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.
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DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5
Innovate UK
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.
Full ADOPT Grant: Round 9
Innovate UK
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million to fund innovation projects with businesses.
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).
UK registered businesses providing flexibility services can submit an expression of interest for a trial assessing if DTU can reduce renewable electricity curtailment in Great Britain. Successful applicants can apply for a share of up to £16 million.
Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences’ (OLS) Cancer Healthcare Goals programme, will invest up to £25.4 million, to support the clinical validation and evaluation of early cancer diagnostic technologies and devices.
ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 11
Innovate UK
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.
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.
Innovation Loans Expression of Interest
Innovate UK
UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises can submit an Expression of Interest for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential. They must significantly improve the UK economy and drive societal benefit.
UKRI Translation: BBSRC Proof of Concept 2026
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Apply for funding to translate bioscience research into innovations such as products, services and solutions that generate real-world economic, societal, and environmental impact. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
CoSTAR Showcase Labs: Createch infrastructure and commercialisation
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Join the CoSTAR Network and host national infrastructure for creative sector research and development. Reduce barriers to creative businesses’ technology adoption and support commercialisation, scale up and investment for creative tech businesses. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
Mathematical sciences postdoctoral fellowship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
These are personal, career development focused awards for the mathematical sciences. You must have either: a PhD more than four years’ experience in a relevant field by the start of your fellowship Candidates with more research experience may prefer to apply for our open fellowship.
DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund drawdown five
Innovate UK
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies. DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a BIST-led programme aimed at transforming the UK’s automotive industry.
Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Apply for funding to strengthen conservation and heritage science infrastructure by building sustainable capability, improving access to nationally significant facilities and driving innovation with industry partners. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
NERC-Innovate UK ICURe Engage programme
Innovate UK , Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Apply for NERC’s ICURe Engage four-week programme for those projects previously funded by NERC. The programme aims to identify potential beneficiaries and users of academic research, introduce participants to commercialisation tools, and foster entrepreneurship.
Resilient economy and security through ecosystem transitions grants
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Apply for funding to improve our understanding of how ecosystem change affects resilience, security and prosperity as part of the NERC-Defra co-funded Resilient Economy and Security through Ecosystem Transitions programme. You must be based at an eligible UK organisation to apply.
Collaborate with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Apply for funding to collaborate with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
Access EuroHPC supercomputers for research computing
UK Research and Innovation
Apply for time on Europe’s supercomputers through EuroHPC. Access modes suit every stage, from testing code to large-scale research. UK researchers are eligible as EuroHPC members.
Transformative sustainable AI technologies
UK Research and Innovation
Apply for funding for projects focused on speculative and high-risk research with the potential to deliver a step change in the sustainability of future AI systems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding.