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Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3
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Opens:
8/9/26
Closes:
3/11/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
Engineering 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.
Funding body
Innovate UK
Award
£750,000 to £2.5 million
Engineering Biology
Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 11, business and non-academic
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Opens:
22/6/26
Closes:
4/11/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 11, business and non-academic
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £110 million through Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11. A proportion of this budget will support applicants hosted in business and non-academic organisations, administered by Innovate UK on behalf of UKRI. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received.
Funding body
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Award
£100,000 - £3 million
Open/technology agnostic
DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5
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Opens:
10/8/26
Closes:
4/11/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
DRIVE35 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.
Funding body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Award
£2.5 million to £20 million
Transport
CfI: Battery innovation for dual use & defence Phase 1
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Opens:
28/9/26
Closes:
4/11/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
CfI: Battery innovation for dual use & defence Phase 1
Organisations can apply for a share of £2 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop industrial research solutions to strengthen supply chain resilience and onshore critical dual use capabilities.
Funding body
Innovate UK
Award
£20,000 to £50,000
Defence
FOAK Builder: Programme Entry Expression of Interest
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Opens:
7/10/26
Closes:
5/11/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
FOAK Builder: Programme Entry Expression of Interest
UK registered businesses can apply for support worth up to £315,000 to develop a Climate Tech First-of-a Kind (FOAK) project. Companies successful at this EOI stage could be invited to apply for a larger grant through FOAK Builder Phase 2.
Funding body
Innovate UK
Award
Up to £315,000
Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1
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Opens:
1/10/26
Closes:
11/11/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
Frontier 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.
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Innovate UK
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£150,000 to £250,000
AI
Efficient, structured and controllable AI systems
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Opens:
12/10/26
Closes:
18/11/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
Efficient, structured and controllable AI systems
UK registered SME businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.66 million to deliver experimental validation of prototype AI systems for novel reusable components of efficient, structured and controllable learning systems.
Funding body
Innovate UK
Award
£50,000 to £150,000
AI
Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Winter
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Opens:
17/9/26
Closes:
1/12/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
Commercialising 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).
Funding body
Government Office for Technology Transfer
Award
£50,000 to £250,000
Open/technology agnostic
UK-Germany Bilateral Collaborative R&D: Round 5
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Opens:
28/9/26
Closes:
1/12/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
UK-Germany Bilateral Collaborative R&D: Round 5
UK registered SME’s can apply for a share of up to £2.4 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Germany. You must collaborate with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme.
Funding body
Innovate UK
Award
£100,000 to £350,000
Clean energy
Battery Innovation: Concept Development Round 3
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Opens:
11/9/26
Closes:
2/12/26
Deadline: Ongoing – no fixed deadline
Battery Innovation: Concept Development Round 3
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million to support innovation in battery grade material technologies for electrification. This funding is from The Battery Innovation Programme.
Funding body
Innovate UK
Award
£500,000 to £4 million
Advanced manufacturing & materials
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