support to organisations operating in North Wales to upgrade or enhance their wireless connectivity systems to improve productivity and efficiency. Mae’r Cynllun Grant Technoleg Di-Wifr Uwch yn cynnig cefnogaeth i sefydliadau sy’n gweithredu yng Ngogledd Cymru i uwchraddio eu systemau di-wifr uwch i wella cynhyrchiant ac effeithiolrwydd.
Ambition North Wales / Uchelgais Gogledd Cymru · Wales · From £20,000 to £2 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Private Sector, Local authority
Official grant guidance and applicationNext generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI (Grant)
Apply for funding for projects focused on speculative and high-risk fundamental research with the potential to deliver high reward and a step change in the explainability of future AI systems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) · National · From £1 to £602,500
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationEngineering Biology Access to Infrastructure Pilot
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for Engineering Biology pilot scale and validation projects. This funding is part of UKRI’s Engineering Biology Programme and funded by BIST.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · National · From £120,000 to £525,000
Applicant types: Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationOfgem Strategic Innovation Fund Discovery C7
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Innovation Challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund · National · From £50,000 to £200,000
Applicant types: Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationOfgem Strategic Innovation Fund Round 5 Discovery C7
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Round 5 challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund · National · From £50,000 to £200,000
Applicant types: Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationAdvancing atmospheric and aerial autonomy (Grant)
Apply for proof-of-concept funding to develop and deploy innovative autonomous solutions for atmospheric science research or autonomous aerial systems for environmental science. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) · National · From £300,000 to £1 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationResearch Infrastructure Renewal (Grant)
Apply for capital funding to renew, replace and enhance capabilities for environmental science. The funding opportunity is for existing facilities, laboratories and other national capabilities which are demonstrably available for use by the wider environmental science community.
UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) · National · From £300,000 to £1 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationResilient economy and security through ecosystem transitions grants (Grant)
Apply for funding to improve our understanding of how ecosystem change affects resilience, security and prosperity as part of the NERC-Defra co-funded Resilient Economy and Security through Ecosystem Transitions programme. You must be based at an eligible UK organisation to apply.
UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council · National · From £1 to £2.5 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationPathways to Work Innovation Fund
Funding to test new ideas that support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to prepare for work, get a job, stay in work or make progress at work.
Department for Work and Pensions · National · From £1 to £10 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector, Local authority
Official grant guidance and applicationDepot Charging Scheme
The Depot Charging Scheme supports uptake of zero-emission HGVs, vans and coaches by part-funding the installation of charging infrastructure at fleet depots. The first application window ran from 25 March 2026 to 30 June 2026, and will fund 70% of charge point and civil costs, up to £1 million across all sites. The next window is expected to open from 28 October 2026 to 29 January 2027 for projects which may begin from April 2027 and must be delivered by 31 March 2028. Terms and grant rates for this phase are still to be confirmed.
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, Department for Transport · National · From £1 to £1 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector, Local authority
Official grant guidance and applicationHigh performance compute resources for EPSRC communities (Grant)
Apply for funding to provide high-performance compute resource for engineering and physical sciences communities. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) · National · From £1 to £26.25 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationTrust and confidence in policing: Research & Innovation Consortium (Grant)
Apply for funding to develop and test dynamic tools and innovative approaches to measure public trust and confidence in policing by 2030. The tools and approaches developed will access the voices of underrepresented communities, assess the impact of police activity, and identify what builds public trust and confidence.
UK Research and Innovation, AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC, STFC · National · From £1 to £2 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationAdvancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosis
Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences’ (OLS) Cancer Healthcare Goals programme, will invest up to £25.4 million, to support the clinical validation and evaluation of early cancer diagnostic technologies and devices.
Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences’ (OLS) · National · From £1.5 million to £4 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationCfI: Innovation in play to improve child outcomes
Organisations can apply for a share of £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop practical solutions that reignite the importance of play and increase access to high quality, real world play experiences, improving outcomes for children and young people.
