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.
Showing 121-144 of 335 grants
SPRIND Funke
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Supports early-stage German innovators through a pilot challenge route with mentoring and development funding.
A European Benchmarking Framework for hybrid quantum-classical computing
🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union
Pays one consortium EUR 500,000 to 1 million to build an open benchmarking framework for hybrid quantum-classical supercomputing systems.
A European HPC-centric Benchmark Framework
🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union
Pays one consortium EUR 500,000 to 1 million to build a unified, open benchmarking framework and suite for exascale and AI-capable supercomputers.
Accelerating Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence for the Next Frontier of AI-Powered Robotics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays physical-AI robotics teams a fixed EUR 300,000 lump-sum grant to validate a prototype and then build it into a real-world-tested system.
Affordable and sustainable primary equipment for Future-Ready multi-terminal HVDC Systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds development of affordable, SF6-free primary equipment — circuit breakers, cables and converters — for multi-terminal HVDC grids.
EU-India International Collaboration
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds a coordination and support action to build structured EU-India cooperation on 6G research, connecting European and Indian industry, standards bodies and research programmes.
European 6G Front-End Microelectronics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a complete tunable 6G radio front-end module for 7–15 GHz, combining European microelectronics with low-energy operation.
Innovative Advanced Materials for flexible and stretchable electronics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds around three research projects, each worth up to EUR 5 million, to develop new materials for wearable and flexible electronics.
Low power Edge AI Chips
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Funds two teams prototyping ultra-low-power edge AI chip designs, tested at TRL 6-7 for real-time on-device inference in battery-powered devices.
Open-source EDA tools development
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Funds up to four consortia building or improving open-source chip-design (EDA) tools for digital, analogue and mixed-signal design, released under an open-source licence.
RISC-V Automotive Hardware Platform
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Funds up to two teams building a high-performance RISC-V automotive hardware platform — processors, AI accelerators and the software tool-chain — for autonomous driving.
SNS experimental infrastructure
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds one project to run the SNS JU's shared 6G experimental infrastructure for Phase 3, validating technologies from earlier SNS Stream B projects.
SPRIND Continuous Hormone Monitoring Challenge — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds teams in Germany through a continuous hormone-monitoring challenge for advanced sensor development.
SPRIND Funke QuantumSense Exploration — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds teams hunting for entirely new quantum systems that could be used as sensors.
SPRIND Next Frontier AI Challenge — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds German teams through frontier innovation programmes for AI and advanced prototype development.
UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration Accounts 2027
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Flexible early-stage funding for research organisations to progress research impact.
Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Funding for entrepreneurship-focused doctoral training and venture creation.
Young Person's Start Up Grant
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Supports young entrepreneurs in Wales with seed assistance and mentoring for first business launch.
Access EuroHPC supercomputers for research computing
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Apply for time on Europe's most powerful supercomputers. No cash — compute.
Collaborate with researchers in Brazil
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Joint UK-Brazil research with São Paulo-based researchers.
Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Joint UK-Luxembourg collaborative research applications through participating councils.
Collaborate with researchers in Norway
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Funding for Norway-based project co-leads in UK-led research applications.
EPSRC Programme grant full proposal
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Flexible funding for strategic engineering and physical sciences research programmes.
Grant for Research & Development
🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom
Funds Northern Ireland businesses developing products, processes, or services through Invest NI R&D grants.