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ARIA: Scaling Compute - Benchmarking
Opens 17/02/2025
Closes: 10/03/2025
ARIA are looking for a team to track and recalibrate MLPerf benchmark workloads to measure computing hardware advances.
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EIT Culture & Creativity: Short Innovation Projects 2025 - single SME applicants
Opens 11/02/2025
Closes: 11/03/2025
Open to single SMEs proposing high-impact initiatives that address pressing challenges in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI).
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Global Business Innovation Programme in the USA - Maritime Infrastructure Technology
Opens 05/02/2025
Closes: 23/02/2025
Innovate UK invites globally ambitious companies with expertise in maritime infrastructure technology to participate in a Global Business Innovation Programme with the USA.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Sustainable and Non-food Alternative Sources of Citric Acid
Opens 10/02/2025
Closes: 21/03/2025
LUSH Cosmetics invites solutions which can address the challenge of producing sustainable sources of citric acid.
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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Miniature detectors sought to spot drones
Opens 03/02/2025
Closes: 20/02/2025
Drone detectors, small enough to fit inside a pocket or a hand, are sought in a new challenge launched by HMGCC (His Majesty’s Government Communications Centre).
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Global Business Innovation Programme in Taiwan - Semiconductors
Opens 28/01/2025
Closes: 28/02/2025
Innovate UK invites globally ambitious companies with expertise in semiconductor technology to participate in a Global Business Innovation Programme with Taiwan.
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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Round 4 Discovery - January 2025
Opens 27/01/2025
Closes: 26/02/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30m (exc. VAT), for projects on network development, heat flexibility, resilience and net zero.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Understanding Corrosion and Geometry of Sheet Pile Walls
Opens 27/01/2025
Closes: 14/03/2025
The Environment Agency seek ways to non-intrusively assess the as-built geometry and condition of the out of sight aspects of steel sheet pile retaining wall assets.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Maintaining the Thermal Comfort within a Manufacturing Unit
Opens 27/01/2025
Closes: 07/03/2025
Lush seeks solutions for thermal comfort within their perfumes production unit in Poole, UK, where constant air extraction is required to meet ATEX directives.
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Oxford Mathematics Collaboration Opportunity
Opens 22/01/2025
Closes: 31/01/2025
The students on the University of Oxford Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing MSc course are trained to take industrial challenges, formulate them as mathematical models, and use the models to provide insight for companies.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Environmentally Valid Weed Prevention
Opens 22/01/2025
Closes: 05/03/2025
The iX programme is supporting Ringway and VINCI Facilities to find environmentally better alternatives to glyphosate herbicides for the suppression of weeds around the built environment.
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ARIA: Mathematics for Safe AI - opportunity seeds
Opens 15/01/2025
Closes: 11/02/2025
ARIA will fund high-potential proposals to leverage mathematics to ensure that powerful AI systems interact safely and as intended, with up to £500k each.
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Women TechEU - Call 3, January 2025
Opens 17/01/2025
Closes: 17/03/2025
Women leading deep tech startup companies from Europe (inc. UK) can receive up to €75k and a personalised business development programme.
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Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator Programme Year 9: phase 1
Opens 20/01/2025
Closes: 12/02/2025
Individuals based in a UK academic institution can apply for a share of up to £800,000 to join the Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator Programme (CyberASAP).
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APC26: Industrialising net zero automotive technology
Opens 14/01/2025
Closes: 14/03/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £40m for late stage R&D projects to accelerate the UK transition to zero emission vehicles and a net zero automotive future.
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BridgeAI Innovation Exchange - Call for challenge holders
Opens 14/01/2025
Closes: 14/02/2025
The BridgeAI Innovation Exchange (iX) offers an exciting opportunity for leading UK enterprises to become challenge holders and tackle critical productivity challenges.
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BBSRC ICURe Explore April 2025
Opens 16/01/2025
Closes: 18/03/2025
12 weeks full-time programme with up to £35k to help bioscience research teams get out of the lab and explore the commercial potential of their research/technology.
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High Growth AI Accelerator - Construction Sector
Opens 21/01/2025
Closes: 23/02/2025
An acceleration programme that helps businesses access the computation power and expertise they need to validate or develop scalable machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions in the construction sector.
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Apply to pitch to investors at Innovate UK's Materials & Manufacturing Showcase 2025
Opens 10/01/2025
Closes: 21/01/2025
Are you an innovative business in the materials and manufacturing sectors looking to raise funding? Apply to pitch at Innovate UK’s Materials and Manufacturing Showcase.
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Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Round 19
Opens 09/01/2025
Closes: 05/03/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: How can we capture complex human judgement to make better decisions supported by AI?
Opens 08/01/2025
Closes: 07/02/2025
SIS/MI6 seek innovative solutions to enhance how human judgment in national security decision-making can be captured and supported by AI.
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