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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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Contracts for Innovation: Battery innovation for dual use & defence Phase 1

Opens: 28/09/2026

Closes: 04/11/2026

The Battery Innovation Programme is investing up to £2m to accelerate innovative battery technologies that solve defence challenges.

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Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems

Opens: 12/10/2026

Closes: 18/11/2026

UK registered SME businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.66 million to deliver experimental validation of prototype AI systems for novel reusable components…

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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: AI-enhanced x-ray imaging for bomb disposal

Opens: 28/09/2026. Closes: 29/10/2026.

Can you develop a machine learning-enabled solution that helps engineers identify, characterise, and understand electronic components using only x-ray images?

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Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1

Opens: 01/10/2026

Closes: 11/11/2026

UK registered SME’s can apply for a share of up to £3.1 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML)…

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Contracts for Innovation: Counter UAS Demonstrations in Prison Environments

Opens: 05/10/2026

Closes: 28/10/2026

Organisations can apply for a share of £900,000, inclusive of VAT, to demonstrate and test low-cost counter uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technologies that are able to…

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MRC ICURe Discover - December 2026

Opens: 28/09/2026

Closes: 30/10/2026

MRC ICURe Discover is a part-time, online, market exploration programme for researchers and technicians, with up to £2,500 support for market discovery activities.

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European Space Agency: Smart and Resilient Energy Systems

Opens: 29/09/2026

Closes: 27/11/2026

Aiming to develop operational solutions using space-enabled technologies to improve the anticipatory, operational, and strategic resilience of electricity grids.

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Horizon Europe cohort visit to Battery Innovation Days 2026 in Stockholm

Opens: 25/09/2026

Closes: 09/10/2026

Innovate UK is seeking expressions of interest from UK organisations wishing to join a targeted delegation to Battery Innovation Days 2026 in Stockholm, Sweden, from 10…

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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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