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Innovation Exchange challenge: Separation Technology to Remove Polymer Coating and Contaminants from Post-Consumer Leather
Opens: 12/11/2025
Closes: 02/01/2026
The challenge involves developing a separation technology to remove durable polymer layers from sheets of leather, leather pieces and leather fibres.
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CyberASAP Pathfinder 2026
Opens: 06/11/2025
Closes: 04/12/2025
CyberASAP Pathfinder is a three-day bootcamp for academics, providing the necessary guidance and support for researchers to commercialise their ideas.
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DRIVE35 Scale-up: Feasibility Studies 2
Opens: 10/11/2025
Closes: 17/12/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for feasibility studies into UK manufacturing of zero emission vehicle technologies. This funding is from the Department for Business and Trade.
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Smarter Transport Systems AI Competition
Opens: 05/11/2025
Closes: 21/11/2025
Seeking innovative AI solutions that can revolutionise transport, delivering faster, cleaner, and more affordable journeys for everyone.
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Sustainable alternative raw materials to fossil derived hydrocarbons for the manufacture of speciality vacuum greases
Opens: 10/11/2025
Closes: 19/12/2025
The Innovation Exchange (iX) programme is supporting M&I Materials Ltd to find innovators who can provide alternative sustainable hydrocarbon feedstock sources suitable for the use in the manufacture of speciality vacuum greases.
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Biomedical Catalyst 2025: Industry led R&D small projects
Opens: 10/11/2025
Closes: 11/12/2025
UK registered micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £25 million for the development of innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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Biomedical Catalyst 2025: Industry led R&D large projects
Opens: 10/11/2025
Closes: 11/12/2025
UK registered micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £25 million for the development of innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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UK-Canada Quantum Communications and Networking Demonstrator
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 26/11/2025
Up to £3.425m for terrestrial demonstrations and preparation for a satellite mission in quantum communications or networking, alongside Canadian counterparts.
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Increasing EV charging capacity on the strategic road network
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 25/03/2026
Up to £3m per project to develop and demonstrate solutions to increase public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging provision for longer journeys on the Strategic Road Network (SRN).
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Energy Access Collaboration Building visits: UK - Indonesia | Kenya | Mexico
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 23/11/2025
Funded visits supporting the development of partnerships between the UK and international organisations for post-trip funding opportunities.
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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Novel counter drone and ground station solutions
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 04/12/2025
HMGCC seeks solutions to detect and disrupt drone ground control stations and/or drone-controlling SIM-card cellular networks.
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Management of thermal energy within a small industrial laundry service
Opens: 31/10/2025
Closes: 31/12/2025
Royal Jersey, in association with the Textile Services Association would like to find innovative solutions which can help them to manage their thermal energy needs throughout their industrial laundry process within their premises in Dagenham. The process includes the washing, drying and ironing of the linens, which are currently isolated processes, as well as improving the thermal comfort for the staff working in the factory. They also provide dry cleaning services for workwear used in the hospitality sector.
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National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility Studies
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 17/12/2025
Up to £100k per project for advanced materials innovations in energy, healthcare, structure, durability, electronics, polymers, and metamaterials/metasurfaces.
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Management of thermal energy within a large industrial laundry service
Opens: 31/10/2025
Closes: 31/12/2025
CLEAN Linen Services, in association with the Textile Services Association would like to find innovative solutions which can help them to manage their thermal energy needs throughout their industrial laundry process within their premises in Slough. This could include heat harvesting. The process includes the washing, drying and ironing of the linens, which are currently isolated processes, as well as improving the thermal comfort for the staff working in the factory.
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Government Efficiency Accelerator Pathfinder
Opens: 23/10/2025
Closes: 13/11/2025
Open call for AI based solutions and products for problems relating to UK Government budgeting and workforce forecasting.
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Microbiome Engineering for Resilience and Performance
Opens: 29/10/2025
Closes: 05/12/2025
The Innovation Exchange (iX) Programme is supporting Dstl to find innovators who can help to enhance the resilience and/or performance of UK Defence personnel using microbiome engineering.
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SURfACE ICURe Discover
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 15/12/2025
Innovate UK SURfACE ICURe Discover is an invite-only programme providing support for researchers and technicians from post-1992 universities to explore the commercial potential of their ideas.
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Global Business Innovation Programme – South by Southwest (SXSW), USA
Opens: 27/10/2025
Closes: 14/11/2025
Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to participate in its Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP).
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Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2025 – 2026 Round 4
Opens: 27/10/2025
Closes: 26/11/2025
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults, working with businesses or not for profits, can apply for a share of up to £10m.
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Full ADOPT Grant Round 4
Opens: 22/10/2025
Closes: 11/12/2025
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £3.5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
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Innovate UK Innovation Loans Round 24
Opens: 23/10/2025
Closes: 07/01/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential. They must significantly improve the UK economy and drive societal benefit.