Grants in the United Kingdom
Explore grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This directory includes national and regional funding 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 the United Kingdom come first.
Showing 265-288 of 2,158 grants
CoSTAR Emerge-AI
🇬🇧CoSTAR National Lab · United Kingdom
Backs early-stage UK creative-tech AI firms with a stipend, credits and mentorship.
CoSTAR Realtime Lab R&D Call
🇬🇧CoSTAR · United Kingdom
Funds UK-led virtual production R&D on realtime performance and scene intelligence.
CSconnected Supply Chain Development Programme
🇬🇧CSconnected · United Kingdom
Funds compound-semiconductor supply chain projects in the Cardiff Capital Region.
Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships
🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom
Funds part-time research fellowships for scientists returning after a long career break.
DASA / UKDI Open Call for Innovation (paused
🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom
Supports disruptive defence and security innovation through the UKDI route during transition toward renewed innovation operations.
DeepTech Catalyst Health
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Gives Liverpool health start-ups up to £50,000 zero-equity cash plus £10,000 R&D vouchers.
DeepTech Catalyst Quantum
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Gives UK quantum start-ups up to £50,000 MVP funding plus £10,000 R&D vouchers.
Defence Innovation Loans
🇬🇧UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Provides United Kingdom Defence Innovation Loans financing for mature defence solutions needing capital before full commercialization.
Diabetes UK Project Grants
🇬🇧Diabetes UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom biomedical teams conducting diabetes projects with hypothesis-driven methods.
Digital Twin Adoption Accelerator
🇬🇧Catapult Network · United Kingdom
Funds a UK technology SME and its industry partner adopting digital twin technology through an Innovate UK grant delivered by Digital Catapult.
DRIVE35 Feasibility Studies
🇬🇧APC UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom manufacturing feasibility work for zero-emission vehicle scaling.
DRIVE35 Innovation Fund – Collaborate
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK consortia running late-stage collaborative R&D projects on zero-emission vehicle technology, from a competition worth up to £20 million.
DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom zero-emission vehicle makers through DRIVE35 grants for manufacturing innovation scaling.
Early Detection and Diagnosis Programme Award — B
🇬🇧CRUK · United Kingdom
Supports cancer detection and diagnosis innovation in the United Kingdom through transformational early development programmes.
Early Detection and Targeted Treatments Research Round 2 Call
🇬🇧Arthritis UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK arthritis research projects that speed up diagnosis and improve targeted treatment.
EarthScale Cohort 3
🇬🇧Imperial Enterprise · United Kingdom
Runs a United Kingdom-wide climate-tech scaling programme through sustained support for teams building high-growth clean technology ventures.
Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS) — Scheme
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Provides enhanced tax relief for loss-making United Kingdom companies with intensive innovation spending.
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) — Company Certification
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom startups with certification support tied to investor incentive access for high growth innovation.
EPSRC ACT Proof of Concept
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom researchers by turning high-risk ideas into proof of concept through translational innovation pilots.
Experimental medicine: invited stage two application
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Funding for human experimental medicine projects testing mechanistic hypotheses.
Exploring Entrepreneurship Challenge
🇬🇧Strathclyde Inspire · United Kingdom
Supports Strathclyde community teams building entrepreneurial skills through a practical team challenge program.
Faraday Institution Industry Sprints
🇬🇧Faraday Institution · United Kingdom
Offers short-term battery-industry projects addressing concrete technical challenges with direct company partnerships.
Farming Innovation Programme – Feasibility Round
🇬🇧Innovate UK & Defra · United Kingdom
Funds UK farming and agri-tech businesses to run feasibility-stage R&D projects into new agricultural innovations.
Farming Innovation Programme — Full ADOPT Application Support
🇬🇧Farming Innovation · United Kingdom
Pays English farmers to hire help writing a Full ADOPT grant application.