Knowledge Centre

Join this briefing event to gain an overview of the ZEVI2 competition, including its objectives, scope and priorities, while offering valuable opportunities to connect with potential partners and collaborators.

Watch our recording to hear more about how UK registered advanced manufacturing micro businesses and SMEs can apply for £50k - £100k in Innovate UK grant funding to commercialise and scale a pre-commercial project.

The ‘Moving net zero from why to how’ report, developed under Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme, offers a guide for local authorities to help make net zero conversations easier and more relevant to residents, colleagues or stakeholders.

City Science, in partnership with Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme, explores the central role played by heat networks in financing progress towards net zero, and the opportunities this brings.

The Local Power Plan is here, marking a key moment for how places across the UK can accelerate and benefit from the net zero transition. As Great British Energy’s flagship strategy for scaling and accelerating local and community energy, delivering the aspirations set out in the plan presents an exciting opportunity for places to apply key lessons from Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme.

This article by Regen, a Net Zero Living Programme delivery partner, brings together views of local authorities involved in the Programme which were shared at a Local Power Plan policy group on 18th February 2026.

Join our online competition briefing on 25 March to learn more about the opportunity, eligibility and full scope, and have the chance to ask the team any questions you may have.

The Next Generation Remote-Sensing Technologies project has positioned Glasgow at the forefront of high-performance sensing and imaging solutions. Through collaborative innovation and advanced electro-optic sensor development, the project is enabling breakthroughs across defence, healthcare, energy and security applications.

On 4 March 2026, Innovate Local Dorset brought together business leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and support organisations at the Executive Business Centre in Bournemouth for a day dedicated to unlocking innovation and driving regional growth.

Ahead of the planned launch of the first competition under the £40 million Water Innovation Cross-Sector Challenge this Spring, the Cross-Sector Water Innovation Network, funded by Ofwat’s Water Innovation Fund and delivered by Innovate UK, brought together experts from across the water and agricultural sectors to explore how cross-sector innovation can strengthen water resilience and sustainable water management across the UK agri-food system.

Innovative approaches, from integrated hydrological planning and nature-based solutions to circular economy innovation and the adoption of digital solutions, are already demonstrating tangible progress, highlighting the growing potential for closer cross-sector collaboration between water and agricultural stakeholders.

The Data-Driven Design and Manufacturing (D3M) CoLAB is helping Scottish manufacturers adopt data science and AI.