Travel support for UK businesses to attend European events - apply now
Innovate UK is offering travel support for companies to attend consortia-building events in Europe. Our travel awards are an excellent mechanism for supporting companies who want to expand their networks across Europe and make an impact in collaborative international research and development projects. These awards encourage UK participation, engagement and visibility at international events and aim to accelerate UK involvement in European research programmes (incl. Horizon Europe and EUREKA).
To be eligible for support, you need to be a for-profit UK-based R&D performing SME according to the EU definition (see definition here). If successful in your application for travel and accommodation costs, you will receive pro-active support from Innovate UK to help you maximise the benefit of attending. Please note, that successful applicants will need to adhere to Innovate UK’s policy for reasonable travel expenses (in line with HMRC travel and subsistence overview), a copy will be provided to successful applicants.
Upcoming European event Travel Awards
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- Integrated Systems Europe annual tech show, 4-7 February 2025, Barcelona, Spain (Application deadline: 13 January 2025, Notification date: 17 January 2025)
- EUREKA goes Vilnius, 26 February 2025, Vilnius, Lithuania (Application deadline: 29 January 2025, Notification date: 31 January 2025)
- European Ocean Days 2025, 3-7 March 2025, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 3 February 2025, Notification date: 7 February 2025)
- ‘Forward Green’ (FG) Expo, 13-15 March 2025, Thesaloniki, Greece (Application deadline: 10 February 2025, Notification date: 13 February 2025)
- EUREKA Global Innovation Summit, 1-2 April 2025, Hannover Messe, Germany (Application deadline: 4 March 2025, Notification date: 7 March 2025)
- European Innovation Council Summit 2025, 2-3 April 2025, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 5 March 2025, Notification date: 7 March 2025)
- Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Info Day 2025, 3 April 2025, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 3 March 2025, Notification date: 7 March 2025)
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- The Forum for the Future of Agriculture, 1 April 2025 Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 3 March 2025, Notification date: 7 March 2025)
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- Railtech Europe, 4-5 March, 2025, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 3 February 2025, Notification date: 7 February 2025)
- Clean Aviation Annual Forum, 18-19 March 2025, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 14 February 2025, Notification date: 18 February 2025)
- Aerodays aviation research and innovation event, 7-9 May 2025, Warsaw, Poland (Application deadline: 9 April 2025, Notification date: 11 April 2025)
- The Battery Show Europe, 3-5 June 2025, Stuttgart, Germany (Application deadline: 29 April 2025, Notification date: 30 April 2025)
- World Mobility Conference, 3-5 June, 2025, Barcelona, Spain (Application deadline: 29 April 2025, Notification date: 30 April 2025)
- Advanced Automotive Batteries Europe, 23-26 June 2025, Mainz, Germany (Application deadline: 21 May 2025, Notification date: 23 May 2025)
- Future Battery Forum, 25-26 November 2025, Berlin, Germany (Application deadline: 22 October 2025, Notification date: 23 October 2025)
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- Electronic Components and Systems (ECS) Brokerage Event, 18-19 February 2025, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 29 January 2025, Notification date: 31 January 2025)
- TRANSFIERE, European Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation, 12-14 March 2025, Málaga, Spain (Application deadline: 10 February 2025, Notification date: 13 February 2025)
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- Wind Europe Conference, 8-10 April 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark (Application deadline: 3 March 2025, Notification date: 7 March 2025)
- Green Hydrogen Summit Europe 2025, 29-30 April 25, Lisbon, Portugal (Application deadline: 26 March 2025, Notification date: 28 March 2025)
- EU Sustainable Energy Week, 10-12 June 2025, Brussels, Belgium (Application deadline: 7 May 2025, Notification date: 9 May 2025)
- Connecting Hydrogen Europe / Sustainable Fuels Summit (co-located), 18-19 June 2025, Madrid, Spain (Application deadline: 7 May 2025, Notification date: 9 May 2025)
- European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), 7-11 September 2025, Madeira, Portugal (Application deadline: 29 July 2025, Notification date: 31 July 2025)
- Smart Energy Systems Conference, 16-17 September 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark (Application deadline: 25 August 2025, Notification date: 29 August 2025)
- European Geothermal Congress, 6-10 October 2025, Zurich, Switzerland (Application deadline: 2 September 2025, Notification date: 4 September 2025)
- Carbon Capture / Hydrogen Technology Expo (co-located), 21-23 October 2025, Hamburg, Germany (Application deadline: 2 September 2025, Notification date: 4 September 2025)
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- BIO- Europe life sciences spring partnering event, March 17–19 2025, Milan, Italy (Application deadline: 17 February 2025, Notification date: 21 February 2025)
- European Human Genetics Conference, 24–27 May 2025, Milan, Italy (Application deadline: 28 April 2025, Notification date: 2 May 2025)
- HLTH Europe 2025 healthcare innovation event, 16-19 June 2025, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Application deadline: 19 May 2025, Notification date: 23 May 2025)
- European Cancer and Oncology Congress, 16-19 June, Lisbon, Portugal (Application deadline: 19 May 2025, Notification date: 23 May 2025)
- BIO-EUROPE, 3-5 November 2025 Vienna, Austria (Application deadline: 6 October 2025, Notification date: 10 October 2025)
European event travel award testimonials summary
After speaking with those who have previously received travel support, here is an overview of the feedback they shared with us:
“These Innovate UK European event travel awards enabled us to meet with experienced companies as well as universities to discuss collaborating on Horizon Europe international projects and learn about collaborative European funding opportunities which was especially useful as the UK is now associated with Horizon Europe. We really enjoyed expanding our international network by joining research groups and forming consortiums with valuable business partners. Working alongside industry specialists from a diverse range of countries to understand how to develop and implement a new technology into the global marketplace provides endless possibilities.”
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