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 241-264 of 607 grants
Approaches, verification and training for Edge-AI building blocks for CCAM Systems (CCAM Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project developing optimised edge-AI models for real-time perception and decision-making in self-driving vehicles.
Artistic intelligence — harnessing the power of the arts for complex challenges, soft skills and innovation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays research consortiums roughly €4.5-5 million to study and pilot art-science-technology collaborations that boost innovation, soft skills and human-centred technology.
Assessment methodologies for General Purpose AI capabilities and risks
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds around two research projects, each worth EUR 3 to 4 million, to build benchmarks that test what general-purpose AI models can and cannot safely do.
BASS — Digitalisation of the Water Sector
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds water resilience projects using space-enabled data and digital tools.
BASS — University of Tomorrow
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Supports educational institutions developing space-enabled learning applications and innovation pilots.
Boosting data availability and AI solutions in food for consumers and food service professionals
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that build generative AI tools for food purchasing, preparation and preservation, with dedicated support packages for AI startups and SMEs.
Boosting innovation through exploitation of digitalisation and data exchange in healthcare
🇪🇺IHI JU · European Union
Funds public-private research on interoperable health data and AI analytics that speed up diagnosis, treatment and personalised care.
Built-On Databricks Startup Challenge
🇦🇺Databricks Inc. · United States
Runs an annual Databricks customer competition for B2B pilots with opportunities for equity and cloud credits.
CELTIC-NEXT Autumn Call 2026
🇦🇹CELTIC-NEXT · Global / Multinational
Funds international ICT R&D consortia through Eureka's national funding schemes.
Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds three lead projects, worth up to EUR 15 million each, that each run a multi-stage generative-AI competition in aerospace, pharma or telecom — with EUR 250,000 grants to the top 20 entrants and EUR 2 million grants to the final four.
Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster in Apply AI prioritised sectors
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays three European consortia EUR 15 million each to run generative-AI competitions in aerospace, pharma or telecoms, re-granting up to EUR 2 million per finalist SME team that competes.
Coordinated European contribution to the WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch and its international governance
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project building AI-based digital tools and new data products that plug European greenhouse-gas monitoring into the WMO's global watch system.
Data stewards, skills and training for Open Science and FAIR practices
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a coordination project that builds core curricula and career paths for data stewards and Open Science training across Europe.
Delivering Earth Intelligence to accelerate the green and digital transition
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds teams scaling up AI-powered Earth-observation products toward real commercial or public-service use in areas like agriculture, water and disaster response.
Digital technologies and energy transition in fisheries and/or aquaculture
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds demonstration projects using AI, IoT and robotics to cut energy use and emissions in fisheries and aquaculture across at least three countries in one sea basin.
Effective environmental observing systems and associated governance
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds AI, digital-twin and IoT tools that make satellite and drone-based environmental monitoring systems cheaper and easier to use.
EIC Advanced Innovation Challenges (Pilot)
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Awards EU deep-tech teams up to €2.5 million in lump-sum grants across two stages.
Empowering AI/generative AI along the Cognitive Computing continuum
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds around four research projects, each worth EUR 6 to 8 million, to build AI tools that run efficiently across cloud, edge and IoT infrastructure.
Enhanced Learning Strategies for General Purpose AI
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds two research projects, each worth up to EUR 15 million, to build general-purpose AI models that reason, plan and adapt better than today's large language models.
Enhancing integrated research and healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa through digital innovation and Artificial Intelligence
🇪🇺EDCTP3 · European Union
Funds coordination projects that scale up validated digital health and AI tools across national or sub-regional health systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Enhancing sustainability and resilience of agriculture, forestry and rural development through digital twins
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds teams building 3D digital-twin maps and VR platforms of rural villages to help farmers, foresters and local authorities plan for climate resilience.
EOSC Nodes with federating capabilities for the EOSC Federation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that build new EOSC nodes — thematic or regional entry points into Europe's federated open-science cloud.
EU Digital Twin Ocean: Contribution to the EU DTO core infrastructure through applications for sustainable ocean management
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds development of new digital-twin-of-the-ocean applications, using AI and real-time data, for ocean policy, business or management use cases across multiple sea basins.
EU-India International Collaboration
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds a coordination and support action to build structured EU-India cooperation on 6G research, connecting European and Indian industry, standards bodies and research programmes.