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Built Environment grants in the United Kingdom

Explore Built Environment grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for construction technology, green buildings, smart cities, infrastructure and proptech 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 Built Environment in the United Kingdom come first.

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Showing 121-144 of 298 grants

Imperial Enterprise (Imperial College London) logo
Between cycles

WE Innovate

🇬🇧Imperial Enterprise · United Kingdom

Supports women founders with a focused programme of mentorship and investor readiness for startup growth.

£30K
Scottish EDGE logo
Between cycles

Scottish Scale EDGE

🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom

Supports scaling Scottish technology businesses with hybrid grant-loan funding and growth recognition.

£100K – £200K
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) autumn

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Turn a public sector research asset into something a market will pay for.

£50K – £250K
Imperial Enterprise (Imperial College London) logo
Closed

Commonwealth Startup Fellowship

🇬🇧Imperial Enterprise · United Kingdom

Supports early-stage founders from Commonwealth countries with mentoring, masterclasses, and investor-facing acceleration.

£2K
UK Research and Innovation logo
Closed

Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Funding for entrepreneurship-focused doctoral training and venture creation.

Quantum Dice Limited logo
Closed

Quantum Dice Use Case Challenge

🇬🇧Quantum Dice · United Kingdom

Pays up to £5,000 to teams solving real-world problems with probabilistic computing.

£1K – £5K
Banco Santander logo
Closed

Santander X UK Awards

🇬🇧Santander · Spain

Pays UK university ventures, startups and SMEs a share of £150,000 in equity-free cash prizes through a national pitching competition.

£5K – £30K
TBAT Innovation logo
Closed

TBAT 2026 Innovation Challenge

🇬🇧TBAT · United Kingdom

Awards UK tech innovators cash prizes after free workshops and live pitching.

£1K – £50K
UK Research and Innovation logo
Closed

UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration Accounts 2027

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Flexible early-stage funding for research organisations to progress research impact.

Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) logo
Closed

Water Discovery Challenge 2

🇬🇧Ofwat · United Kingdom

Funds early-stage water-sector innovations with staged seed funding for finalists and winners.

£550K
Water Innovation Fund (overseen by Ofwat, delivered by Challenge Works) logo
Closed

Water Discovery Challenge 2

🇬🇧Water Innovation Fund · United Kingdom

Awards UK-incorporated innovators up to £650,000 in total -- up to £100,000 as a Finalist, then up to £550,000 more as a Winner -- to develop and scale an innovation for the water sector in England and Wales.

Climate Tech
£650K
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Innovate UK Innovation Loans (Future Economy)

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Offers non-dilutive financing for United Kingdom firms to scale late-stage innovation when standard debt is unavailable.

£100K – £5M
Invest Northern Ireland logo
Closed

Innovation Vouchers

🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom

Funds Northern Ireland businesses accessing knowledge-provider expertise through GBP 5K innovation vouchers.

£10K
Buildner logo
Open

MICROHOME 2026

Buildner Competitions · Global / Multinational

Pays up to €30,000 to architects and creatives designing a compact 25 sqm micro-home.

Built Environment
€30KNov'26
Buildner logo
Open

Vancouver Tall Challenge

Buildner Competitions · Global / Multinational

Awards $15,000 CAD to designers reimagining tall buildings for downtown Vancouver.

Built Environment
CAD 1K – CAD 7KNov'26
Volume Zero Competitions (Volume Zero Magazine) logo
Open

Tiny House 2026

Volume Zero · India

Awards $2,500 for the best Tiny House design in an open international competition.

Built Environment
$1K – $3KDec'26
28DIGITAL (formerly EIT Digital) logo
Open

EIT Digital Open Innovation Factory

28DIGITAL · European Union

Funds European digital startups at TRL 4-5 seeking co-development with industry partners through EIT Digital's open innovation matching platform.

AIBiotech+10
German Energy Agency (dena) logo
Between cycles

Start Up Energy Transition Award

dena · Germany

Awards €10,000 per category to energy-transition startups founded within the last 10 years.

Energy TechMobility+2
€10K
German Energy Agency (dena) logo
Between cycles

Start Up Energy Transition Award 2027

dena · Germany

Awards €10,000 to the winning start-up in each of five energy-transition categories.

Energy TechMobility+3
€10K
Saudi Water Authority logo
Between cycles

Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW) 2026

SWA · Saudi Arabia

Pays up to $800,000 in cash prizes to water-innovation solvers worldwide.

Climate TechBuilt Environment
$50K – $100K
German Energy Agency (dena) logo
Between cycles

SET Award

dena · Germany

Pays category-winning climate and energy startups €10,000, equity free.

Energy TechClimate Tech+2
€10K
A2A logo
Closed

A2A Life Ventures – Non-Patented Concepts

A2A · Italy

Pays $10,000 to $15,000 for promising non-patented clean-tech startup ideas in energy transition and the circular economy, with a chance to join A2A's venture-building program.

Energy TechClimate Tech+1
$10K – $15K
A2A logo
Closed

A2A Life Ventures – Patentable Solutions

A2A · Italy

Pays $20,000 to $30,000 for patentable clean-tech products or processes in energy transition and the circular economy, in exchange for the exclusive right once filed.

Energy TechClimate Tech+1
$20K – $30K
A2A logo
Closed

A2A Life Ventures – Patented Solutions

A2A · Italy

Pays $30,000 to $50,000 for already-patented clean-tech products or technologies in energy transition and the circular economy, in exchange for the IP.

Energy TechClimate Tech+1
$30K – $50K

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