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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 (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen) logo
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SPRIND Funke

🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany

Supports early-stage German innovators through a pilot challenge route with mentoring and development funding.

AIQuantum+4
€350K
EJ
Closed

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.

QuantumHardware
€500K – €1M
EJ
Closed

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.

AIHardware
€500K – €1M
European Commission logo
Closed

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.

AIRobotics+1
€300K
European Commission logo
Closed

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.

Energy TechHardware
€4M – €12M
SJ
Closed

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.

HardwareAI+1
€1M
European Commission logo
Closed

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.

SemiconductorsHardware+1
€14M
European Commission logo
Closed

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.

Advanced MaterialsHardware
€5M
CJ
Closed

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.

SemiconductorsAI+1
€1M – €20M
CJ
Closed

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.

SemiconductorsHardware
€1M – €20M
CJ
Closed

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.

SemiconductorsHardware+1
€1M – €80M
SJ
Closed

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.

HardwareAI
€8M
SPRIND (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen) logo
Closed

SPRIND Continuous Hormone Monitoring Challenge — Stage 1

🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany

Funds teams in Germany through a continuous hormone-monitoring challenge for advanced sensor development.

MedtechBiotech+2
€1.5M
SPRIND (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen) logo
Closed

SPRIND Funke QuantumSense Exploration — Stage 1

🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany

Funds teams hunting for entirely new quantum systems that could be used as sensors.

QuantumHardware
€450K
SPRIND (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen) logo
Closed

SPRIND Next Frontier AI Challenge — Stage 1

🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany

Funds German teams through frontier innovation programmes for AI and advanced prototype development.

AIHardware+1
€3M
UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration Accounts 2027

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

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

Sep'26
UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Funding for entrepreneurship-focused doctoral training and venture creation.

Oct'26
Welsh Government logo
Open

Young Person's Start Up Grant

🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom

Supports young entrepreneurs in Wales with seed assistance and mentoring for first business launch.

£2KMar'27
UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

Access EuroHPC supercomputers for research computing

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Apply for time on Europe's most powerful supercomputers. No cash — compute.

AI
UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

Collaborate with researchers in Brazil

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Joint UK-Brazil research with São Paulo-based researchers.

UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Joint UK-Luxembourg collaborative research applications through participating councils.

UK Research and Innovation logo
Open

Collaborate with researchers in Norway

🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom

Funding for Norway-based project co-leads in UK-led research applications.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Open

EPSRC Programme grant full proposal

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Flexible funding for strategic engineering and physical sciences research programmes.

Invest Northern Ireland logo
Open

Grant for Research & Development

🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom

Funds Northern Ireland businesses developing products, processes, or services through Invest NI R&D grants.

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