The National Materials Innovation Programme: CR&D Round 1 is offering collaborative funding to accelerate the translation and adoption of advanced materials innovations across strategically important UK industries.

The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowships programme is designed to develop the next generation of research and innovation leaders by providing long-term funding, leadership development, and organisational support.

Are you developing a robotics, AI or human-robot interaction technology that is ready to move from development towards real-world deployment?

Robotics and human-robot collaboration have applications far beyond traditional industrial manufacturing. FORTIS Topic 2.2 is designed to demonstrate exactly that by supporting organisations that can transfer existing FORTIS technologies into new sectors and real-world environments.

Innovate UK has launched the Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1 competition, offering UK-registered SMEs an opportunity to secure funding for ambitious artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) innovations. The competition focuses on four priority areas: AI-enabled health and life sciences, advanced materials, national security and defence, and AI safety and assurance. Successful projects will develop proof-of-concept prototypes and generate measurable evidence of technical feasibility.

Are you developing a promising medicine, medical device, diagnostic or healthcare technology that needs further evidence before progressing towards clinical application? The Medical Research Council (MRC) Impact Acceleration Awards support academically led projects addressing a single, high-risk development challenge. The programme helps researchers generate critical evidence to advance innovations towards further investment, larger translational funding or eventual patient benefit.

The EIT Urban Mobility Financial Support to Startups Open Call is offering up to €2.5 million per company to help early-stage ventures develop and scale breakthrough solutions for Europe's urban mobility challenges. The call focuses on areas including urban logistics, public and shared transport, mobility data, transport electrification and alternative fuels, and health and mobility. EIT Urban Mobility will invest alongside private investors, helping promising ventures accelerate their growth and impact.

Innovate UK is offering UK-registered SMEs a share of £1.66 million through its Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems competition. The funding aims to support the experimental validation of novel AI and machine learning (ML) mechanisms that could form the foundation of next-generation AI systems.

The 5th Innowwide Call for Market Feasibility Projects provides funding for European SMEs to investigate the commercial potential of their innovations in markets across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. SMEs can use the six-month project to assess technical, market, legal and socioeconomic conditions while working with a local organisation in their chosen target country. The call will fund 70 projects, with each successful SME receiving a fixed €60,000 grant towards its international market feasibility project.

Are you developing an innovative solution that could improve cancer diagnosis, reduce waiting times or increase the capacity of NHS cancer services? The NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call 4, delivered through SBRI Healthcare, offers funding to support the implementation, evaluation and wider adoption of promising cancer care innovations across England. Projects must address earlier cancer detection and diagnosis, improved productivity or increased capacity within cancer care pathways.

Innovate UK has launched the BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst, offering up to £5 million in Phase 1 funding to support UK-registered SMEs developing advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions. The programme aims to help businesses move beyond initial pilots towards real-world deployment, addressing technical, operational and regulatory challenges while supporting wider commercial adoption. The competition covers three funding strands: AI for Decision Critical Systems, AI for Operational Systems, and AI for Assurance and Compliance. Applicants must collaborate with an eligible UK-based deployer organisation and demonstrate how their existing AI solution can address a significant operational challenge. Successful consortia can apply for £100,000 to £200,000 in grant funding, with opportunities to progress into subsequent deployment and commercialisation phases.

The Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks is providing up to £300 million in capital grant funding to strengthen UK manufacturing capacity for critical offshore wind and electricity network components. Funding is aimed at businesses investing in new or expanded UK manufacturing facilities that can help address supply chain bottlenecks and support the UK's renewable energy ambitions. Projects must primarily manufacture eligible critical components, including offshore wind blades, nacelles, towers, monopiles, transition pieces, cables, transformers, converter stations, switchgear and related systems. Funding is specifically for capital investment, and applicants must demonstrate that grant support is necessary for their project to proceed.

The UK-Singapore Collaborative R&D 2026 competition is offering funding for UK businesses to work with Singapore partners on innovative industrial research projects with strong commercial potential.

The Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences Accommodation Programme (LSAP) provides capital funding to help increase the supply of high-quality laboratory and manufacturing accommodation for Scotland’s growing life sciences sector.

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.

The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is inviting researchers, universities, businesses, charities, and public sector organisations to apply for funding to pursue ambitious, high-risk, high-reward research.

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.