The MSI: SME Resource and Energy Efficiency competition aims to enable digital innovation that helps UK manufacturers address critical challenges around energy consumption and resource efficiency. The competition supports two strands: Feasibility Studies and Industrial Research, encouraging collaborative approaches between technology developers and SME manufacturers.

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is investing up to £25 million through the Biomedical Catalyst 2025 programme to support UK SMEs developing innovative solutions to major health and healthcare challenges.

Innovate UK has launched two new competitions to accelerate the real-world deployment of connected and automated mobility (CAM) services. The CAM Pathfinder Programme aims to transform research and early-stage development into sustainable, commercial mobility solutions.

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has launched the first competition under the new National Materials Innovation Programme, offering up to £2 million to support feasibility projects that accelerate the translation of advanced materials innovations into real-world industrial applications.

The DRIVE35 Scale-up: Feasibility Studies 2 competition is now open, providing a major opportunity for UK organisations preparing to scale up zero-emission vehicle technologies. With £5 million available, the programme aims to strengthen the UK’s manufacturing base, accelerate the transition to clean transport, and unlock private investment in strategic technologies.

The DANUBElifelines (DLL) Call for Associated Regions invites five new regions to join the DLL mission of restoring migratory fish populations across the Danube River Basin. Through this call, selected regions will receive technical support, access to expert knowledge, and up to €100,000 to implement practical restoration measures.

The EPIC-X Open Call for Women-Led Deep-Tech Startups aims to boost women’s leadership in Europe’s deep-tech sector and strengthen innovation capacity in 16 moderate and emerging innovator countries. The programme provides financial support, tailored acceleration services and cross-border networking to help startups grow internationally.

The first UNITE Open Call invites digital health innovators from seven participating European regions to develop high-impact solutions that can transform healthcare delivery, empower patients and strengthen European digital health ecosystems.

The EUROLAKES Call for Replication Projects supports the adoption of nature-based solutions to restore degraded lake ecosystems across Europe. As part of the wider EUROLakes project, this call aims to replicate successful methodologies tested at demonstration sites to improve ecological health, water quality and long-term lake resilience.

The PhotonQBoost Open Call provides financial and advisory support to European SMEs developing innovative photonics and quantum solutions. With a total budget of €728,800, the programme aims to strengthen SME resilience, sustainability and technological advancement across Europe.

The Eureka GlobalStars Japan 2026 competition invites UK businesses to collaborate with Japanese partners on ambitious industrial research projects. Backed by Innovate UK, this opportunity aims to strengthen international innovation partnerships and accelerate technologies with global market potential.

FORTIS Open Call 1 supports the development, integration and validation of human robot interaction (HRI) solutions that can be plugged into the FORTIS ecosystem. The call aims to attract multidisciplinary consortia that bring together expertise from robotics, artificial intelligence, human factors and real-world deployment environments.

The Strategic Innovation Open Call, launched by EIT Urban Mobility on 19 June 2025, invites innovators across Europe to submit ambitious, market-critical proposals that address urgent urban mobility challenges. This multi-year initiative (2026–2028) aims to accelerate the deployment of solutions with a clear path to commercialization, scaling potential, and real-world impact.

Innovate UK, in partnership with the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and National Highways, is investing up to £10 million to fund cutting-edge projects that expand public EV charging capacity for long-distance journeys along England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN).

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.