Innovate UK Faraday Battery Challenge
Funds United Kingdom battery industrialisation through programs connecting startup science with scale-up manufacturing ecosystems.
About
The Faraday Battery Challenge is a UK battery programme led by Innovate UK with the Faraday Institution, UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, and EPSRC as named partners. It ran with a total budget of GBP 610 million from 2017 to 2025, and its structure combines business-led innovation, academic battery research, and industrial scale-up for the battery supply chain.
The programme funds collaborat…
Max award£15M
Realistic median£3.5M
Success rate20–30%
Decision time—
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.