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

ATI Programme strategic batch: EoI – July 2025

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

Closing soon
Opened: 7 July 2025
Closes: 23 July 2025

Growth Catalyst Early Stage: New Innovators

UK-registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million to develop affordable, adoptable and investable innovations in the five critical technologies.

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Opened: 7 July 2025
Closes: 6 August 2025

Agri-tech and food technology, Mid and North Wales - CRD

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.7 million for business led projects that grow their innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Mid and North Wales. This funding is from Innovate UK.

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Opened: 30 June 2025
Closes: 20 August 2025

Full ADOPT Grant Round 2

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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Opened: 26 June 2025
Closes: 20 August 2025

Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Construction Impacts

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.

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Opened: 14 July 2025
Closes: 27 August 2025

Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Chemicals Impacts

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.

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Opened: 14 July 2025
Closes: 27 August 2025

Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Automotive Impacts

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.

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Opened: 14 July 2025
Closes: 27 August 2025

Innovate UK Innovation Loans Round 22

UK registered businesses can apply for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential. They must significantly improve the UK economy and drive societal benefit.

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Opened: 10 July 2025
Closes: 27 August 2025

DRIVE35 Scale-up: Feasibility Studies

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for feasibility studies into UK manufacturing of zero emission vehicle technologies. This funding is from the Department for Business and Trade.

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Opened: 14 July 2025
Closes: 3 September 2025

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

DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Demonstrate

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late stage demonstration research and development projects. Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero-emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.

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Opened: 14 July 2025
Closes: 1 October 2025

DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late stage collaborative research and development projects. Your project will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.

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Opened: 14 July 2025
Closes: 1 October 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.

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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.

Open now
Opened: 29 April 2024
No submission deadline

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