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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.

Showing 49-72 of 425 grants

Innovate UK logo
Between cycles

ZEVI 2: Alternative Fuels

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds United Kingdom maritime teams developing alternative fuels like hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol in operational settings.

MobilityEnergy Tech+2
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
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships 6

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Supports rapid partnerships between United Kingdom businesses and academic teams to transfer innovation into commercialization.

AIAgritech+7
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
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology logo
Closed

Critical Minerals Accelerator

🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom

£25 million to scale up UK extraction, processing and recycling of critical minerals.

Advanced MaterialsAdvanced Manufacturing+2
£150K – £3M
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
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

Future computing paradigms Network Plus

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Build a multidisciplinary network for future computing paradigms.

AIHardware+4
£2.8M
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
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Closed

KTP to Round 2

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds three-way collaboration among universities, companies, and industry experts to translate knowledge into product-led growth.

AIAgritech+7
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
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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
Closed

Ultra long duration energy storage project development studies

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Fund the study that gets a 100-hour battery demonstrator ready to build.

Energy TechClimate Tech+1
£350K – £700K
Innovate UK logo
Closed

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
£30M
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

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