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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 97-120 of 607 grants

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology logo
Closed

AI Growth Lab

🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom

Regulatory engagement for AI use cases in legal services.

AI
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
European Space Agency logo
Closed

Artificial Intelligence Kick-Start

🇮🇪ESA · Global / Multinational

Funds feasibility studies that combine artificial intelligence with space data.

AISpace
€60K
Amazon Web Services logo
Closed

AWS Imagine Grant (UK) — One

🇬🇧AWS · United States

Funds United Kingdom charities using cloud services and artificial intelligence for social benefit programs.

AI
$100K
Natural Environment Research Council logo
Closed

Biological Influence on Ocean Carbon: Novel Modelling Approaches

🇬🇧NERC · United Kingdom

Offers funding for United Kingdom researchers developing novel ocean carbon models in deep, open water systems and climate-relevant science.

Climate TechAI
£50K – £313K
Defence and Security Accelerator logo
Closed

Biosecurity Frontiers

🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom biosecurity teams with innovation in sensing, diagnostics, and preventive systems.

BiotechMedtech+3
£100K – £500K
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Closed

Biosecurity Frontiers

🇬🇧UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Funds UK-based organisations developing biosecurity innovations across biodetection, AI diagnostics, and non-pharmaceutical protective systems for national security.

BiotechAI+4
£100K – £500K
Ministry of Defence logo
Closed

Biosecurity Frontiers

🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom innovators building systems to detect and respond to biological risk faster.

DefenseBiotech+3
£100K – £500K
CoSTAR National Lab (Arts and Humanities Research Council) logo
Closed

CoSTAR Emerge-AI

🇬🇧CoSTAR National Lab · United Kingdom

Backs early-stage UK creative-tech AI firms with a stipend, credits and mentorship.

AI
£5K
Alzheimer's Research UK logo
Closed

Dementia Frontiers Fund — Main grant awards

🇬🇧ARUK · United Kingdom

Supports flagship dementia teams with major follow-on grant opportunities to strengthen real-world implementation.

BiotechMedtech+2
Alzheimer's Research UK logo
Closed

Dementia Frontiers Fund — Seed funding stage

🇬🇧ARUK · United Kingdom

Funds interdisciplinary seed teams shaping dementia proposals for larger follow-on awards.

BiotechMedtech+2
£50K
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology logo
Closed

Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund

🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom

Supports England's digital inclusion ambitions with local authority pilots that create accessible innovation for communities.

AI
£25K – £500K
Economic and Social Research Council logo
Closed

Doctoral Focal Award: Environmental Evidence Synthesis

🇬🇧ESRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom doctoral researchers in environmental evidence synthesis with dedicated innovation research funding.

Climate TechAI+1
£4.1M
Science and Technology Facilities Council logo
Closed

Doctoral focal awards in data-intensive sciences

🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom

Funding for doctoral training in data-intensive sciences.

AI
£2.1M
Innovate UK logo
Closed

DRIVE35 innovation fund: collaborate three

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Collaborative R&D for zero emission vehicle technologies and manufacturing.

MobilityEnergy Tech+3
£2.5M – £20M
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology logo
Closed

DSIT Fellowship — Cohort 4

🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom

Supports technology experts joining DSIT through fellowship placements that pair policy experience with hands-on innovation.

AI
Science and Technology Facilities Council logo
Closed

Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026

🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom

A fellowship for early-career researchers building an independent STFC research niche.

AerospaceAI+3
£6M
UK Space Agency logo
Closed

Earth Observation Missions and Technology Innovation Call 1

🇬🇧UKSA · United Kingdom

Early-stage Earth Observation satellite instrument and hardware development

SpaceHardware+2
£50K – £200K
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 Prosperity Partnerships Round 7

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom business-academia teams through partnerships that build strategic innovation in priority sectors.

AIQuantum+7
£500K
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure 2026

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Funding for strategic infrastructure and resources to support existing infrastructure.

HardwareAI
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

Expression of interest: Japan-UK joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Joint UK-Japan research partnerships in advanced connectivity technologies.

AIIoT & Edge+3
£1.1M
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom AI researchers by building shared benchmark datasets for stronger and fairer innovation.

AI
£500K – £750K
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

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