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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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Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator - Future Medicines
Opens: 01/09/2025
Closes: 26/09/2025
An accelerator for UK-based start-ups developing innovations within the scope of Future Medicines, addressing clear and evidenced healthcare challenges.
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Global Business Innovation Programme: Hydrogen in Transport - Germany
Opens: 28/08/2025
Closes: 12/10/2025
Innovate UK invited ambitious companies to apply for a funded visit to Germany to explore the use of hydrogen in transport. Download the brochure with the list of participating companies.
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Global Business Innovation Programme - Robotics & Automation in Manufacturing, South Korea
Opens: 28/08/2025
Closes: 30/10/2025
Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to participate in a 9-12 month programme to help them grow in the South Korean market.
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Entrepreneurship Clinics: Underrepresented Founders in Advanced Materials
Opens: 27/08/2025
Closes: 09/09/2025
A new pilot initiative designed to support 12 underrepresented early-stage founders innovating in advanced materials, battery materials, or critical materials.
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Analysis for Innovators: National Physical Laboratory Stage 1
Opens: 26/08/2025
Closes: 15/09/2025
UK registered SMEs can apply for funding to resolve productivity and competitiveness issues, by working with National Physical Laboratory (NPL) scientists.
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Full ADOPT Grant: Round 3
Opens: 21/08/2025
Closes: 22/10/2025
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £2 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Detecting changes in authorship within online communication
Opens: 01/09/2025
Closes: 25/09/2025
HMGCC seek tech solutions founded in forensic linguistics to help ensure the identity of online authors.
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Contracts for Innovation: Improving health outcomes for women and girls across Wales
Opens: 21/08/2025
Closes: 10/09/2025
The Welsh Government seek real-world demonstrations of ways to improve healthcare outcomes for women and girls.
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Innovation Exchange Challenge: Valorisation of paint waste from vessel and equipment cleaning
Opens: 20/08/2025
Closes: 17/09/2025
PPG seek innovators who can valorise paint waste from vessel and equipment cleaning, aiming to find a sustainable and circular solution for the solid waste.
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Innovation Exchange Challenge: Measurement of coated glass temperature within the furnace/manufacturing process
Opens: 20/08/2025
Closes: 17/09/2025
Pilkington are looking for technology for accurate & reliable measurement of coated glass temperature.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Binders or resins for recyclable biocomposite panels
Opens: 20/08/2025
Closes: 17/09/2025
The challenge is to identify and test a binder system (or alternative bio-resin or natural resin solution) that enables the product to be recycled or reprocessed.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Heat recovery and process efficiency optimisation in advanced plasma coating manufacturing
Opens: 20/08/2025
Closes: 17/09/2025
Zircotec is seeking a practical, scalable solution to optimise energy efficiency by better use and management of heat in its operations.
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Biotechnology Business Incubation Centre 2025
Opens: 11/08/2025
Closes: 07/09/2025
Supporting early-stage biotechnology companies to turn their innovative technology concepts into market reality
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European Space Agency: Space for Metaverse
Opens: 22/09/2025
Closes: 14/11/2025
ESA seeks to establish commercial services integrating metaverse elements with space technologies into existing/new services and applications.
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European Space Agency: Future of Retail
Opens: 06/10/2025
Closes: 24/11/2025
ESA seek business proposals to use space technology for the retail sector, with up to €75 000 per activity.
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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Development of advanced electromagnetic sensors
Opens: 18/08/2025
Closes: 18/09/2025
HMGCC seek lab-based sensor technologies, including quantum, operating in electromagnetic frequencies of at least 1MHz to 4GHz. Up to £250,000 per project.
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2025 STFC Cross Cluster Proof of Concept: SparQ Quantum Computing Call
Opens: 30/07/2025
Closes: 30/09/2025
A call for proof of concept projects in quantum computing, with up to £60k grants for successful proposals.
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UK Horizons: Frontier Research Contractors
Opens: 01/08/2025
Closes: 31/08/2025
Up to £100,000 each for organisations to tackle multidisciplinary, engineering-heavy, or user-focused tasks that fall outside the scope of existing R&D organisations.
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Glasgow ICURe Discover
Opens: 05/08/2025
Closes: 04/09/2025
Innovate UK ICURe is partnering with Scottish Enterprise and University of Glasgow to deliver an ICURe Discover programme in September 2025, specifically for the Glasgow region.
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ICURe Discover for Women Entrepreneurs - October 2025
Opens: 06/08/2025
Closes: 08/09/2025
An 8-week, part-time online potential market exploration programme for women researchers and technicians, with up to £2,500 support for market discovery activities.
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BBSRC EngBio ICURe Discover
Opens: 30/07/2025
Closes: 23/09/2025
BBSRC EngBio ICURe Discover is a part-time online market exploration programme for bioscience researchers and research technical professionals, with up to £2,500 support for market discovery activities. It is a pre-requisite to attend ICURe Discover if you wish to apply for ICURe Explore or Exploit.