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.
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Opens: 28 April 2025
Closes: 25 June 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.
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Opens: 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.
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Opens: 5 May 2025
Closes: 25 June 2025
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Round 5 Discovery C3
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.
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Opened: 26 May 2025
Closes: 25 June 2025
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Round 4 Discovery C3
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Round 4 challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.
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Opened: 26 May 2025
Closes: 25 June 2025
Contracts for Innovation: Net Zero Living Tech Trials, phase 3
Organisations can apply for a share of £800,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop pre-commercial innovations that support Local Authorities in meeting net zero goals. Projects must include field trials to test and improve solutions ahead of commercialisation.
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Opened: 19 May 2025
Closes: 25 June 2025
Contracts for Innovation: Clean Air, Phase 3
Organisations can apply for a share of £800,000, inclusive of VAT, to further develop clean air pre-commercial innovations. They must conduct extended field trials, with potential future customers and end users, to enhance the solution.
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Opened: 19 May 2025
Closes: 25 June 2025
Contracts for Innovation: Quantum Sensors and PNT Missions Primer
Organisations can apply for a share of £14 million, inclusive of VAT, to accelerate the development and adoption of quantum sensors and quantum position, navigation, and timing products and services.
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Opens: 19 May 2025
Closes: 2 July 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.
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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.
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Opened: 8 May 2025
Closes: 2 July 2025
Investor Partnerships: Clean Energy and Climate Technologies
UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
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Opened: 2 May 2025
Closes: 2 July 2025
Defra Farming Innovation Investor Partnership
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop innovative farming solutions. This must align with private investment from selected investor partners.
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Opens: 2 June 2025
Closes: 2 July 2025
MSI Improving energy or resource efficiency in manufacturing FS
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2m for feasibility projects to develop new industrial digital technologies leading to a more productive, resilient and sustainable sector.
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Opened: 9 June 2025
Closes: 2 July 2025
New Innovators in Marine and Maritime, Great South West
UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.3 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the marine and maritime cluster in the Great South West.
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Opened: 2 June 2025
Closes: 2 July 2025
EIT Culture & Creativity: Spark - Incubation Programme 2025
Designed to support aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage innovators in the architecture and cultural heritage sectors.
Start Date: May 6th 2025
End Date: Jul 11th 2025
ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 2
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.
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Opened: 12 June 2025
Closes: 24 July 2025
Global Business Innovation Programme: Agri-Tech, Saudi Arabia
Innovate UK seeks up to 15 ambitious UK small businesses (with under 250 employees) who want to explore Agri-Tech opportunities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Registration Opens: 16/06/2025 00:00
Registration Closes: 27/07/2025 23:00
Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Autumn
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).
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Opened: 2 June 2025
Closes: 4 September 2025
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2025 – 2026 Round 3
UK registered academic institutions, research and technology organisations (RTOs) or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profit organisations.
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Opened: 16 June 2025
Closes: 17 September 2025
Horizon Europe 2025: EU Research Infrastructures
Funding available to build a world leading ecosystem of research services for researchers in Europe, up to €15m per project.
Start Date: May 6th 2025
End Date: Sep 18th 2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of at least £1 million for collaboration with Canadian SMEs on joint Semiconductors projects.
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Opened: 12 May 2025
Closes: 15 October 2025
Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 10, business and non-academic
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £110 million for ambitious research and innovation projects in any sector, and tailored support to develop careers for future leaders. This funding is from UKRI.
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Opens: 23 June 2025
Closes: 5 November 2025
UK provider of chemistry services seeks novel methodology and novel compounds
A leading UK provider of chemistry services and products to the global life science industry seeks partners from universities, research institutes and SMEs with novel methodology and novel compounds. Partnerships sought are licence agreements under commercial agreements with technical assistance.
Start Date: May 8th 2025
End Date: May 8th 2026
Renewal scheme for current Future Leaders Fellows
Successful applicants to the Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) scheme have the opportunity to extend their four-year fellowship by up to a further three years. This funding opportunity is available to current FLF award holders only and should be a continuation of the original FLF fellowship.
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Opened: 24 April 2023
No submission deadline
Knowledge Asset Grant Fund: Extend, 2024 -2025
Eligible UK public sector organisations can apply for up to £250,000 from the Knowledge Asset Grant Fund in this strand.
Open now
Opened: 29 April 2024
No submission deadline
Knowledge Asset Grant Fund: Explore, 2024 -2025
Eligible UK public sector organisations can apply for a share of up to £25,000 from the Knowledge Asset Grant Fund in this strand.
Open now
Opened: 29 April 2024
No submission deadline
Knowledge Asset Grant Fund: Expand, 2024 -2025
Eligible UK public sector organisations can apply for up to £100,000 from the Knowledge Asset Grant Fund in this strand.
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Opened: 29 April 2024
No submission deadline
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