AI grants in the United Kingdom
Explore AI grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI 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 AI in the United Kingdom come first.
Showing 1-24 of 607 grants
High performance compute resources for EPSRC communities
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding for compute hardware serving engineering and physical sciences communities.
Collaborate with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Test an academic-industry functional-genomics idea and generate early data.
UKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantum
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Make quantum computers work inside normal high-performance computing workflows.
UKRI translation: MRC proof of concept: stage two
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Funding for invited academic-led translational health projects.
Transformative sustainable AI technologies
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Funding for speculative, high-risk research on sustainable AI technologies.
UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Single-step support for high-risk medical product development.
UK Obesity Research Institute: full application
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Establish a collaborative institute for mechanistic obesity research.
Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science
🇬🇧AHRC · United Kingdom
Capital funding for conservation and heritage science facilities.
Gambling Harms Research Grants
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom teams tackling gambling-related harms, funding interdisciplinary studies and practical interventions through UKRI cross-council grants.
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.
UK-Singapore CRD 2026
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funding for UK-Singapore industrial research collaborations.
Focal awards: multilingual futures for UK growth and connectivity
🇬🇧AHRC · United Kingdom
Doctoral training in language-grounded research through HEI-led consortia.
Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale Ups
🇬🇧DBT · United Kingdom
Visa-fee reimbursement for eligible international hires at UK scale-ups.
Flexible Skills Programme — 2026/27 Tranche
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Funds Welsh employers to build workforce capability, including specialist training in artificial intelligence tools.
Flexible Skills Programme — FY2026/27
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Funds Welsh employers to build workforce capability, including specialist training in artificial intelligence tools.
Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2027
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Funding for large or complex projects in specified STFC scientific areas.
BBSRC Applicant-Led (Responsive Mode) — Always Open
🇬🇧BBSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom bioscience researchers through responsive grants that fund investigator-led foundational innovation.
BridgeAI
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Supports artificial intelligence adoption in agriculture, construction, creative, and transport sectors.
Cambridge Enterprise START — Pre-Seed
🇬🇧Cambridge Enterprise · United Kingdom
Offers pre-seed equity funding for Cambridge-linked founders in science to strengthen real-world implementation.
DASA Open Call — Defence Rapid Impact (Phase 2)
🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom
Helps research teams and institutions for DASA Defence Rapid Impact in defense innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
DASA Open Call — Emerging Innovations (Phase 1)
🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom
Offers research teams and institutions for DASA Emerging Innovations in defense innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
Defence Innovation Fund
🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom defence startups with rapid MoD contract opportunities in autonomy, robotics, and control systems.
DRIVE35 Supplier Readiness and Transformation Fund
🇬🇧WMCA · United Kingdom
Funds West Midlands businesses scaling EV supply-chain manufacturing capacity through capital grants.
Eurostars Call 11 (UK)
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom firms in multinational innovation consortia for export readiness.