Knowledge Centre

Join these events to learn from the successful outputs of projects delivered in 2025 and 2026, with the aim of sharing practice for the benefit of dissemination and broader adoption.

Innovate UK Business Connect has published a new report highlighting the outputs from a recent workshop aimed at developing a vision for an integrated transport system and identifying barriers and opportunities to seamless travel. 

The Contracts for Innovation – Resource Efficiency Impacts Validation competition supported 40 projects across the construction, chemicals and automotive sectors to demonstrate resource efficiency innovations in operational environments and assess their environmental, economic and process benefits.

Norbury Park Estate’s innovative approach to grey squirrel control, supported by Innovate UK Business Connect and Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme (FIP), has led to a new company, and a new product reaching market that significantly reduces costs and improves the efficiency of squirrel control for woodland management.

This event, taking place at the University of Warwick on 14 July 2026, is the first in a planned series of UK-wide Horizon Europe Research Manager events, delivered by the UK National Contact Point (NCP) network at UKRI. Future events are anticipated to take place across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and London during 2026–2027.

Briefing for the FLF scheme, in which UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £110 million to deliver ambitious research and innovation and develop future leaders.

ICURe now runs across three strands: the Core ICURe Programme, the UKRI Research Council ICURe Pathways and the IUK Venture Builder. A new independent Advisory Board, chaired by Vikas Shah, will advise on its strategy across all three.

Innovate UK seeks innovative companies with dual-use technologies to participate in an acceleration programme to support growth by exploring the potential of the Canadian market.

Learn more about this competition is to support businesses and innovators to develop and scale novel AI, digital and end-to-end solutions that accelerate consumer-led flexibility across the energy system.