South Yorkshire Innovation Fund / Northern Powerhouse
Supports Yorkshire and Northern businesses with regional innovation funding, vouchers, and industry partnerships.
The South Yorkshire Innovation Fund / Northern Powerhouse sits under the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and supports the region’s growth agenda across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield. It is a local business-support route rather than a national competition, and it reflects the authority’s wider role in devolved economic development, skills, housing, and infrastructure. The fund provides grants of GBP 5,000 to GBP 150,000 on a rolling basis. It is aimed at South Yorkshire-based SMEs, with for-profit businesses required, TRL 3-6 projects preferred, and cross-sector advanced manufacturing the clearest sector fit. Same-scope proposals are excluded, so the case needs to be new enough to justify support. The programme fits companies that want a modest but meaningful growth push rather than a research cheque. South Yorkshire’s wider funding page shows how the authority channels UK Shared Prosperity Fund money and other local tools into business support, skills, and place-based investment, so proposals read best when they are tied to jobs, productivity, or regional capability.
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