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Grants in the United Kingdom

Explore grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This directory includes national and regional funding from UK innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in the United Kingdom, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at the United Kingdom come first.

Showing 1-24 of 2,158 grants

Medical Research Council logo
Open

MRC CoRE Round 4 — Full

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Supports cross-disciplinary medical research initiatives translating discoveries into applied health solutions and services.

BiotechMedtech
£26.3MSep'26
UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

Sector transition: UKRI policy fellowships 2026

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Fellowships for academics to embed with policy hosts and address policy priorities.

£180K – £280KSep'26
Cancer Research UK logo
Open

Prevention and Population Programme Award

🇬🇧CRUK · United Kingdom

Funds UK cancer researchers up to £2.5m over five years for prevention and population studies.

BiotechMedtech
£2.5MSep'26
DC
Open

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

🇬🇧DCMS · United Kingdom

Gaming-based support for boys aged 11–16 facing loneliness or isolation.

Food Tech
£120K – £648KSep'26
Science and Technology Facilities Council logo
Open

BBSRC-STFC DeepTech Catalyst Bio

🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom startups working on biological-in-nature technologies through BBSRC STFC DeepTech Catalyst Bio to move ideas toward practical impact.

BiotechSynthetic Biology
£60KSep'26
Medical Research Council logo
Open

Early independence: career development fellowship

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

A fellowship for medical researchers taking a first step towards independence.

BiotechMedtech+1
Sep'26
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Open

Optical wireless communications research and testing facility

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Funding to establish a national optical wireless communications test facility.

AIDefense+4
£7.1MSep'26
UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration Accounts 2027

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Flexible early-stage funding for research organisations to progress research impact.

Sep'26
Innovate UK logo
Open

Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Collaborative projects to address barriers to adopting quantum sensing and PNT.

QuantumMedtech+3
£1M – £3MSep'26
British Heart Foundation logo
Open

BHF Discovery Research PhD Studentship

🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom

Funds doctoral cardiovascular research positions focused on discovery innovation to strengthen real-world implementation.

BiotechMedtech
Sep'26
British Heart Foundation logo
Open

BHF Discovery Research Senior Fellowship

🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom

Funds senior cardiovascular scientists to build independent research teams to strengthen real-world implementation.

BiotechMedtech
Sep'26
British Heart Foundation logo
Open

Discovery Research Early Career Fellowship

🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom

Funds non-clinician early-career researchers to run their own cardiovascular project.

Medtech
Sep'26
British Heart Foundation logo
Open

Discovery Research Future Leaders Fellowship

🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom

Funds postdoctoral cardiovascular researchers for up to 7 years toward full independence.

Medtech
Sep'26
Science and Technology Facilities Council logo
Open

Doctoral focal awards in data-intensive sciences

🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom

Funding for doctoral training in data-intensive sciences.

AI
£2.1MSep'26
Innovate UK logo
Open

DRIVE35 innovation fund: collaborate three

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Collaborative R&D for zero emission vehicle technologies and manufacturing.

MobilityEnergy Tech+3
£2.5M – £20MSep'26
Innovate UK logo
Open

Electricity Demand Turn Up trial: EoI for flexibility providers

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

EOI for flexibility providers to deliver Demand Turn Up propositions.

Energy Tech
£1K – £3MSep'26
Innovate UK logo
Open

Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Build quantum software that solves a named industrial problem better than classical methods.

QuantumAI
£300K – £4MSep'26
DF
Open

Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power

🇬🇧DfT · United Kingdom

Build and demonstrate battery-electric vessels or novel shore power systems.

Energy TechHardware+1
£1K – £30MSep'26
Innovate UK logo
Open

Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds UK business-led collaborations developing innovative vessel energy efficiency technologies under the ZEVI 2 clean maritime programme.

Climate TechEnergy Tech+4
£30MSep'26
Science and Technology Facilities Council logo
Open

Computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility (RAC19)

🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom

Computing resources and storage for STFC theory research using DiRAC.

Hardware
Sep'26
Medical Research Council logo
Open

Expression of interest: Precision prevention: biological mechanisms of response variation

🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom

Funding for human studies of biological mechanisms in precision prevention.

BiotechMedtech
Sep'26
Science and Technology Facilities Council logo
Open

Funding for STFC core summer schools for 2027

🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom

Funding for five STFC core summer schools taking place in 2027.

Photonics
Sep'26
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Open

UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration: CHERI IKC

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Establish an Innovation and Knowledge Centre for CHERI adoption and commercialisation.

CybersecurityHardware+1
£7.7MSep'26
Innovate UK logo
Open

Scaling performance of quantum computing hardware: CR&D

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Collaborative industrial research for quantum computing hardware and associated software.

QuantumHardware+1
£1M – £3.5MSep'26

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