Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2026 – 2027 Round 1
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £10 million to fund innovation projects with businesses.
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Opened: 2 February 2026
Closes: 1 April 2026
Zero Emission Flight Demonstrator Round 1
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of a minimum of £8 million for developing zero emission capable flight in the UK, subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. This funding is from DfT.
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Opened: 16 February 2026
Closes: 1 April 2026
Semiconductors and components for smart electronic platforms
UK registered businesses can apply with CR&D or R&D projects for a share of up to £18.5 million to mature and accelerate the availability of components that include semiconductors or novel technologies ready for integration into Smart Electronic Platforms
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Opened: 20 February 2026
Closes: 1 April 2026
SNPN 5G Assured Integration (CR&D)
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £18.5 million to integrate UK anchored advanced connectivity components at a system level into technically assured, end to end architectures ready for early market evaluation.
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Opened: 3 March 2026
Closes: 1 April 2026
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
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Opened: 5 February 2026
Closes: 8 April 2026
ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 7
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.
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Opened: 26 February 2026
Closes: 8 April 2026
UK-Germany Collaborative Innovation for Quantum Technologies 2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for innovative projects in quantum. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
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Opened: 12 February 2026
Closes: 15 April 2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £38 million for creating one-stop shops to help end-users adopt robotics and autonomous systems with expert guidance. Funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
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Opened: 24 February 2026
Closes: 15 April 2026
Robotics Adoption Central Convening Body
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for creating a central convening body to coordinate the robotics adoption hubs. Funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
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Opened: 24 February 2026
Closes: 15 April 2026
Contracts for Innovation: industrial human relevant drug models
Organisations can apply for a share of £2 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop and commercialise non animal methods for assessing the pre clinical pharmacokinetics and cardiovascular safety of new medicines.
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Opened: 2 March 2026
Closes: 15 April 2026
Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains: Potential High Growth SMEs
UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £2 million for pre-commercialisation projects. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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Opened: 18 March 2026
Closes: 22 April 2026
AI Champions: Frontier AI Phase 1
UK registered SME businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) technologies with a clear route defensible scale-up. This is funded by Innovate UK.
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Opened: 17 March 2026
Closes: 29 April 2026
Contracts for Innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare
Organisations can apply for a share of £20 million, inclusive of VAT. Projects will advance development of pharmaceutical, digital and MedTech tools to improve treatment, recovery and prevention of harm and deaths for drug and alcohol addictions.
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Opened: 16 February 2026
Closes: 6 May 2026
Advancing innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare
Organisations can apply for a share of £20 million across two competitions. Projects will advance development of pharmaceutical, digital and MedTech tools to improve treatment recovery and prevention of harm and deaths from drug and alcohol addictions.
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Opened: 16 February 2026
Closes: 6 May 2026
Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Spring
UK registered government research organisations can apply for grants from £50,000 up to £250,000 to move viable public sector knowledge assets towards commercial readiness. This funding is provided by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT).
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Opened: 17 December 2025
Closes: 7 May 2026
UK provider of chemistry services seeks novel methodology and novel compounds
A leading UK provider of chemistry services and products to the global life science industry seeks partners from universities, research institutes and SMEs with novel methodology and novel compounds. Partnerships sought are licence agreements under commercial agreements with technical assistance.
Start Date: May 8th 2025
End Date: May 8th 2026
Medicines Manufacturing: Labs of the Future
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £7.5 million to support the development and use of digital, automated, and robotic technologies. This aims to improve the speed and efficiency of pharmaceutical process development and manufacturing.
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Opens: 13 April 2026
Closes: 27 May 2026
Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million. This programme focuses on the creation, curation, annotation and exploitation of FAIR-data and benchmarks which will fuel AI industry growth. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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Opens: 21 April 2026
Closes: 27 May 2026
Contracts for Innovation: ProQure - Scaling UK Quantum Computing
Organisations can apply for up to £14 million in phase 1 to develop, build and validate integrated quantum computing hardware and software to demonstrate commercial scale deployment and applications of your quantum computing solution.
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Opened: 27 March 2026
Closes: 29 May 2026
AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Industrial Research
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for projects to close product technology gaps that are preventing movement towards commercial acceptance, scale up and manufacture. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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Opened: 30 March 2026
Closes: 3 June 2026
AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Experimental Development
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million for projects to accelerate Agri-tech manufacturing. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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Opened: 30 March 2026
Closes: 3 June 2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to develop feasibility studies for frontier AI and foundation models. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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Opens: 14 April 2026
Closes: 10 June 2026
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Pre-deployment trials
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £121 million across the three strands of this competition for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).
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Opened: 11 March 2026
Closes:15 July 2026
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Feasibility studies
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £121 million across the three strands of this competition for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).
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Opened: 11 March 2026
Closes: 15 July 2026
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Deployment trials
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £121 million across the three strands of this competition for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).
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Opened: 11 March 2026
Closes: 15 July 2026
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.
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Opened: 26 March 2026
Closes: 16 September 2026
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.
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Opened: 26 March 2026
Closes: 16 September 2026
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Alternative Fuels
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.
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Opened: 26 March 2026
Closes: 16 September 2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.
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Opened: 17 September 2025
Closes: No submission deadline
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