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Advanced Manufacturing grants in the United Kingdom

Explore Advanced Manufacturing grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for additive manufacturing, automation, digital factories and industrial innovation 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 Advanced Manufacturing in the United Kingdom come first.

Showing 25-48 of 370 grants

Welsh Government logo
Open

SMART Innovation Funding

🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom

Funds Welsh organizations developing new or significantly improved products, processes, and services.

AIBiotech+6
Business Wales logo
Open

SMART Partnerships

🇬🇧Business Wales · United Kingdom

Funds collaborative R&D between Wales-based businesses and knowledge-base partners, with the Welsh Government covering 100% of the academic or research partner's eligible costs.

AIAgritech+12
Invest Northern Ireland logo
Open

Techstart Ventures Proof of Concept Grant

🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom

Supports small businesses in Northern Ireland with proof-of-concept development for testing commercialization hypotheses.

AIHardware+5
£10K – £30K
West Midlands Combined Authority logo
Open

West Midlands Innovation Accelerator

🇬🇧WMCA · United Kingdom

Connects West Midlands teams to United Kingdom Innovate competitions in health technology, clean technology, and advanced manufacturing innovation.

MedtechClimate Tech+3
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority logo
Open

Tech Welcome Grant

🇬🇧SYMCA · United Kingdom

Funds tech and digital businesses taking workspace in South Yorkshire with grants toward accommodation costs.

AICybersecurity+3
£5K – £10K
Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI Programme) logo
Scheduled

ATI Strategic Programme

🇬🇧ATI · United Kingdom

Funds UK teams developing civil aerospace technology and research infrastructure.

AerospaceClimate Tech+2
£18MNov'26
Advanced Propulsion Centre UK logo
Scheduled

DRIVE35 Collaborate

🇬🇧APC UK · United Kingdom

Supports industry consortia advancing zero-emission vehicle technologies toward manufacturing commercialization.

MobilityAdvanced Manufacturing+1
£2.5M – £25MApr'27
UK Research and Innovation logo
Between cycles

Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Industry Track

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom non-academic organisations in developing independent innovation programmes through UKRI Future Leaders Industry fellowships.

AIBiotech+5
£300K – £2M
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology logo
Between cycles

LSIMF Round 7

🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom life science manufacturing teams through LSIMF grants for facility and process innovation.

BiotechMedtech+1
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

Advanced materials: highlight notice

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Research grants for critical-minerals materials and in-situ materials measurement.

Advanced MaterialsEnergy Tech+1
Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI Programme) logo
Between cycles

ATI SME Programme

🇬🇧ATI · United Kingdom

Funds UK civil aerospace projects with at least half of project costs going to SMEs.

AerospaceClimate Tech+2
£1.5M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA) — Always Open

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom industry-academia teams through partnership awards for precommercial innovation experiments.

BiotechAgritech+4
£2M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

BBSRC Stand-alone LINK — Always Open

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom university and industry teams through LINK grants that share innovation ownership and risk.

BiotechAgritech+4
£2M
Advanced Propulsion Centre UK logo
Between cycles

DRIVE35 Demonstrate

🇬🇧APC UK · United Kingdom

Funds automotive teams developing zero-emission demonstration vehicles from research through commercial scale-up.

MobilityAdvanced Manufacturing+1
£500K – £1.5M
Innovate UK logo
Between cycles

DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom zero-emission vehicle makers through DRIVE35 grants for manufacturing innovation scaling.

MobilityAdvanced Manufacturing+2
HM Revenue and Customs logo
Between cycles

Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS) — Scheme

🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom

Provides enhanced tax relief for loss-making United Kingdom companies with intensive innovation spending.

AIBiotech+12
HM Revenue and Customs logo
Between cycles

Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) — Company Certification

🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom

Offers United Kingdom startups with certification support tied to investor incentive access for high growth innovation.

AIBiotech+14
£10M
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

EPSRC network grant: responsive mode

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Support for researchers building interdisciplinary research communities.

AICybersecurity+4
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

EPSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Funding for early-career individuals to develop an independent research vision.

AICybersecurity+4
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

EPSRC overseas travel grant: responsive mode

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Funding for overseas visits to learn techniques or build collaborations.

AICybersecurity+4
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

EPSRC programme grant outline stage

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Flexible funding for collaborative engineering and physical sciences research.

Energy TechAdvanced Manufacturing+1
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

EPSRC standard research grant: responsive mode

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Research grants for excellent discovery led research within EPSRC’s remit.

AICybersecurity+5
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Funding for strategic infrastructure and resources supporting existing infrastructure.

AIHardware+6
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Between cycles

EPSRC working with overseas scientists: responsive mode

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Collaborative research with overseas scientists through EPSRC lead agency agreements.

AICybersecurity+4

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