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.
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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.
EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding for strategic infrastructure and resources supporting existing infrastructure.
High performance compute resources for EPSRC communities
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding for compute hardware serving engineering and physical sciences communities.
UKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantum
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Make quantum computers work inside normal high-performance computing workflows.
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.
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Non-Academic Stream
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom researchers in non-academic organisations through UKRI Future Leaders non-academic fellowships to build independent innovation programmes.
Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science
🇬🇧AHRC · United Kingdom
Capital funding for conservation and heritage science facilities.
Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2027
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Funding for large or complex projects in specified STFC scientific areas.
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.
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.
CoSTAR Emerge-AI
🇬🇧CoSTAR National Lab · United Kingdom
Backs early-stage UK creative-tech AI firms with a stipend, credits and mentorship.
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.
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.
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.
i4i THRIVE
🇬🇧NIHR · United Kingdom
Supports NHS researchers and clinicians through NIHR i4i THRIVE, helping them develop healthcare technologies that reduce inequalities.
Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber — Digital Technology Grant
🇬🇧SYMCA · United Kingdom
Funds Yorkshire manufacturing small businesses through the Made Smarter programme for digital and automation upgrades.
Manchester Prize Round 2: Clean Energy Systems
🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom
Awards a UK team a £1 million grand prize for AI that accelerates clean, net-zero energy.
MS Society Data Discovery Awards
🇬🇧MS Society UK · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom multiple sclerosis prevention research with data-discovery grants in risk and healthcare.