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 2,193 grants
Return to research support bursary
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Support for researchers returning to STFC-funded academic research.
Scottish EDGE Main — Round 27
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports early-stage Scottish businesses with blended grant and loan funding for scalable growth across sectors.
Scottish Enterprise Capital Grant
🇬🇧Scottish Enterprise · United Kingdom
Funds Scottish business capital expansion through discretionary support tied to modernisation and growth plans.
Senior Cancer Research Fellowship
🇬🇧CRUK · United Kingdom
Supports established United Kingdom cancer scientists with senior fellowships for sustained innovation leadership.
SMART FIS
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Supports Welsh organizations pursuing research, development, and innovation through partnerships and grants.
SMART Partnerships
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Funds Welsh business and research institution collaborations for short-term joint innovation and commercialization projects.
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.
South Yorkshire Adult Skills Fund
🇬🇧SYMCA · United Kingdom
Supports adults in South Yorkshire with free employability and skills training through funded local providers.
Sovereign AI Strategic Assets Programme — Initial
🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom sovereign AI growth by funding infrastructure and shared digital innovation assets.
Special Project Grants
🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom
Funds large basic-science cardiovascular projects costing over £500,000 or 4+ years.
Springboard Awards
🇬🇧AMS · United Kingdom
Funds early-career biomedical scientists with up to £125,000 over two years.
Start Up Loans
🇬🇧BBB · United Kingdom
Funds UK founders starting or growing a young business with a government-backed personal loan and 12 months of mentoring.
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.
Transformative Health Instrument
🇬🇧EIT Health · European Union
Gives for-profit health SMEs a EUR 400,000-500,000 grant that converts to an equity option, with a 30% co-funding requirement.
Translational Pump Priming Awards
🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom
Pays up to £50,000 for quick proof-of-concept work on cardiovascular innovations.
UK International Ocean Drilling Programme moratorium awards
🇬🇧NERC · United Kingdom
Funding for research associated with an IODP3 expedition or SPARC project.
UKCAAR Feasibility Sprint
🇬🇧APC UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom academic teams for feasibility studies advancing zero-emission automotive innovation.
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.
UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Collaborative UK-US research across overlapping UKRI and NSF/SBE remits.
Using the ‘Our Future Health’ data resource for research
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Data access support for MRC-funded health research using Our Future Health.
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.
Water Breakthrough Challenge 7
🇬🇧Ofwat · United Kingdom
Funds highly collaborative water-sector innovation projects led by an appointed English or Welsh water company, with up to £50 million available across two streams (Catalyst: £150k-£2m; Transform: £2m-£10m).
Water Efficiency Lab 2 (WEL 2)
🇬🇧Ofwat · United Kingdom
Funds UK water-sector innovators tackling customer-side leakage with grants of £150,000 to £1.5 million.
Water Innovation Implementation Programme
🇬🇧Ofwat · United Kingdom
Funds water companies to move proven water-sector innovations from trial into routine practice at scale across England and Wales.