Follows is a list of all the current funding opportunities available on behalf of Innovate UK.

Please do make sure you check individual competition dates as they may have been extended.

 

 

5G enabled road and rail transport trials in the West Midlands, round 2


UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to support development of 5G enabled transport innovations. 

Find out more and apply here.

 

Expression of interest: Automotive transformation fund November 2020

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital investment and research and development projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.

Find out more and apply here.

 

Expression of interest: ATI Programme strategic batch: Dec 2020

The ATI Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive.

Find out more and apply here.

 

SMEs transforming food production: series A investor partnership

UK registered SMEs that are transforming food production towards net zero can apply for a share of up to £5 million in grant support. This must align with a series A investment.

Find out more and apply here.


Transforming Foundation industries: Investor partner selection

Investors can apply to align their investments with up to £7 million grant funding from Innovate UK to make foundation industries globally competitive.

Find out more and apply here.

 

Development of the Digital Security by Design software ecosystem

UK-registered small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for fast-start, short-term projects.

Find out more and apply here.

 

Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 6

The Future Leaders Fellowships is a £900 million fund for early career researchers and innovators. It supports research and innovation by outstanding individuals and helps them to establish themselves in universities, UK-registered businesses and other research and innovation environments.

Find out more and apply here.

 

ATI programme: R&D funding for smaller business, expression of interest, Autumn 2020

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million to carry out industry-led civil aerospace collaborative R&D projects. This funding is from the ATI Programme.

Find out more and apply here.

 

Faraday Battery Challenge: Innovation R&D (multiple streams)

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million in grant funding for innovation in electric vehicle battery technology.

Find out more and apply here.

 

UK and Canada biomanufacturing innovations in cell and gene therapies

A collaborative opportunity with the National Research Council of Canada on process improvement in biomanufacturing of gene and cell therapies.

Find out more and apply here.

 

Innovation Scholars secondments: biomedical sciences

UKRI invites applications for individuals wishing to spend up to 36 months (full or part-time) on secondment. Both the individuals and the proposals can come from any discipline. 

Find out more and apply here.

 

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)

KTP's help businesses to partner with an academic organisation, research organisation or a Catapult, to employ a graduate with the skills and knowledge that can help the business to innovate and grow.

Find out more and apply here.

 

ISCF Future Plastic Packaging Solutions

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million for early-stage projects in smart and sustainable plastic packaging.

Find out more and apply here.

 

Get funding for ideas that address COVID-19

Proposals are invited for short-term projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Find out more and apply here.

 

Apply to switch your existing funding to COVID-19 priority areas

UKRI has put in place the following process to allow researchers to repurpose existing UKRI standard grant to address COVID-19 research priorities.

Find out more and apply here.


SBRI funded competitions


SBRI supports a range of competitions with public sector organisations and departments. Find out more about SBRI: the Small Business Research Initiative here.


Latest SBRI competitions:

SBRI: AI supporting early detection and diagnosis in heart failure management

Organisations can apply for a share of £120,000 inclusive of VAT, to develop an AI tool to provide accessible heart failure data from routine patient information.

Find out more and apply here.

 

SBRI: Innovate at HS2 2020, phase 1

Organisations can apply for a share of £300,000, inclusive of VAT, to support HS2 through innovation in construction and design.

Find out more and apply here.

 

FOUR QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF... 

Before you get going on your application, it’s time to take stock. To help, we’ve compiled four big questions to ask yourself. Thinking about these could make all the difference. 

Find out more and apply here.