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Innovate UK Business Connect brings together businesses, researchers, investors and partners to support innovation across the UK. As a strategic delivery partner to Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), we connect organisations to funding opportunities, partnerships and expert support to help ideas move from concept to scale.

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EIT Culture & Creativity: Shape and Scale - financial support for Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries

Opens: 10/08/2026

Closes: 12/10/2026

Cultural and creative startups and scaleups that are looking to accelerate growth, attract investment, and expand internationally, are invited to apply for financial support under the…

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Connected Places Catapult: Diesel-Free Sites Adoption Programme

Opens: 10/08/2026

Closes: 07/09/2026

Connected Places Catapult seeks SMEs who have proven diesel-free infrastructure solutions and are looking for opportunities for wider industry adoption through live demonstration and industry engagement.…

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Connected Places Catapult: Infrastructure Productivity Scale-Up Programme

Opens: 17/08/2026

Closes: 14/09/2026

Connected Places Catapult is seeking applications from high potential businesses with proven solutions that can address one of the infrastructure sector’s most pressing productivity challenges.

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UK-Singapore CR&D 2026

Opens: 24/08/2026

Closes: 16/12/2026

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore. You must collaborate with…

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2026 WAVEMAKER Water Innovation Award

Opens: 01/08/2026

Closes: 24/08/2026

Start-ups, spin-outs, and SMEs developing innovative solutions for the water, marine, and water system sectors are invited to apply to receive training, resources, and a grand…

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DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5

Opens: 10/08/2026

Closes: 04/11/2026

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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iX Challenge - Comparing and validating high-precision timing signals at scale

Opens: 10/08/2026

Closes: 18/09/2026

This challenge seeks innovative solutions in comparing and validating high-precision timing signals at scale.

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iX Challenge - Managing resilient switching between critical timing sources

Opens: 10/08/2026

Closes: 18/09/2026

This challenge seeks novel solutions to managing resilient switching between critical timing sources.

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We offer innovation programmes that help businesses and researchers develop and commercialise new products, processes and services.

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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

For over 45 years Knowledge Transfer Partnerships have been helping businesses innovate for growth by accessing the UK’s world-leading knowledge base.

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Horizon Europe

Explore information on the UK’s official Horizon Europe Hub to help guide you on your research and innovation journey.

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ICURe

The Innovate UK ICURe Programme gives researchers the chance to turn ground-breaking research into investment-ready spin-out companies and license agreements. We provide funding and personalised support…

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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund

Decarbonising Great Britain’s energy networks is a huge undertaking, and it is urgent. Innovation is critical to reaching this goal. The Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund brings…

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