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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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National Materials Innovation Programme: CR&D Rd1

Opens: 01/09/2026

Closes: 28/10/2026

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £12m for collaborative industrial research in materials for health, structures, electronics, or metamaterials.

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Investor Partnerships – ACT and Semiconductors

Opens: 01/09/2026

Closes: 14/10/2026

UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.

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Wind Innovation Hub: Accelerating Innovations

Opens: 31/08/2026

Closes: 05/10/2026

The Accelerating Innovations programme will provide tailored in-kind funding, to a maximum value of £100k per organisation, for up to 20 high-potential UK companies developing mission-aligned…

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Electricity Demand Turn Up trial: EOI for flexibility providers

Opens: 20/08/2026

Closes: 16/09/2026

UK registered businesses providing flexibility services can submit an expression of interest for a trial assessing if DTU can reduce renewable electricity curtailment in Great Britain.…

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UK Space Agency: International Bilateral Fund – Call 3

Deadline 4 Nov: encouraged to send EoI by 14 Sep.

Up to £1.5m per project to build international partnerships working on mutual space priorities.

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ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 11

Opens: 20/08/2026

Closes: 30/09/2026

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…

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Advancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosis

Opens: 01/09/2026

Closes: 28/10/2026

Up to £25.4 million funding available to support the clinical validation and evaluation of early cancer diagnostic technologies and devices.

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Critical Minerals Programme: Critical Minerals Accelerator

Opens: 05/08/2026

Closes: 30/09/2026

Funding to support UK-based projects that strengthen critical mineral supply chains and develop innovative capabilities across the critical minerals sector.

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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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