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 49-72 of 607 grants
UCL Business Translational Funding
🇬🇧UCLB · United Kingdom
Offers UCL Business translational funding for teams turning research into market pilots.
Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Industry Track
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom non-academic organisations in developing independent innovation programmes through UKRI Future Leaders Industry fellowships.
NHS Cancer Programme — Innovation Call 4
🇬🇧SBRI Healthcare · United Kingdom
Contracts UK or EU organisations to implement and independently evaluate mature cancer innovations across NHS sites in England.
An AI Foundation Toxicology Model and Framework to Support Waiving a Second Species in Drug Safety Studies
🇨🇦IHI JU · European Union
Funds development of an AI toxicology model that lets drug developers waive costly second-species animal safety testing.
Access EuroHPC supercomputers for AI development (AI Factories)
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Apply for EuroHPC compute time to train and develop large AI models.
Access EuroHPC supercomputers for research computing
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Apply for time on Europe's most powerful supercomputers. No cash — compute.
Anthropic Fellows Program
🇺🇸Anthropic · United States
Offers additional fellowship opportunities for AI researchers through collaborative cohorts.
ARIA Rolling Opportunity Seeds
🇬🇧ARIA · United Kingdom
Funds early United Kingdom proposals in artificial intelligence, climate, space, and neural interface exploration.
Cancer Grand Challenges
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Supports large interdisciplinary global teams tackling transformative unsolved problems in cancer biology.
DASA / UKDI Open Call for Innovation (paused
🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom
Supports disruptive defence and security innovation through the UKDI route during transition toward renewed innovation operations.
Defence Innovation Loans/27 — Next
🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom
Funds companies with strong defense applications through development loans and advisory support for advanced innovation.
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.
EPSRC discipline hopping in ICT: responsive mode
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Support for researchers moving into or from ICT research areas.
EPSRC network grant: responsive mode
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Support for researchers building interdisciplinary research communities.
EPSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding for early-career individuals to develop an independent research vision.
EPSRC overseas travel grant: responsive mode
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding for overseas visits to learn techniques or build collaborations.
EPSRC standard research grant: responsive mode
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Research grants for excellent discovery led research within EPSRC’s remit.
EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding for strategic infrastructure and resources supporting existing infrastructure.
EPSRC working with overseas scientists: responsive mode
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Collaborative research with overseas scientists through EPSRC lead agency agreements.
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.
i4i FAST
🇬🇧NIHR · United Kingdom
Offers NHS-focused support for late-stage healthcare technologies to reach community delivery through NIHR i4i FAST.
i4i PDA NICE Early Use
🇬🇧NIHR · United Kingdom
Supports innovators with medical devices, in vitro diagnostics, or NICE-classified digital health technology through NIHR i4i PDA Early Use opportunities.
i4i Product Development Awards
🇬🇧NIHR · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom healthcare teams developing medical devices, diagnostics, and digital patient-care solutions through NIHR i4i Product Development Awards.