Innovate UK has launched the Frontier AI Discovery competition to support early-stage feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and foundation models. The programme is designed to help UK organisations explore ambitious AI concepts and build strong collaborative consortia for future large-scale development.

This competition supports cyber security organisations to demonstrate and scale innovative solutions in real-world environments. This programme focuses on helping businesses validate their technology, prove market fit and accelerate commercialisation within critical national infrastructure sectors.

This competition supports collaborative R&D projects aimed at improving productivity, efficiency and resilience across UK manufacturing supply chains. This programme focuses on helping businesses develop scalable innovations that can be applied across multiple advanced manufacturing sectors while strengthening real-world supply chain performance.

The PRECISEU Open Call is a European funding opportunity designed to support collaborative interregional innovation projects in personalised medicine. The programme aims to strengthen healthcare innovation ecosystems by enabling organisations across Europe to jointly develop, validate and scale advanced healthcare solutions with strong commercial and societal impact.

The UK is backing the future of sustainable farming with a major funding opportunity designed to help agri-tech SMEs bring innovative solutions closer to market. The Defra Farming Innovation Investor Partnership is focused on late-stage experimental development projects that can improve productivity, profitability, sustainability and resilience across the agricultural sector.

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership competition supports UK businesses to collaborate with academic institutions to deliver strategic innovation projects. This programme enables organisations to access academic expertise, embed new capabilities and accelerate growth through innovation.

Innovate UK has launched Round 2 of the National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility Studies competition, providing up to £2 million in grant funding to accelerate advanced materials innovation across the UK.

This programme takes a cohort-based approach, bringing together up to 20 high-potential businesses to accelerate innovation, remove barriers to adoption and drive commercial growth. Successful applicants will receive funding alongside tailored support, including access to investors, industry networks and expert guidance.

The UMX Open Call is an initiative by EIT Urban Mobility designed to accelerate the development and delivery of high-quality, sustainable professional training and support services in the field of urban mobility.

The Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is the EU’s flagship funding initiative designed to accelerate Europe’s digital transformation. Running from 2021 to 2027 with a budget of around €7.9 billion, it focuses on bringing digital technologies to businesses, citizens, and public administrations. Individual projects can avail a funding of €500,000 to €2 million, with bigger projects eligible for €10 million. Unlike research programmes such as Horizon Europe, DIGITAL is dedicated to deployment—supporting projects that can quickly deliver real-world solutions.

DASA are seeking proposals which provide field communication capabilities that are resistant to attack but continue to perform if degraded and are secure.

Funding to create more effective training environments through the use of simulation and synthetic environments which will enable more frequent training, greater challenge and greater availability.

DASA are looking for proposals which promote a shift from more traditional chains of command to more dynamic, lateral networks, with greater delegation of authority and allow exploitation of relevant information at speed.

This funding is to deliver the UK government’s Horizon Europe guarantee.

This funding route is to deliver the UK Government’s Horizon Europe guarantee. Specifically, it covers funding for UK partners involved in EIT-KIC activities in the 2022 calendar year.