UKRI · International · From £200,000 to £500,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector, Local authority
Official grant guidance and applicationNational Materials Innovation Programme: CR&D Rd1
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £12 million for collaborative industrial research to speed the translation of advanced materials innovations in three prioritised high growth themes and one strategic opportunity theme.
Innovate UK · National · From £500,000 to £1 million
Applicant types: Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationCoSTAR Satellite Labs: Accessible creative R&D infrastructure (Grant)
Join the CoSTAR Network and host national infrastructure for creative sector research and development. Reduce barriers to creative businesses’ technology adoption and support commercialisation, scale up and investment for creative tech businesses. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council · National · From £1 to £2 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationCoSTAR Showcase Labs: Createch infrastructure and commercialisation (Grant)
Join the CoSTAR Network and host national infrastructure for creative sector research and development. Reduce barriers to creative businesses’ technology adoption and support commercialisation, scale up and investment for creative tech businesses. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council · National · From £1 to £4 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationSustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in Schools Grant Scheme
The Department for Education (DfE) are pleased to announce that the Schools Water Strategy is now inviting applications for the Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in Schools Grant Scheme. The aim of the SuDS in Schools grant is to reduce surface water flood risk in the school estate. This is a match funded scheme and therefore, at the DfE’s discretion and where the scheme criteria allow, the DfE can grant fund up to 50% of the total project costs. The full application guidance set out below provides details of the eligibility criteria, project objectives, Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and how to apply, alongside dates and supporting information.
Department for Education (DfE) · England, North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, Midlands · From £10,000 to £1 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector, Local authority
Official grant guidance and applicationEngineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £8.5 million to develop and scale Engineering Biology platforms, products and services. This funding is part of UKRI’s Engineering Biology Programme.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) · National · From £750,000 to £2.5 million
Applicant types: Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationFocal award: EPSRC and MHCLG Fire Engineering Skills Hub (Grant)
Apply for funding for a skills hub to deliver high quality, cohort based doctoral training, and design of high-quality postgraduate level taught programmes in fire engineering. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council · National · From £1 to £5.9 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationUKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantum computing (Grant)
Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research projects to develop and test integration of quantum computing into high-performance computational workflows, enabling user access and widespread adoption. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council · National · From £1 to £3.75 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationDRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will work with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) and the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) · National · From £2.5 million to £20 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector, Local authority
Official grant guidance and applicationInternational Bilateral Fund - Call 3
The UK Space Agency, invites proposals for projects through the International Bilateral Fund (IBF) that will help strengthen the UK space sector’s international partnerships. Projects can be up to 18 months and must begin on 1 April 2027. Up to £1.5m is available in UK Space Agency grant funding for each project. Owing to high levels of anticipated demand for this funding call, the UK Space Agency has taken the decision to restrict the number of applications to one per lead organisation (for the avoidance of doubt, this measure applies to all types of organisations, including industrial, academic and public sector research bodies). The inclusion of an international partner and matched contributions (as per UK subsidy control guidelines) are mandatory.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · National · From £1 million to £1.5 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationPurchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip (Grant)
Funding opportunity for mid-range capital equipment that will enable and enhance research across MRC’s scientific areas. You must be employed at a research organisation eligible to apply for MRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.
UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council · National · From £200,000 to £1 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationDCMS Place-Based Philanthropy Community of Practice
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is offering up to £997,000 to a single delivery partner or consortium to establish and manage a national Community of Practice for place-based giving initiatives across England and deliver a programme of targeted capacity-building support, including onward grants. The fund aims to strengthen the capacity, capability and sustainability of place-based giving initiatives, improve their ability to attract and grow philanthropic investment, and generate learning to support the wider development of place-based philanthropy. Activity will be delivered between November 2026 and March 2029.
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · England · From £996,000 to £997,000
Applicant types: Non-profit
Official grant guidance and applicationTransformative sustainable AI technologies (Grant)
Apply for funding for projects focused on speculative and high-risk research with the potential to deliver a step change in the sustainability of future AI systems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding.
