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.
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BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA) — Always Open
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom industry-academia teams through partnership awards for precommercial innovation experiments.
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.
Cluster Acceleration Programme — Phase 1
🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom
Supports Northern Ireland small and medium enterprise-led cluster groups to test collaborative business models before entering growth phases.
DRIVE35 Feasibility Studies
🇬🇧APC UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom manufacturing feasibility work for zero-emission vehicle scaling.
DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom zero-emission vehicle makers through DRIVE35 grants for manufacturing innovation scaling.
Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS) — Scheme
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Provides enhanced tax relief for loss-making United Kingdom companies with intensive innovation spending.
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.
Faraday Institution Industry Sprints
🇬🇧Faraday Institution · United Kingdom
Offers short-term battery-industry projects addressing concrete technical challenges with direct company partnerships.
Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Supports independent research career transitions in the United Kingdom through fellowships combining academic and non-academic hosts.
Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF)
🇬🇧WMCA · United Kingdom
Grants West Midlands scale-ups £100k-£1m for near-to-market R&D projects.
Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber — Digital Technology Grant
🇬🇧SYMCA · United Kingdom
Funds Yorkshire manufacturing small businesses through the Made Smarter programme for digital and automation upgrades.
Patent Box — 10% Corporation Tax Rate on IP Profits
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom innovation firms an improved tax route on qualifying intellectual property income.
R&D Tax Relief — Merged RDEC (Scheme)
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Administers United Kingdom tax-research support claims through HMRC filing workflows connected to corporate innovation activity.
Scottish EDGE Main — Round 27
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports early-stage Scottish businesses with blended grant and loan funding for scalable growth across sectors.
Scottish Enterprise Capital Grant
🇬🇧Scottish Enterprise · United Kingdom
Funds Scottish business capital expansion through discretionary support tied to modernisation and growth plans.
SMART FIS
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Supports Welsh organizations pursuing research, development, and innovation through partnerships and grants.
SMART Partnerships
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Funds Welsh business and research institution collaborations for short-term joint innovation and commercialization projects.
Social Enterprise EDGE — Round 27
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports asset-locked Scottish social enterprises and charities with mission-led funding to drive community and social impact outcomes.
Strathclyde Inspire Accelerator
🇬🇧Strathclyde Inspire · United Kingdom
Supports University of Strathclyde ventures through an accelerator that helps teams progress to investor-ready, mentor-backed operations.
UKCAAR Feasibility Sprint
🇬🇧APC UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom academic teams for feasibility studies advancing zero-emission automotive innovation.
Wild Card EDGE — Round 27
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports unconventional pre-trading Scottish ventures, including sole traders and partnerships, through the Wild Card EDGE grant pathway.
Young EDGE — Round 27
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports Scottish companies led by young directors through a grant-only path in the Young EDGE category for early business development.
DRIVE35 Demonstrate
🇬🇧APC UK · United Kingdom
Funds automotive teams developing zero-emission demonstration vehicles from research through commercial scale-up.
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition: Deployment Trials
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK business-led collaborations running real-world deployment trials of clean maritime technologies through Innovate UK match grants.