Skip to content

Browse funding

Live UK funding opportunities from government, lottery distributors, research councils and arts bodies. Expired listings are removed automatically.

58 opportunities

Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £13 million for building quantum computing software applications that show clear value and potential high impact on near term quantum computing systems.

£300k – £4mCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate 3

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £20 million for late stage collaborative research and development projects. Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.

£2.5m – £20mCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

£1,000 – £30mCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

£1,000 – £30mCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Autumn

Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) and funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Innovate UK is administering this competition on behalf of GOTT.

UK registered government research organisations can apply for grants from £50,000 up to £250,000 to move viable public sector knowledge assets towards commercial readiness. This funding is provided by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT).

£50k – £250kCloses in 9 days (1 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchool

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for pre-commercialisation projects. This funding is from the UKRI R&D Missions Accelerator Programme through the Clean Energy Superpower Mission.

£100k – £3mCloses in 3 days (26 August 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £14.3 million to accelerate the adoption of quantum enabled position, navigation, and timing (PNT) and sensing technologies by addressing specific technical and commercial barriers.

£1m – £3mCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

Optical wireless communications research and testing facility (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Apply for funding to establish optical wireless communications research and testing facility. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Up to £7.12mCloses in 23 days (15 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

£1,000 – £30mCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026A (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science. Applicant organisations must: • be UK-based • produce annual accounts certified by an accountant Proposals must include an appropriate STFC subject-matter expert (SME).

£5,000 – £20kCloses in 2 days (25 August 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

Aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate 2026 (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council

Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research which focuses on the underpinning science of aviation’s non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) impacts and how they interact with climate over time with the view to identifying benefits, mitigation options, informing industry and government policy decisions.

Up to £385.4kCloses in 16 days (8 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme 2026 (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Apply for this jointly funded opportunity between EPSRC and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aiming to support two projects focused on the decommissioning of Fukushima and Sellafield.

£250k – £593.7kCloses in 16 days (8 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

Small molecule high throughput screen using AstraZeneca facilities (Grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council (MRC)

Apply for funding to run a high throughput screen (HTS) using AstraZeneca’s compound library and screening robots. There are two funding opportunities per year that are open to all targets.

Up to £270kCloses in 17 days (9 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

The UK Space Agency invites proposals for UK-based research and development projects to develop innovative Earth Observation (EO) technologies through the EO Missions and Technology (EOMT) Innovation Call 1. Applications are encouraged for innovative, early Technology Readiness Level (TRL) projects supporting climate monitoring, the environment, dual use and commercial applications.

£50k – £200kCloses in 9 days (1 September 2026)UK-wide
IndividualLocal authoritySchoolCharity+6 more

When we opened the Childcare Support Fund for applications, we said that we would offer another opportunity to apply if possible. We are pleased to be able to reopen the fund for applications from 11am Tuesday 18 August 2026 in order to allocate the remaining funding. This application period will run for 2 weeks, closing midnight Tuesday 01 September 2026. You are still eligible to send a new application if your application was rejected for the first round of applications. This grant funds short-term, flexible childcare through registered childcare providers, to support low income families living in, or at risk of, poverty at key times when childcare costs create financial pressure or are a barrier to employment, training or learning.

£250k – £1mCloses in 9 days (1 September 2026)Scotland
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

Sector transition: UKRI policy fellowships 2026 (Fellowship)

UK Research and Innovation, BBSRC, AHRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC

Apply for this sector transition fellowship to transfer knowledge and skills across academic and policy sectors and increase sector porosity. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

£180k – £280kCloses in 18 days (10 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

DCMS 'Connections Through Gaming' Pilot Fund (Boys 11-16)

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

DCMS is providing grant funding for delivery partner(s) to test an innovative three-year ‘Connections through Gaming’ pilot that will use gaming as a route to engage boys aged 11–16 who may be experiencing loneliness, isolation or low wellbeing. The pilot will combine gaming-based activities, structured wellbeing and confidence-building support; opportunities to build friendships, confidence and positive social connections, both online and in person. The pilot is particularly focused on boys aged 11-16 who: - may be becoming withdrawn or isolated; - are struggling to build or maintain social connections; - are not currently engaging with existing youth services; and - would benefit from additional support before challenges become more entrenched.

£120k – £648kCloses in 19 days (11 September 2026)England
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

National River Walks

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

***NECESSARY ACTION: SEE SUPPORTING INFORMATION TAB FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS*** Defra is looking to award grants via the National River Walks Programme to address the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 commitment to deliver 9 new national river walks, one in each region of England. One river walk has already been delivered in the North West region. We now welcome applications from the remaining 8 regions of England to deliver the next river walks. We are not looking for further applications from the North West. We aim to select 4 river walks to be delivered by 31st March 2028. A further competition to fund the remaining 4 walks will be arranged in the future.

Up to £1.35mCloses in 4 days (27 August 2026)England
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) invites applications for funding to strengthen the UK’s role in digital technical standards, which are essential to the economy and society and developed through global multistakeholder collaboration in organisations such as the European Telecommunication Standardization Institution (ETSI), Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The goal is to support innovative initiatives that embed standards teaching in higher education, inspire career interest, enhance academic–industry collaboration and strengthen the UK talent pipeline for participation in international standards development.

£2,500 – £40kCloses in 15 days (7 September 2026)UK-wide
IndividualLocal authoritySchoolCharity+6 more

Doctoral focal awards in data-intensive sciences (grant)

UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Research Council

Apply for funding to deliver STFC’s doctoral focal awards in the field of data-intensive sciences. This funding opportunity builds on our previous investment, providing students with skills and training to enable careers in academia or industry. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding

Up to £2.1mCloses in 24 days (16 September 2026)UK-wide
Local authoritySchoolCharityCIC+5 more