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Robotics grants in the United Kingdom

Explore Robotics grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for autonomous systems, industrial and service robots, drones and human-robot interaction 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 Robotics in the United Kingdom come first.

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European Commission logo
Scheduled

Autonomous Vessel Operations

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two €7.5M innovation projects to demonstrate remote and fully autonomous vessels for short-sea shipping and inland waterways.

MobilityRobotics
€7.5MApr'27
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Scheduled

Robotic Building Renovation

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds three €6.75M innovation projects using on-site robotics to make building renovation and construction faster, safer and more resource-efficient.

Built EnvironmentRobotics
€6.8MSep'27
European Innovation Council logo
Between cycles

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.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€1M – €12.5M
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Between cycles

Eurostars Call 12 for projects

🇪🇺RVO · Netherlands

Funds innovative SME-led international R&D consortia through the Eurostars Call 12 grant process.

AIBiotech+15
European Innovation Council logo
Between cycles

EIC Advanced Innovation Challenges — Stage 2

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Funds advanced innovation projects advancing robotics and physical AI deep-tech initiatives toward scalable outcomes.

AIBiotech+1
€2.5M
European Innovation Council logo
Between cycles

Advanced Innovation Challenge: Accelerating Physical AI

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Supports ARPA inspired high risk demand driven Physical AI pilots with transformative deep-tech potential.

AIHardware+1
€300K
European Innovation Council logo
Between cycles

EIC Pathfinder Open

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€4M
28DIGITAL (formerly EIT Digital) logo
Between cycles

EIT Digital Co-Creation Accelerator

🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union

Funds early-stage deep tech startups developing solutions at TRL 4-5 in collaboration with industry partners through a 4-month co-creation programme.

AIBiotech+11
€250K
EUREKA Network logo
Between cycles

EUREKA Eurostars (Calls 10 and 11)

🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Supports international consortia so small companies can turn joint innovation into export-ready products.

AIBiotech+10
€1.5M
EUREKA Network logo
Between cycles

Innowwide — Next

🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Offers market-feasibility support for small companies exploring non-European markets through Europe-wide innovation networks.

AIBiotech+9
€60K
NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic logo
Between cycles

NATO DIANA Challenge Programme

NATO DIANA · Global / Multinational

Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.

DefenseAI+8
€100K – €400K
SPRIND (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen) logo
Between cycles

SPRIND Challenges

🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany

Runs themed competitions in which teams compete over several stages to solve one defined technical problem.

QuantumRobotics+2
€500K – €3M
European Commission logo
Closed

Accelerating Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence for the Next Frontier of AI-Powered Robotics

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays physical-AI robotics teams a fixed EUR 300,000 lump-sum grant to validate a prototype and then build it into a real-world-tested system.

AIRobotics+1
€300K
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) logo
Closed

Advanced Innovation Challenges – Pilot

🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union

Pays deep-tech start-ups, SMEs and research organisations a €300,000 lump sum in Stage 1, then up to €2.5 million in Stage 2, to push high-risk breakthrough innovations that lack commercial uptake toward real-world, demand-tested deployment.

RoboticsAI+1
€300K – €2.5M
European Commission logo
Closed

Advancing autonomous systems and robotics for high-risk disaster response in conflict-afflicted crisis zones

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds autonomous robots and remote-sensing tools that let first responders search, assess and support disaster zones made too dangerous by conflict.

RoboticsDefense
€5M
AI
Closed

AI-BOOST AI Challenge Competition — Challenge 1: GenAI-Based Natural Language Mission Generator for Autonomous Robots in Agriculture

🇪🇺AI-BOOST · European Union

Awards up to €100,000 for GenAI natural-language control of farm robots.

AgritechRobotics+1
€29K – €100K
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Closed

AI-BOOST AI Challenge Competition (Challenges 3 and 4)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays cash prizes to teams that build and validate generative AI solutions for enhancing clinical datasets or generating automatic test cases from crash databases.

AIRobotics+2
€129K
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Closed

Apply AI: Next-Generation Agile and Intelligent Robotics Platforms for Industrial and Service Applications

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays two European projects between EUR 12 million and EUR 13 million each to build reconfigurable, safe robot platforms for industrial and service settings, using new materials and sensing.

RoboticsAdvanced Manufacturing
€12M – €13M
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Closed

Apply AI: Robotics for Manufacturing — Advancing Core Skills through Technical Challenges

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays one European consortium EUR 18 million to run a three-stage robotics competition, with automotive as a required use case, that re-grants up to EUR 3 million per finalist team to smaller developers who compete in it.

RoboticsAdvanced Manufacturing
€18M
28DIGITAL (formerly EIT Digital) logo
Closed

Co-Creation Accelerator 2026-2027

🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union

Pairs early-stage deep tech startups with an industry partner for a four-month co-development sprint and pays up to €250,000 with no co-investment required.

AIRobotics+1
€250K
European Innovation Council logo
Closed

EIC Advanced Innovation Challenges (Pilot)

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Awards EU deep-tech teams up to €2.5 million in lump-sum grants across two stages.

AIRobotics+1
€300K – €2.5M
European Commission logo
Closed

European Startup and Scaleup Hubs pilot

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds a pan-European network of 10-18 startup and scaleup hubs that can pass on up to EUR 60,000 per deep-tech startup for cross-border scaling support.

AIQuantum+8
€60K
S3
Closed

Fast-track Enabling innovative air mobility (IAM) / Vertical take-off and landing capable aircraft (VCA) (crewed and uncrewed) operations

🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union

Funds innovation projects on vertiport management, automated flight and IFR procedures for crewed and uncrewed air taxis.

AerospaceRobotics+1
€2M – €5M
European Commission logo
Closed

On-site innovative robotic and automated solutions for building renovation and construction

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds projects that test on-site robotic and automated construction and renovation techniques, including at least one 3D-printing solution.

Built EnvironmentRobotics
€5M

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