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Whether you're an academic, scientist, researcher, or entrepreneur - the UK has a vast funding ecosystem with a wide range of opportunities. Here are some examples of where you can find the right funding opportunity for you.

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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund round four: Discovery C3
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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the round four challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund. 2025-05-28
Research to advance UK recycling capabilities – full stage
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This is the second stage of this funding opportunity. You may only submit a full proposal if you have been invited by EPSRC. Apply for funding for research to accelerate UK recycling capabilities. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. 2025-05-28
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund round five: Discovery C3
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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the round five challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund. 2025-05-28
Sandpit: moving respiratory health diagnosis into the 21st century invite only
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Apply for funding to develop transformative diagnostic and monitoring approaches to respiratory disease in community healthcare settings. You must draw on engineering and physical sciences principles and research. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for funding. 2025-05-21
Contracts for innovation: net zero living tech trials, phase three
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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. 2025-05-19
Defra farming innovation investor partnership
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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. 2025-05-19
Contracts for Innovation: clean air, phase three
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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. 2025-05-19
Contracts for Innovation: scaling community initiatives in diet and exercise
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Organisations can apply for a share of £1.8 million, inclusive of VAT, to deliver social impact through scaling community-based diet and (or) exercise initiatives. Organisations must have a minimum of one customer and scale with up to four additional customers. 2025-05-19
Contracts for Innovation: quantum sensors and PNT missions primer
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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. 2025-05-19
Contracts for innovation: DSbD Advancing CHERI Tools and software
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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £12 million, inclusive of VAT, to work on maturing and enabling the availability of CHERI Tools and Software components for RISC-V embedded devices that implement the CHERI architecture extensions. 2025-05-19
Canada-UK semiconductors
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of at least £1 million for collaboration with Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises on joint semiconductors projects. 2025-05-16
MRC Centre of Research Excellence: round three: invited full application
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Apply for MRC CoRE funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges. You must be invited to apply for this stage of the funding opportunity. 2025-05-15
Contracts for Innovation: DSbD advancing CHERI RISC-V devices
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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million, inclusive of VAT, to accelerate the development and implementation of commercial CHERI-enabled RISC-V embedded devices. 2025-05-14
Accelerated Knowledge Transfer 4: Addiction
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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. 2025-05-13
Future Flight: strategic growth
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for the development of next steps in integrated Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) usage. This funding is from Innovate UK and Department for Transport. 2025-05-13
Future Flight: regional demonstrator
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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £600,000 for the development of regional demonstrators of drone, electric take off and landing (eVTOL) or zero emission conventional take off and landing (CTOL) aircraft operations in the UK. 2025-05-13
Investor partnerships: clean energy and climate technologies
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UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners. 2025-05-09
Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: round 21
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UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy. 2025-05-09
Developmental pathway funding scheme: invited stage two
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Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions. You must be employed at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding. You must be invited to apply for stage two of this funding opportunity. 2025-05-07
MRC: partnership
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Apply for funding to support new partnerships between diverse groups of researchers within the remit of MRC. You must be employed by a research organisation eligible to apply for MRC funding. 2025-05-06
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