Innovate UK Frontier AI Programme
Offers frontier artificial intelligence demonstration funding in the United Kingdom to strengthen national capability and competitive innovation.
The Frontier AI Programme funds the creation, curation, annotation, and exploitation of FAIR-data benchmarks to drive AI industry development in the UK. The programme runs multiple competition calls, including Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets (£4.5M) and Frontier AI Discovery (£2.5M) — both active in spring 2026. Collaborative projects are required. Lead organisations must be UK-registered businesses or research and technology organisations (RTOs). Consortia must include at least one UK-registered SME claiming grant funding. The programme likely reflects DSIT/UKRI's Frontier AI safety and evaluation agenda, though the exact co-funder is not stated in available sources.
Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.