Photonics grants in the United Kingdom
Explore Photonics grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for lasers, optics, integrated photonics, imaging and optical communications 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 Photonics in the United Kingdom come first.
Showing 1-24 of 218 grants
OCC Ventures
🇬🇧Edinburgh Innovations · United Kingdom
Backs University of Edinburgh associated companies through OCC Ventures with seed and Series A co-investment.
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) — Company Certification
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom start-up founders investment support through certified tax relief for early innovation and development.
SMART Innovation Funding
🇬🇧Business Wales · United Kingdom
Funds Wales-based businesses of all sizes to research and develop new products, processes, or services through discretionary Welsh Government R&D grants.
SMART Partnerships
🇬🇧Business Wales · United Kingdom
Funds collaborative R&D between Wales-based businesses and knowledge-base partners, with the Welsh Government covering 100% of the academic or research partner's eligible costs.
University of Bristol QTIC / Engine Shed Translational
🇬🇧QTIC · United Kingdom
Supports University of Bristol teams with translational resources from QTIC and Engine Shed pathways.
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.
Patent Box — 10% Corporation Tax Rate on IP Profits
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom innovation firms an improved tax route on qualifying intellectual property income.
R&D Tax Relief — Merged RDEC (Scheme)
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Administers United Kingdom tax-research support claims through HMRC filing workflows connected to corporate innovation activity.
Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
A fellowship for early-career researchers building an independent STFC research niche.
Expression of interest: Japan-UK joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Joint UK-Japan research partnerships in advanced connectivity technologies.
Funding for STFC core summer schools for 2027
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Funding for five STFC core summer schools taking place in 2027.
Future computing paradigms Network Plus
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Build a multidisciplinary network for future computing paradigms.
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.
Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Collaborative UK-Japan research in advanced connectivity technologies.
National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility Studies
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK registered businesses conducting feasibility studies in advanced materials innovation through Innovate UK grants under the National Materials Innovation Programme.
Optical wireless communications research and testing facility
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding to establish a national optical wireless communications test facility.
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.
SMART: SCOTLAND
🇬🇧Scottish Enterprise · United Kingdom
Funds Scottish SMEs conducting high-risk feasibility studies to prove out novel technologies through Scottish Enterprise R&D grants.
STFC Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP)
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Supports invited large-scale United Kingdom particle, astronomy, and nuclear projects through STFC Projects Peer Review Panel, a route for complex funding.
UK-Switzerland Collaborative R&D
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK businesses doing joint R&D in specific technology areas with Swiss partners through Innovate UK bilateral competition rounds.
STFC Bridging for Innovators
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom university and deep tech teams by bridging research outputs to follow-on funding.
Eureka Network Projects — Permanent
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers open access collaboration through Eureka Network Projects so small enterprises can join international innovation groups.
Advanced Photonic Devices and Circuits
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds six €3–5M research projects that make integrated photonic circuits more capable, compact and power-efficient.