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BridgeAI innovation exchange: empowering AI innovation

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £350,000 for five month projects. This funding is from Innovate UK’s BridgeAI programme.

The BridgeAI programme is an initiative designed to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning across key sectors of the UK economy.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£350,000
Award range:
£25,000 - £50,000
Publication date:
27 March 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Round 20

UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Loan
Total fund:
£25,000,000
Award range:
£100,000 - £2,000,000
Publication date:
12 March 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Cyber Local 2025-2026

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.8 million to target the growth of the cyber security sector and the development of cyber security skills. This funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,800,000
Award range:
£25,000 - £150,000
Publication date:
11 March 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Investor partnerships: health technologies, West Yorkshire, round two

UK registered small and medium-sized enterprises can apply for grant funding for projects that grow their innovation activities in the health technology cluster in West Yorkshire, alongside private investment from selected investor partners.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,900,000
Publication date:
27 February 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Investor partnerships: digital technologies, North East round 2

UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding for projects that grow their innovation activities in the digital technologies cluster in North East England, alongside private investment from selected investor partners.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,700,000
Publication date:
25 February 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Launchpad: net zero industry, Southwest Wales – round 2 CR&D

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.9 million for business led projects that grow their innovation activities in the net zero industrial cluster in Southwest Wales. This funding is from Innovate UK.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,900,000
Publication date:
24 February 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Knowledge transfer partnership: 2025 to 2026 round one

UK registered academic institutions, research and technology organisations or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profits.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£9,000,000
Publication date:
20 February 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

UKRI Creating opportunities: rethinking economic (in)activity

Apply for funding to identify ways of supporting economic activity in places experiencing high rates of ill-health, disability, and informal care in the UK.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Innovate UK, Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,200,000
Maximum award:
£1,200,000
Publication date:
3 February 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Clean maritime demonstration competition round six: feasibility studies

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million for innovative clean maritime technologies and skills. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Transport
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£30,000,000
Award range:
£75,000 - £1,000,000
Publication date:
30 January 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Clean maritime demonstration competition round six: smart shipping

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million for innovative smart shipping technologies and skills for maritime decarbonisation. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Transport
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£30,000,000
Award range:
£75,000 - £2,000,000
Publication date:
30 January 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

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