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Grants

National Materials Innovation Programme CR&D | Up to £1m

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:UK businesses can apply for grant funding of £500,000 to £1 million for collaborative industrial research that accelerates the translation and adoption of advanced materials innovation.

Awards:Up to £12m

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Sep 1, 2026 - Oct 28, 2026

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Critical Minerals Accelerator: Up to £3m Funding for UK Critical Minerals Innovation

Programme:Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Key Features:The £25 million Critical Minerals Accelerator provides grant funding to help UK businesses scale innovative critical minerals extraction, processing and recycling projects towards commercialisation.

Awards:Up to £25m

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 5, 2026 - Sep 30, 2026

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Accelerated Cancer Diagnosis Grant

Programme:Innovate UK and the Office for Life Sciences

Key Features:The Advancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosis competition will provide up to £25.4 million to collaborative projects developing, validating or evaluating technologies that could enable earlier cancer detection and diagnosis.

Awards:Up to £25.4 million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Sep 1, 2026 - Oct 28, 2026

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UK Space Agency International Bilateral Fund: Call 3

Programme:UK Space Agency

Key Features:The UK Space Agency International Bilateral Fund Call 3 is providing at least £12 million for international collaborative projects that strengthen UK space capabilities, commercial opportunities and strategic partnerships.

Awards:£1m-1.5m

Geographical Scope:international

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 24, 2026 - Nov 4, 2026

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Electricity Demand Turn Up trial: EOI for flexibility providers

Programme:UK Research and Innovation and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, operated by Innovate UK

Key Features:The full trial has funding of up to £16 million, with grant funding capped at £3 million per participating Flexibility Service Provider. No funding is awarded through the EOI itself.

Awards:Up to £16 million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 20, 2026 - Sep 16, 2026

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UK-Singapore CRD 2026 – Up to £900K – Closes: 16.12.2026

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:UK businesses can apply for £100,000 to £900,000 in grant funding for collaborative R&D projects with Singapore partners.

Awards:Up to £3m

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 24, 2026 - Dec 16, 2026

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Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage Project Development Studies

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:UK businesses can request £350,000 to £700,000 for uLDES project development studies ahead of demonstration projects. Closes 30 September 2026.

Awards:£350k-£700k

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 3, 2026 - Sep 30, 2026

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Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:UK business-led collaborations can request £1m to £3m to accelerate adoption of quantum sensing and PNT technologies. Closes 16 September 2026.

Awards:£1m-£3m

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 4, 2026 - Sep 16, 2026

open

Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:Projects can request between £300,000 and £4 million and must address a defined real-world problem where quantum computing has potential to create practical commercial or wider value

Awards:£300k-£4million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 4, 2026 - Sep 16, 2026

open

DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5 offers UK businesses grants of £2.5 million to £20 million to develop and validate pilot-scale or demonstration-scale manufacturing capability for zero-emission vehicle technologies.

Awards:£2.5-£20million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 10, 2026 - Nov 4, 2026

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National Space Innovation Programme Call 3

Programme:UKSA - National Space Innovation Programme Call 3

Key Features:National Space Innovation Programme Call 3 provides up to £20 million in co-funded grants for UK-based research and development projects involving space technologies, applications and services.

Awards:£150k-£2 million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Jul 20, 2026 - Nov 12, 2026

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EO Missions and Technology Innovation Call 1

Programme:UK Space Agency

Key Features:The EO Missions and Technology Innovation Call 1 offers UK organisations between £50,000 and £200,000 to develop innovative, early-stage Earth Observation technologies.

Awards:£50-200k

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Jul 6, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026

closed

Grants

National Materials Innovation Programme CR&D | Up to £1m

Programme:Innovate UK

Awards:Up to £12m

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Sep 1, 2026 - Oct 28, 2026

open

Critical Minerals Accelerator: Up to £3m Funding for UK Critical Minerals Innovation

Programme:Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Awards:Up to £25m

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 5, 2026 - Sep 30, 2026

open

Accelerated Cancer Diagnosis Grant

Programme:Innovate UK and the Office for Life Sciences

Awards:Up to £25.4 million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Sep 1, 2026 - Oct 28, 2026

open

UK Space Agency International Bilateral Fund: Call 3

Programme:UK Space Agency

Awards:£1m-1.5m

Geographical Scope:international

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 24, 2026 - Nov 4, 2026

open

Electricity Demand Turn Up trial: EOI for flexibility providers

Programme:UK Research and Innovation and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, operated by Innovate UK

Key Features:The full trial has funding of up to £16 million, with grant funding capped at £3 million per participating Flexibility Service Provider. No funding is awarded through the EOI itself.

Awards:Up to £16 million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 20, 2026 - Sep 16, 2026

open

UK-Singapore CRD 2026 – Up to £900K – Closes: 16.12.2026

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:UK businesses can apply for £100,000 to £900,000 in grant funding for collaborative R&D projects with Singapore partners.

Awards:Up to £3m

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 24, 2026 - Dec 16, 2026

open

Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage Project Development Studies

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:UK businesses can request £350,000 to £700,000 for uLDES project development studies ahead of demonstration projects. Closes 30 September 2026.

Awards:£350k-£700k

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 3, 2026 - Sep 30, 2026

open

Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:UK business-led collaborations can request £1m to £3m to accelerate adoption of quantum sensing and PNT technologies. Closes 16 September 2026.

Awards:£1m-£3m

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 4, 2026 - Sep 16, 2026

open

Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D

Programme:Innovate UK

Key Features:Projects can request between £300,000 and £4 million and must address a defined real-world problem where quantum computing has potential to create practical commercial or wider value

Awards:£300k-£4million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 4, 2026 - Sep 16, 2026

open

DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5

Programme:Innovate UK

Awards:£2.5-£20million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Aug 10, 2026 - Nov 4, 2026

open

National Space Innovation Programme Call 3

Programme:UKSA - National Space Innovation Programme Call 3

Awards:£150k-£2 million

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Jul 20, 2026 - Nov 12, 2026

open

EO Missions and Technology Innovation Call 1

Programme:UK Space Agency

Key Features:The EO Missions and Technology Innovation Call 1 offers UK organisations between £50,000 and £200,000 to develop innovative, early-stage Earth Observation technologies.

Awards:£50-200k

Geographical Scope:national

Beneficiaries:private

Jul 6, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026

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