UK Research and Innovation · National · From £1 to £602,500
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationFrontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1
UK registered SME’s can apply for a share of up to £3.1 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) technologies with a clear route to defensible scale-up.
Innovate UK · National · From £150,000 to £250,000
Applicant types: Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationUKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards (Grant)
Apply to the MRC Impact Acceleration Award to address a single, high-risk development step and generate key data to de-risk a new medicine, medical device, diagnostic or other medical product. You must be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council · National · From £50,000 to £300,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationExploring the frontiers of environmental research 2026 (Grant)
Apply for funding to pursue truly novel curiosity-driven environmental research that is at an early stage of development and has the potential to be transformative. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) · National · From £100,000 to £200,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationNational Space Innovation Programme - Call 3
The National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) provides co-funded grant support to derisk high-reward R&D projects with a clear target market. NSIP operates open funding calls for all space-related technologies under two strands: NSIP Kick Starter that supports highly disruptive early-stage innovations, and NSIP Major Projects which emphasizes commercialisation and growth of particularly lucrative ideas from UK businesses, universities and research organisations. NSIP Call 3 will expand the NSIP portfolio of innovative R&D projects that meet the programme’s objectives to: catalyse investment into the UK space sector, capture market growth, raise Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) of priority space capabilities, and position space activities closer to commercialisation and exploitation.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · National · From £150,000 to £2 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationBioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund (26BBR) (Grant)
Apply for funding to implement, improve or consolidate bioinformatics or biological resources in support of UK bioscience, helping to drive forwards progress in bioscience research and innovation. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council · National · From £1 to £2 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationEconomic research on the returns to R&D investment (Grant)
Apply for funding to support research that can help develop new measurements of the return on investments in research and development (R&D). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council · National · From £1 to £308,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationScottish Veterans Fund - Small Stream
The Scottish Veterans Fund (SVF) has a broad remit to support projects that benefit ex-Service personnel and their families in Scotland. This funding stream totals £100,000 and welcomes bids for small-scale, one year projects that aim to support veterans and their families in Scotland, and bring together serving and veteran communities.
The Scottish Government · Scotland · From £1,000 to £10,000
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit
Official grant guidance and applicationReading for Redemption Phase 2 Expansion
The Reading for Redemption Phase 2 Small Grants Scheme provides funding to UK Higher Education Institutions and recognised research organisations to deliver and review innovative reading programmes in prisons. Building on a successful pilot at HMP Frankland, the programme aims to engage people in prison who can read but do not routinely participate in reading opportunities. Funding will support delivery of curated reading programmes tailored to specific prison cohorts, alongside research to inform future development and scalability.
Ministry of Justice · England · From £5,000 to £20,000
Applicant types: Non-profit
Official grant guidance and applicationNQS Mission 2: Components, systems and architectures (Grant)
Apply for funding to advance research supporting the UK National Quantum Strategy Mission 2, strengthening UK leadership in quantum networking and communications and the future quantum internet. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council · National · From £1 to £2.56 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationNQS Mission 2 Coordination Network (Grant)
Apply for funding to establish a national coordination network supporting the UK National Quantum Strategy Mission 2. The network will connect researchers, industry partners and network operators to advance quantum communications. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council · National · From £1 to £630,937
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationUnlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science (Grant)
Apply for funding to strengthen conservation and heritage science infrastructure by building sustainable capability, improving access to nationally significant facilities and driving innovation with industry partners. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council · National · From £500,000 to £1.5 million
Applicant types: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
Official grant guidance and applicationCommercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Winter
UK registered government research organisations can apply for grants from £50,000 up to £250,000 to move viable public sector knowledge assets towards commercial readiness. This funding is provided by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT)
Department for Business Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) · National · From £50,000 to £250,000
Applicant types: Public Sector
Official grant guidance and application