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UK Quantum Hackathon 2025 - call for use cases
Closing Soon
Opens: 27/03/2025
Closes: 30/05/2025
NQCC seeks innovative use cases for this year’s hackathon from businesses and organisations in the public sector, third sector, and higher education.
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UK Space Agency: National Space Innovation Programme – Call 2
Send expression of interest by 23 April 2025
The UK Space Agency invites proposals for UK-based R&D to deliver innovative space technologies, applications and services through the National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP).
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DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: small projects
Opens: 31/03/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8m for innovation projects.
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DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: large projects
Opens: 31/03/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovation projects to grow their business. This funding is from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).
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BridgeAI Innovation Exchange: Empowering AI Innovation
Opens: 24/03/2025
Closes: 23/04/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £200,000 for five month projects. This funding is from Innovate UK’s BridgeAI programme.
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Global Business Innovation Programme in The Netherlands - Quantum Technology
Opens: 21/03/2025
Closes: 03/04/2025
Innovate UK invites companies with expertise in delivering quantum technology solutions to join a Global Business Innovation Programme in The Netherlands.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Efficient Grease Removal for Safer Offshore Wind Operations
Opens: 17/03/2025
Closes: 26/05/2025
Seeking solutions for the wind energy industry’s operational challenge to remove used grease effectively from mechanical components.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Counter Multi-Domain Unmanned Vehicles & Vessels
Opens: 17/03/2025
Closes: 30/05/2025
BAE Systems invites innovative solutions that can support the timely and successful conduct of Counter Multi-Domain Unmanned Vehicles and Vessels (C-UxV) in response to increasingly complex and diverse threats.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Integrated Air and Missile Defence
Opens: 17/03/2025
Closes: 30/05/2025
BAE Systems invites innovative solutions that can support the timely and successful conduct of Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) in response to increasingly complex and diverse threats.
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European Space Agency: Maritime Decarbonisation - Green Fuels
Opens: 21/03/2025
Closes: 16/05/2025
ESA seeks to develop new space-based services that support the decarbonisation of the maritime sector, with a focus on green fuels and green propulsion systems.
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Responsible AI mentors
Opens: 13/03/2025
Closes: 25/04/2025
Digital Catapult are looking for AI mentors to support the next High Growth AI Accelerator cohort, delivered as part of the Innovate UK BridgeAI programme.
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Space4Climate Market Breakthrough Funding Phase 2
Opens: 10/03/2025
Closes: 12/04/2025
Addressing key insights in breaking barriers in using climate data from space across agriculture, sustainable finance, and GHG emissions.
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Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 10, business and non-academic
Opens: 23/06/2025
Closes: 05/11/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £110m for ambitious research and innovation projects in any sector, and tailored support to develop careers for future leaders.
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Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Round 20
Opens: 06/03/2025
Closes: 07/05/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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Cyber Local 2025-2026
Opens: 10/03/2025
Closes: 30/04/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.8 million targeting the growth of the cyber security sector and the development of cyber security skills.
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Contracts for Innovation: Local Partnerships Clean Energy Demonstrators
Opens: 17/03/2025
Closes: 30/04/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £5m to develop clean energy in a specified ODA (Official Development Assistance) eligible country.
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Global Alliance Open Innovation challenge: Transformation of Diesel Fleet
Opens: 27/02/2025
Closes: 25/04/2025
Supporting BHN Logistics to find innovative solutions for reducing emissions and cutting operational costs by retrofitting their diesel truck fleet
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High Performance Computing (HPC) Innovation Vouchers 2025
Opens: 28/02/2025
Closes: 30/03/2025
Gain access to £5,000 vouchers for the Hartree Centre’s powerful high-performance computing (HPC) platforms. Explore faster simulations, efficient projects, and enhanced competitiveness.
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Investor Partnerships – digital technologies, North East: Rd 2
Opens: 24/02/2025
Closes: 09/04/2025
UK SMEs can apply for grant funding for projects to grow innovation activities in the digital technologies cluster in North East England, alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
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Investor Partnerships – health technologies, West Yorkshire: Rd 2
Opens: 24/02/2025
Closes: 09/04/2025
UK SMEs can apply for grant funding to grow innovation activities in the health technology cluster in West Yorkshire, alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
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Launchpad: net zero industry, Southwest Wales – Rd2 CR&D
Opens: 24/02/2025
Closes: 09/04/2025
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.9m for business led projects that grow their innovation activities in the net zero industrial cluster in Southwest Wales.