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Innovate UK Frontier AI Programme

Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets

Supports United Kingdom AI researchers by building shared benchmark datasets for stronger and fairer innovation.

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Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets 2026 is a £4,500,000 Innovate UK competition that funded the creation, curation, annotation, and exploitation of FAIR-data benchmarks and datasets to accelerate the UK AI industry. The call opened on 21 April 2026 at 9:00am UK time and closed on 27 May 2026 at 11:00am UK time. FAIR-data principles — Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable — were a core requi…

Creation, curation, annotation and exploitation of FAIR-data benchmarks to drive AI industry development in the UK.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Multiple per year
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.—
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.—
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.£4.5M

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Last verified: 22 Jul 2026Source: www.ukri.org