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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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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund: Innovation Challenges - Discovery, autumn 2026

Opens: 21/09/2026

Closes: 21/10/2026

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Innovation Challenges. This funding…

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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund: Round 5 Challenges - Discovery, autumn 2026

Opens: 21/09/2026

Closes: 21/10/2026

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Round 5 challenges. This…

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NERC ICURe Discover - January 2027

Opens: 15/10/2026

Closes: 12/11/2026

NERC 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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EPSRC Clean Energy ICURe Discover - January 2027

Opens: 09/11/2026

Closes: 14/12/2026

EPSRC Clean Energy ICURe Discover is an 8-week, part-time online market discovery programme for researchers and technicians, with up to £2,500 support for market discovery activities.…

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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Mobile mimicry using AI

Opens: 21/09/26. Closes: 08/10/26.

Can you build an AI agent that behaves like a normal phone user to make testing easier and faster?

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Women’s ICURe Explore - January 2027

Opens: 06/10/2026

Closes: 02/11/2026

Women’s ICURe Explore is a 13-week, full-time market exploration programme designed to train, fund and support research teams.

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EPSRC Clean Energy ICURe Engage - November 2026

Opens: 21/09/2026

Closes: 19/10/2026

EPSRC Clean Energy ICURe Engage is a four-week, part-time programme which helps healthcare technologies researchers identify who could benefit from their research and explore the benefits…

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European Space Agency: Space For Sustainable Industry and Digital Business Transformation

Opens: 17/09/2026

Closes: 30/10/2026

The call focuses on specific operational and innovation needs identified by Coca-Cola, P&G, Galp and Tomorrowland/Love Tomorrow across water resilience, security and enterprise risk, renewable energy,…

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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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