Opportunities Archive
Here you can view details of archived opportunities and funding. These are no longer open for applications and should only be used for reference.
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CreaTech Frontiers Growth Lab (West Midlands)
Opens 17/02/2026
Closes: 15/03/2026
Creative technology businesses in the West Midlands can receive £15,000 worth of bespoke growth and scaling support each.
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ARIA: Massively Scalable Neurotechnologies - TA1 concept papers
Opens 16/02/2026
Closes: 17/03/2026
Up to £4m per project for engineering non-surgical neural interfaces in three focus areas.
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ICURe Discover Sprint April 2026
Opens 03/02/2026
Closes: 17/03/2026
Innovate UK ICURe Discover Sprint is an intensive, part-time, online market exploration programme designed to support researchers and technicians in exploring the commercial potential of their ideas.
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ARIA: Universal Fabricators - concept papers
Opens 16/02/2026
Closes: 09/03/2026
ARIA's £50m Manufacturing Abundance programme seeks to harness proteins to produce a functionally universal range of materials at scale.
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Southwest Wales Net Zero Industry Launchpad Round 2 - Call for challenge holders
Opens 18/02/2026
Closes: 13/03/2026
The Net Zero Industry Launchpad is using the Innovate UK Business Connect Innovation Exchange (iX) platform to offer an exciting new pilot competition using the iX platform to support challenges that benefit or impact on Southwest Wales. The aim of this competition is to support outstanding innovation projects that will impact on Southwest Wales.
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PQA ICURe Engage - March 2026
Opens 29/01/2026
Closes: 24/02/2026
This sector-specific Innovate UK ICURe Engage programme, delivered in collaboration with the Photonics & Quantum Accelerator (PQA) and Scottish Enterprise, is a 4-week, part-time programme tailored for research students and technicians from Scottish institutions.
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ARIA: Scaling Trust - Tooling and Fundamental Research
Opens 09/02/2026
Closes: 24/03/2026
ARIA are seeking to fund teams to develop open-source tools for future Arena participants and perform fundamental research that moves us from empirical to theory-driven guarantees in agentic coordination.
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Inclusive Mobility Challenge: Safe Urban Navigation for People with Access Needs
Opens 16/02/2026
Closes: 27/03/2026
Seeking innovative tools that give people who experience barriers due to vision or mobility, reliable advanced information about temporary obstacles, such as pavement diversions, street works, and other hazards that may impact their pedestrian journeys.
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Robotics Adoption Programme skills development
Opens 02/02/2026
Closes: 25/03/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5m for projects to develop vocational robotics skills courses.
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Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator Provider Pool EoI: late stage
Opens 02/02/2026
Closes: 04/03/2026
UK registered organisations can apply to join an approved provider pool for the BC Accelerator Programme.
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Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator Provider Pool EoI: early stage
Opens 02/02/2026
Closes: 04/03/2026
UK registered organisations can apply to join an approved provider pool for the BMC Accelerator Programme.
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Eurostars call for projects – call 10, closing March 2026
Opens 16/01/2026
Closes: 19/03/2026
Up to €360,000 for SMEs performing innovative R&D as part of a consortium with one or more organisations from other Eurostars countries.
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EIT Rapid Applications for Transport Open Call 2026
Opens 16/01/2026
Closes: 12/03/2026
RAPTOR 2026 includes 15 city-defined mobility challenges: SMEs with solutions can receive a lump sum of €60,000 to implement them.
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UK Defence Innovation: Conflict Wounds - From Biology to Battlefield Solutions
Opens 27/01/2026
Closes: 24/03/2026
UK defence bodies seek innovations addressing challenges in the field of conflict wounds, funding of c.£200k-£300k per project.
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AI Management Practitioner Training
Opens 16/02/2026
Closes: 20/02/2026
Join BridgeAI programme partner BSI online and harness the transformative powers of AI through the AI Management Practitioner training. Boost business growth, develop your AI skills, and gain a professional qualification.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: ORE Catapult Launch Academy National 6
Opens 29/01/2026
Closes: 25/03/2026
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s flagship accelerator for offshore wind innovation, designed to support a cohort of up to 10 high-growth UK SMEs.
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TechLocal: AI Professional Practice Degree and Graduate Traineeship Accelerator
Opens 04/02/2026
Closes: 18/03/2026
UK academic institutions can apply for a share of up to £7.8 million to develop new AI professional practice degrees to address local demand for AI skills that are industry-ready.
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Advanced manufacturing supply chain innovation: feasibility studies
Opens 02/02/2026
Closes: 11/03/2026
Up to £100k per project for feasibility studies to make supply chains more resource efficient and resilient through addressing cross cutting challenges.
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European Innovation Council: Advanced Innovation Challenges - 2026 Pilot
Opens 01/01/2026
Closes: 26/02/2026
EIC seeks high-risk deep tech innovations in two topics: AI-Powered Robotics, and replacement of animals for medical testing.
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TechLocal: Connecting Local Talent to Local Tech Jobs
Opens 04/02/2026
Closes: 18/03/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £7.6m to enable career and growth opportunities in the tech sector.
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TMF AI ICURe Engage - February 2026
Opens 19/01/2026
Closes: 18/02/2026
TMF AI ICURe Engage is a 4-week, part-time online programme which helps you identify who could benefit from your research and the benefits of entrepreneurship.
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