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Advanced Materials grants in the United Kingdom

Explore Advanced Materials grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for novel materials, composites, nanomaterials, coatings and materials science 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 Materials in the United Kingdom come first.

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Between cycles

Scottish Inward Investment Catalyst Fund

🇬🇧Scottish Government · United Kingdom

Pays Scottish academic partners so non-Scottish firms can trial R&D collaboration.

Energy TechMobility+4
£10K
Welsh Government logo
Between cycles

SMART FIS

🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom

Supports Welsh organizations pursuing research, development, and innovation through partnerships and grants.

AIBiotech+6
Welsh Government logo
Between cycles

SMART Partnerships

🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom

Funds Welsh business and research institution collaborations for short-term joint innovation and commercialization projects.

AIBiotech+6
Scottish EDGE logo
Between cycles

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.

AIBiotech+8
£75K
Scottish EDGE logo
Between cycles

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.

AIBiotech+8
£10K – £15K
Scottish EDGE logo
Between cycles

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.

AIBiotech+8
£10K – £15K
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

BBSRC sLoLa

🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom large-team bioscience projects through collaborative grants for high-impact innovation.

BiotechAgritech+5
£2M
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Innovate UK Venture Builder Pilot

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom university spin-outs in frontier AI, engineering biology, and advanced materials manufacturing.

AIAdvanced Manufacturing+2
£50K – £150K
Advanced Research and Invention Agency logo
Closed

ARIA Activation Partners RFP

🇬🇧ARIA · United Kingdom

Offers collaboration opportunities for United Kingdom organizations designing advanced activity hubs across strategic AI opportunity spaces.

AIBiotech+7
£5M – £20M
Advanced Research and Invention Agency logo
Closed

Enduring Atmospheric Platforms RFP

🇬🇧ARIA · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom atmospheric platform research collaborations focused on resilient high-altitude communication infrastructure.

Climate TechSpace+2
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

EPSRC Network Plus: Materials Innovation Programme Coordination

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom materials innovators through networked collaboration and shared innovation roadmaps.

Advanced MaterialsEnergy Tech+3
£1.4M
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

EPSRC Network Plus: Reimagining Circularity

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Supports circular economy research in the United Kingdom through co-funded networking programmes in textiles and built systems.

Climate TechAdvanced Manufacturing+2
£4.3M
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

EPSRC UK Ultra-High Field NMR National Research Facility

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom chemistry and materials researchers with shared ultra high field NMR access for innovation work.

Advanced MaterialsBiotech+1
£7.3M
Faraday Institution logo
Closed

Faraday Institution PhD & EngD Studentships

🇬🇧Faraday Institution · United Kingdom

Offers fully supported PhD and EngD pathways focused on battery research and electrochemical storage science.

Energy TechAdvanced Materials+1
UK Research and Innovation logo
Closed

Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Academic Track

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom research leaders in all disciplines to build independent programmes via UKRI Future Leaders Academic fellowships.

AIBiotech+4
£300K – £2M
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Growth Cohorts: Next Generation Low Carbon Concrete — Entry

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds UK businesses developing next-generation low carbon concrete technologies through an Innovate UK cohort entry grant.

Built EnvironmentClimate Tech+1
£50K
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Innovation Loans Round 23

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds United Kingdom late-stage ventures with long-term patient government loans.

AIBiotech+8
£100K – £5M
Innovate UK logo
Closed

National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility Studies

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds UK registered businesses conducting feasibility studies in advanced materials innovation through Innovate UK grants under the National Materials Innovation Programme.

Advanced MaterialsSemiconductors+5
£50K – £100K
Strathclyde Inspire — University of Strathclyde logo
Closed

Strathclyde Inspire Innovation Challenge

🇬🇧Strathclyde Inspire · United Kingdom

Supports University of Strathclyde students with early startup ideas through a competition that rewards market-ready commercial thinking.

AIBiotech+5
£10K
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme 2026

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Research funding for UK-Japan nuclear decommissioning projects.

Energy TechRobotics+2
£250K – £594K
Innovate UK logo
Closed

UK-Switzerland Collaborative R&D

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds UK businesses doing joint R&D in specific technology areas with Swiss partners through Innovate UK bilateral competition rounds.

AIBiotech+10
£450K
UK Research and Innovation logo
Closed

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Academic Stream

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Supports early-career United Kingdom researchers at universities and institutes through UKRI Future Leaders Academic fellowships for independent research leadership.

AIBiotech+5
£300K – £2M
Innovate UK logo
Discontinued

Innovate UK Smart Grants

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds United Kingdom technology ventures across broad sectors through competitive grants for deep technology and innovation.

AgritechAI+13
£25K – £2M
UCL Business (UCLB) logo
Discontinued

Commercial POC Fund

🇬🇧UCLB · United Kingdom

Offers UCL teams access to support that turns campus proof-of-concept work into licensable and investable innovation.

BiotechMedtech+4
£75K

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