Opportunities Archive
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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Biofilms ICURe Discover
Opens 14/04/2026
Closes: 08/05/2026
Biofilms ICURe Discover is an upcoming ICURe programme themed around biofilms across all applications including healthcare, engineering, marine, food and agriculture, the built environment, water and wastewater, energy, personal care and home care.
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ACTASAP Pathfinder 2026
Opens 14/04/2026
Closes: 29/04/2026
ACTASAP Pathfinder is a bootcamp delivered over four days for academics in Advanced Connectivity Technologies, providing the necessary guidance and support for researchers to commercialise their research and innovations.
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ARIA: Universal Fabricators - full proposals
Opens 01/04/2026
Closes: 05/05/2026
ARIA's £50m Manufacturing Abundance programme seeks to harness proteins to produce a functionally universal range of materials at scale.
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Global Incubator Programme: Agri-Tech USA THRIVE, cohort 1
Opens 01/04/2026
Closes: 28/04/2026
Innovate UK seeks innovative Agri-Tech companies to participate in an acceleration programme to support growth by exploring the potential of the USA market.
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Global Incubator Programme - Agri-Tech, New Zealand 2026: cohort 1
Opens 01/04/2026
Closes: 14/04/2026
Innovate UK seeks innovative Agri-Tech companies to participate in an acceleration programme to support growth by exploring the potential of the New Zealand market.
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iX Challenge: Whole Estate Renewable Energy Master Planning and Decision Support
Opens 31/03/2026
Closes: 08/05/2026
A Welsh business seeks a robust, practical and impartial master plan for transitioning to a resilient, low carbon, long term energy system.
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ARIA: Scaling Trust Arena
Opens 27/03/2026
Closes: 14/04/2026
Up to £10m to design and construct a digital and cyber-physical arena for open competitions designed to test AI systems’ capabilities
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iX Challenge: Designing a Smart Local Energy System for a Circular Economy Park
Opens 26/03/2026
Closes: 06/05/2026
CWM Environmental is seeking innovators to deliver a feasibility study into a Smart Local Energy System (SLES) / microgrid approach for Nantycaws (CWM Gwyrdd).
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iX Challenge - Modular Hydrogen Separation for Small Scale Pilot Waste Facilities
Opens 24/03/2026
Closes: 27/04/2026
The Innovation Exchange (iX) programme is supporting an energy technology company developing waste‑to‑hydrogen and waste‑to‑energy systems to identify innovators who can design small‑scale hydrogen separation solutions for pilot‑scale waste pyrolysis facilities.
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iX Challenge - Autonomous Robotic Inspection Platform
Opens 23/03/2026
Closes: 04/05/2026
RR-SMR is looking for highly autonomous robotic platforms capable of performing repeatable plant inspections within the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) environment.
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Agri-Food Tech Contracts for Innovation Cymru Phase 1 Challenge
Opens 17/03/2026
Closes: 24/04/2026
Seeking effective and environmentally acceptable alternatives to current bracken control methods to support the delivery of sustainable land management in Wales.
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Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains: Potential High Growth SMEs
Opens 18/03/2026
Closes: 22/04/2026
UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £2 million for pre-commercialisation projects.
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Secure Software for Resilient Growth
Opens 16/03/2026
Closes: 29/04/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million for collaborative projects that enable adoption of the Government's Software Security Code of Practice to drive growth of secure and resilient software supply chains.
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AI Champions: Frontier AI Phase 1
Opens 17/03/2026
Closes: 29/04/2026
UK registered SME businesses can apply for a share of up to £3m to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies.
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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Smart personal assistant for security researchers
Opens 16/03/2026
Closes: 07/05/2026
HMGCC Co-Creation is launching a new 12-week funded challenge to develop a smart personal assistant for security researchers.
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CreaTech Frontiers Growth Lab (West Midlands)
Opens 17/02/2026
Closes: 15/03/2026
Creative technology businesses in the West Midlands can receive £15,000 worth of bespoke growth and scaling support each.
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Royal Society Industry Fellowships - 2026 Round 2
Opens 04/02/2026
Closes: 01/04/2026
Royal Society Fellowships enable talented scientists and engineers from industry and academia to move between the sectors.
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SNPN 5G Assured Integration (CR&D)
Opens 03/03/2026
Closes: 01/04/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £18.5 million to integrate UK anchored advanced connectivity components at a system level into technically assured, end to end architectures ready for early market evaluation.
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ARIA: Enduring Atmospheric Platforms - full proposals
Opens 01/03/2026
Closes: 02/04/2026
ARIA seeks proposals to build atmospheric platforms capable of keeping a payload aloft and powered while maintaining precise station-keeping.
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ARIA: Massively Scalable Neurotechnologies - TA1 concept papers
Opens 16/02/2026
Closes: 17/03/2026
Up to £4m per project for engineering non-surgical neural interfaces in three focus areas.
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ICURe Discover Sprint April 2026
Opens 03/02/2026
Closes: 17/03/2026
Innovate UK ICURe Discover Sprint is an intensive, part-time, online market exploration programme designed to support researchers and technicians in exploring the commercial potential of their ideas.
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