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 25-48 of 218 grants
EIC Accelerator Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.
International collaboration EU and Japan on semiconductors
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Pays two EU-Japan semiconductor projects between EUR 3 million and EUR 5 million each to develop advanced chip packaging and standardised chiplet interfaces.
Eurostars Call 12 for projects
🇪🇺RVO · Netherlands
Funds innovative SME-led international R&D consortia through the Eurostars Call 12 grant process.
EIC Pathfinder Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.
EIC Transition Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.
Advanced sensor technologies and multimodal sensor integration
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds around five projects, each worth EUR 4 to 6 million, to bring multimodal photonic sensors to market across healthcare, transport and industry.
Core technologies for virtual worlds (RIA) (Virtual Worlds and Photonics Partnerships)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to seven projects, worth EUR 5–6 million each, on multimodal immersion technology or the optics and photonics hardware behind virtual-world headsets and sensors.
Eurostars Call 11
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.
Innovative Advanced Materials for photonics in telecommunication
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds around two research projects, each worth up to EUR 5 million, to develop low-power advanced materials for photonic telecom chips.
Large-Scale Photonic Quantum Computing Platform Technologies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one project, led by a photonic-quantum-computing startup, EUR 10 million to build toward a 1,000-qubit photonic quantum computer by 2030 with a named end-user demonstration.
Large-Scale Photonic Quantum Computing Platform Technologies
🇳🇴EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds a startup-led consortium building a scalable photonic quantum computing platform toward 1,000 qubits by 2030.
Making food systems more resilient to food safety risks through the deployment of technological solutions
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds R&D that turns existing food-safety science — molecular methods, genomics, photonics — into deployable tools against food fraud and safety risks.
Networking and Future Photonics Strategy
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one European consortium EUR 3 million to coordinate the Photonics Partnership's research roadmap, monitor its funded projects and help the sector access private and blended finance.
Research infrastructure services advancing frontier knowledge
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds transnational or virtual access to top research infrastructures in atmospheric chemistry or hadron physics for curiosity-driven research.
Young Person's Start Up Grant
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Supports young entrepreneurs in Wales with seed assistance and mentoring for first business launch.
Grant for Research & Development
🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom
Funds Northern Ireland businesses developing products, processes, or services through Invest NI R&D grants.
Project Definition
🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom
Funds Northern Ireland businesses planning R&D projects through Invest NI project-definition support.
Technical Development Incentive
🇬🇧Invest NI · United Kingdom
Funds Northern Ireland SMEs using technical service providers through Invest NI innovation support.
Innovate UK EDGE Growth Loans
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom small companies with EDGE growth loans for scalable innovation.
SFC Student Placement Innovation Vouchers
🇬🇧SFC · United Kingdom
Funds Scottish SMEs extending academic collaborations through SFC-backed student placement vouchers.
Access EuroHPC supercomputers for research computing
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Apply for time on Europe's most powerful supercomputers. No cash — compute.
Barclays Eagle Labs x Plexal Scaleup Programme
🇬🇧Plexal · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom technology scale-up through a hybrid programme for growth firms with either raised capital or active revenue.
Collaborate with researchers in Brazil
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Joint UK-Brazil research with São Paulo-based researchers.
Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Joint UK-Luxembourg collaborative research applications through participating councils.