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IoT & Edge grants in the United Kingdom

Explore IoT & Edge grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for connected devices, sensor networks, edge AI and industrial IoT 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 IoT & Edge in the United Kingdom come first.

Showing 25-48 of 280 grants

Innovate UK logo
Closed

Farming Futures R&D fund: Automation and Robotics Round 2

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Collaborative automation and robotics R&D for agriculture, horticulture and forestry.

AgritechRobotics+3
£1K – £1.2M
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
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Closed

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.

DefenseRobotics+5
£1M
Ministry of Defence logo
Closed

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.

DefenseRobotics+3
£1M
Department for Transport logo
Closed

Integrated Transport Digital Twin

🇬🇧DfT · United Kingdom

Capital funding for shortlisted authorities to trial integrated transport digital twins.

MobilityAI+1
£1M – £30M
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Collaborative UK-Japan research in advanced connectivity technologies.

AIIoT & Edge+4
£1.1M
Defence and Security Accelerator logo
Closed

Map the Gap Phase 3

🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom environmental monitoring innovation through gap mapping and advanced river and ecosystem projects.

AerospaceDefense+3
Ministry of Defence logo
Closed

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.

DefenseRobotics+3
£2M
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council logo
Closed

Optical wireless communications research and testing facility

🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom

Funding to establish a national optical wireless communications test facility.

AIDefense+4
£7.1M
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Scaling Supply Chains for Quantum Enabled Sensing and PNT

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds UK business-led consortia developing supply chains for quantum enabled sensing and positioning, navigation and timing technologies.

QuantumHardware+4
£4M – £6M
Greater Manchester Combined Authority logo
Closed

Foundational Economy Innovation Fund Scale Up Phase

GMCA · United Kingdom

Funds FEIF testing grantees scaling everyday-economy innovation projects through follow-on grants.

AIIoT & Edge+4
£60K
Greater Manchester Combined Authority logo
Closed

Foundational Economy Innovation Fund Testing Phase

GMCA · United Kingdom

Funds Greater Manchester businesses testing everyday-economy innovation projects through FEIF grants.

AIIoT & Edge+4
£11K
Innovate UK logo
Discontinued

Innovate UK Smart Grants

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds United Kingdom technology ventures across broad sectors through competitive grants for deep technology and innovation.

AgritechAI+13
£25K – £2M
European Innovation Council logo
Open

EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Advanced Materials for Miniaturised Energy Harvesting Systems

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Supports developing advanced materials for miniaturised energy harvesters to power IoT and sensor networks autonomously.

Climate TechEnergy Tech+2
€4MOct'26
European Space Agency logo
Open

BASS Kick-start

🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational

Funds feasibility studies for space-enabled applications in agriculture, climate monitoring, and transport innovation.

SpaceAerospace+5
€75KOct'26
European Commission logo
Open

Horizon Border Security: Surveillance & Drone Detection

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two €6M projects that build border detection and surveillance tech, run jointly with national Border and Coast Guard authorities.

DefenseIoT & Edge
€6MNov'26
European Commission logo
Open

Horizon Civil Security: Critical Communications System

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds one €3M project building rugged, post-quantum-secure comms devices for first responders that keep working without cellular coverage.

DefenseCybersecurity+1
€3MNov'26
European Commission logo
Open

Horizon Disaster Response: Search & Rescue Tech

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds €4M projects that build and field-test search-and-rescue tech — drones, robotics, sensors — for wildfires, earthquakes and other hazardous disasters.

RoboticsIoT & Edge+1
€4MNov'26
European Space Agency logo
Open

BASS — Wildfires

🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational

Funds space-enabled wildfire monitoring programs improving response, prediction, and ecosystem safety.

SpaceClimate Tech+2
Dec'26
European Space Agency logo
Open

ESA BIC — Incubation

🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational

Provides equity-free incubation funding and business support for space-related startups across Europe.

SpaceAerospace+3
€50K
EUREKA Network logo
Open

Eureka Network Projects — Permanent

🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Offers open access collaboration through Eureka Network Projects so small enterprises can join international innovation groups.

AIBiotech+12
European Commission logo
Scheduled

Human-AI Collaboration for Future Manufacturing

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds €4–6M projects that make human-AI collaboration more inclusive, adaptable and effective on the factory floor.

Advanced ManufacturingAI+2
€4M – €6MFeb'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

3C Telco-Edge-Cloud Demand Pilots

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two €19M pilots that put secure 3C telco-edge-cloud networks to work in mobility and another strategic vertical.

IoT & EdgeAI+3
€19MMar'27
European Commission logo
Scheduled

AI Robotics Integration for Industry

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds an €18M pilot to make AI-driven industrial robots easier to integrate, safer to deploy and reusable across factories.

RoboticsAI+3
€18MMar'27

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