Hardware grants in the United Kingdom
Explore Hardware grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for electronics, devices, sensors, prototyping and hardware startups 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 Hardware in the United Kingdom come first.
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Social Enterprise EDGE — Round 27
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports asset-locked Scottish social enterprises and charities with mission-led funding to drive community and social impact outcomes.
Sovereign AI Strategic Assets Programme — Initial
🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom sovereign AI growth by funding infrastructure and shared digital innovation assets.
Strathclyde Inspire Accelerator
🇬🇧Strathclyde Inspire · United Kingdom
Supports University of Strathclyde ventures through an accelerator that helps teams progress to investor-ready, mentor-backed operations.
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.
Venture Catalyst Challenge
🇬🇧Imperial Enterprise · United Kingdom
Funds accelerator and pitch support for deep-tech teams at Imperial College through an equity-free venture challenge.
Wild Card EDGE — Round 27
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports unconventional pre-trading Scottish ventures, including sole traders and partnerships, through the Wild Card EDGE grant pathway.
Young EDGE — Round 27
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports Scottish companies led by young directors through a grant-only path in the Young EDGE category for early business development.
Business Energy Advice Service
🇬🇧WMCA · United Kingdom
Funds West Midlands SMEs implementing energy-efficiency measures after a business energy assessment.
Defence Innovation Loan/26 Cycle 5
🇬🇧UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom defence innovation teams a government-backed low interest loan route through an official loan programme.
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition: Deployment Trials
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK business-led collaborations running real-world deployment trials of clean maritime technologies through Innovate UK match grants.
Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomy
🇬🇧NERC · United Kingdom
Proof-of-concept support for autonomous environmental observing capability.
Computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility (RAC19)
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Computing resources and storage for STFC theory research using DiRAC.
Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
A fellowship for early-career researchers building an independent STFC research niche.
Earth Observation Missions and Technology Innovation Call 1
🇬🇧UKSA · United Kingdom
Early-stage Earth Observation satellite instrument and hardware development
EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure 2026
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding for strategic infrastructure and resources to support existing infrastructure.
Future computing paradigms Network Plus
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Build a multidisciplinary network for future computing paradigms.
Innovation Loans Round 23
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom late-stage ventures with long-term patient government loans.
Innovation Support to Operations Phase 3
🇬🇧UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds UK-registered companies delivering manufacturable, TRL 6-ready defence technology innovations scalable to operational use within twelve months.
Innovation Support to Operations Phase 3 — Next
🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom
Supports fast delivery of United Kingdom military-ready solutions through research partnerships focused on operational outcomes.
Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Collaborative UK-Japan research in advanced connectivity technologies.
Map the Gap Phase 3
🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom environmental monitoring innovation through gap mapping and advanced river and ecosystem projects.
Map the Gap Phase 3 — Riverine Relief
🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom teams with aerial systems for terrain and river assessments that improve operational safety.
Measure Time between Signals with Extremely High Accuracy
🇬🇧NPNTO · United Kingdom
Funds UK proof-of-concept builds for picosecond-accurate time-interval measurement tech.
Pre-announcement: Open-source semiconductor security platform development
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
One-year research projects to inform an open-source hardware security platform.