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Here you can view details of archived opportunities and funding. These are no longer open for applications and should only be used for reference.
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Battery Investment Readiness 2026
EOI closes 4th Sep 2026, competition dates tbc
Apply now to be part of the Battery Investment Readiness Programme for 2026. Innovate UK Business Connect will select up to 15 SMEs to join the programme to accelerate their investment journey.
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Advanced Connectivity Technologies: New Innovators
Opens: 07/07/2026
Closes: 05/08/2026
UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £500,000 to develop affordable, adoptable and investable innovations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies. This funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
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DeepTech Catalyst Quantum
Opens: 06/07/2026
Closes: 09/08/2026
Designed to support early-stage quantum technology companies in achieving their commercial potential by de-risking their route to market, offering up to £50,000 targeted MVP development funding.
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UK Defence Innovation - Space to Innovate: Delta Drop
Opens: 02/07/2026
Closes: 28/07/2026
Dstl and the UK Space Agency seek innovations to improve future space capabilities for defence and security.
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Next Wave: Global Business Innovation Programme: Createch SLUSH 2026 - Finland
Opens: 06/07/2026
Closes: 30/07/2026
Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to participate in its Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP), with a visit to the SLUSH gathering in Helsinki included.
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ARIA: Trust Everything, Everywhere - opportunity seeds
Opens: 22/06/2026
Closes: 27/07/2026
ARIA (the UK's Advanced Research & Innovation Agency) are seeking high-potential proposals to build a new cyber-physical trust infrastructure, with funding available up to £500,000 each.
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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Cooling in high power battlefield comms
Opens: 06/07/2026
Closes: 06/08/2026
HMGCC is inviting applications to help stop high-bandwidth radios from emitting too much heat.
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UK Space Agency: Commercial Climate Services Call 4
Send intent to submit by 31 July, full submission required by 7 August
Grants of up to £85k per project are now available to support the development of commercial UK-based services using satellite Earth Observation data.
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Clean Transport Accelerator: Maritime 2026
Opens: 16/06/2026
Closes: 28/07/2026
The Clean Transport Accelerator: Maritime is a six-month programme supporting SMEs developing innovative solutions for maritime decarbonisation. Up to six TRL 5–8 companies will receive tailored commercial support and apply for up to £30k to run a four‑month trial with partners.
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Global Business Innovation Programme: Advanced Connectivity Technologies, India
Opens: 02/07/2026
Closes: 10/08/2026
The UK Government is inviting advanced connectivity companies to explore new partnerships and business opportunities in India, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing telecoms markets.
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Next Wave: Breakthrough Wave 1
Opens: 23/06/2026
Closes: 11/08/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £10m for industrial research projects to explore industrial strategy aligned Createch innovation.
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Contracts for Innovation: Earlier identification of UK children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Opens: 23/06/2026
Closes: 05/08/2026
Organisations can apply for a share of £2.5m inclusive of VAT to develop innovations that enable earlier, fairer, more reliable identification of special educational needs (SEN) in contexts where existing market solutions underperform or do not operate.
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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Upgradeable sensors to rapidly detect chemical and biological hazards
Opens: 22/06/2026 Closes: 23/07/2026
HMGCC Co-Creation are offering up to £60k to develop next-generation sensors to enhance our ability to detect a broad range of chemical and biological substances in real-time.
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Decarbonising operational fleet and tools for gas network operations
Opens: 16/06/2026
Closes: 28/07/2026
Cadent Gas Ltd is seeking innovative vehicle, on board power and compatible tool solutions to enable the transition from diesel-powered operational fleet vehicles to low or zero emission alternatives.
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Robotics Adoption Central Convening Body summer 2026
Opens: 10/06/2026
Closes: 08/07/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for creating a central convening body to coordinate the robotics adoption hubs. Funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
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Global Incubator Programme: Seabed to Space Dual-Use Technologies, Canada
Opens: 08/06/2026
Closes: 24/07/2026
Innovate UK seeks up to eight innovative UK companies with dual-use civilian & military tech within the national security, defence, and marine technology sectors to join our tailored 12-month incubation programme delivered in partnership with COVE, a global innovation hub located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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ACTASAP Pilot Phase 1
Opens: 04/06/2026
Closes: 28/07/2026
UK registered academic institutions can apply for up to £32,000 each to take part in ACTASAP, an accelerator to bring academic research to market.
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Scaling Supply Chains for Quantum Enabled Sensing and PNT
Opens: 03/06/2026
Closes: 08/07/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £32.8 million for collaborations developing the supply chain for quantum enabled sensing. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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ARIA: Future Proofing Our Climate and Weather
Opens: 01/06/2026
Closes: 31/07/2026
Funding of up to £500,000 for early-stage research that explores new pathways for climate adaptation and resilience.
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NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator (DIANA) 2027 cohort
Opens: 01/06/2026
Closes: 03/07/2026
DIANA seeks cutting-edge and mature technological solutions to critical defence and security challenges through public challenge calls.
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ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 9
Opens: 29/05/2026
Closes: 08/07/2026
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.