Opportunities
Positive change is driven through new ideas and innovation. But innovation is complex. Sometimes projects need to be connected with new opportunities or looked at from new perspectives to make the difference. This is where Innovate UK Business Connect comes in.
If you’re looking for experienced input into your idea, product, service, research or challenge, then invite us to get involved. We will not only work with you in understanding your market or challenge but will also direct you to the latest opportunities available, and how you can apply.
Find out how Innovate UK Business Connect can support your application or help you find partners.
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Turing Way Practitioners Hub 2025 – become an Expert in Residence
Opens 10/04/2024
Closes: 16/07/2024
The Turing Way Practitioners Hub is inviting expressions of interest to join their third and final cohort of Experts in Residence, as part of the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme.
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Full ADOPT Grant: Round 1
Opens 28/04/2025
Closes: 25/06/2025
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £2 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
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ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 1
Opens 28/04/2025
Closes: 11/06/2025
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 a Full ADOPT Grant application.
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Global Incubator Programme: USA (Houston) Healthtech – Medical Devices
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 30/05/2025
Delivered in partnership with the Texas Medical Center Innovation (TMCi), Houston, USA and supported by the Department for Business & Trade (DBT), this Global Incubator Programme (GIP) will give medical device companies the opportunity to explore and exploit collaborative innovation and growth opportunities in the US market.
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Global Incubator Programme: Canada - AI for Health
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 01/06/2025
Delivered by Innovate UK, in partnership with MaRS, this Global Incubator Programme (GIP) provides an opportunity for UK-based companies to expand into the North American market and collaborate with one of the world’s largest innovation hubs for AI and healthcare.
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Developing Semiconductor Hardware for Critical Technologies
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million. These feasibility studies will investigate ways to improve semiconductor design and manufacture within the UK to support critical technologies.
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Contracts for Innovation: READ-OUT digital cognitive dementia assessments
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 14/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a single award of up to £600,000, inclusive of VAT, to implement and assess a dementia based digital cognitive assessment (DCA) to be evaluated as part of the READ-OUT study being managed by the University of Oxford.
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HMGCC Co-creation Challenge: Tracking solution for alternative positioning, navigation and timing
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 15/05/2025
HMGCC seek devices that are small in size, weight and power (SWaP) to track government staff, that can be used when satellite systems such as Global Positioning System (GPS) aren’t available.
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Defence Innovation Loans 2025-26
Next cycle closing date: 13 May 2025
Loans of up to £1m to help convert your mature defence innovation into a strong business proposition, with a below market interest rate of 7.4% per annum.
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Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – Platform Train Interface
Opens 07/04/2025
Closes: 28/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7m across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution.
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Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – Personal Safety
Opens 07/04/2025
Closes: 28/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7m across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution.
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Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – Bridge Strikes
Opens 07/04/2025
Closes: 28/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7m across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution.
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Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – AI for Complex Processes
Opens 07/04/2025
Closes: 28/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7m across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution.
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AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge 2025
Opens 01/04/2025
Closes: 28/04/2025
Trilateral international maritime defence challenge, focused on undersea Command, Control and Communications.
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187th European Mathematics Study Group with Industry
Opens 01/04/2025
Closes: 01/07/2025
An invitation to bring pressing problems in data science and related fields to be solved during a five-day mathematical study group.
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Using maths to tackle challenges in energy, green economy & data science
Opens 01/04/2025
Closes: 07/05/2025
Join King’s College’s “Industry Needs and Research Opportunities” workshops centred around Data Science, Banking and Finance.
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UK Quantum Hackathon 2025 - call for use cases
Opens 27/03/2025
Closes: 30/05/2025
NQCC seeks innovative use cases for this year’s hackathon from businesses and organisations in the public sector, third sector, and higher education.
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UK Space Agency: National Space Innovation Programme – Call 2
Send expression of interest by 23 April 2025
The UK Space Agency invites proposals for UK-based R&D to deliver innovative space technologies, applications and services through the National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP).
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DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: small projects
Opens 31/03/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8m for innovation projects.
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DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: large projects
Opens 31/03/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovation projects to grow their business. This funding is from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).
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BridgeAI Innovation Exchange: Empowering AI Innovation
Opens 24/03/2025
Closes: 23/04/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £200,000 for five month projects. This funding is from Innovate UK’s BridgeAI programme.
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