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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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DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Demonstrate
Opens: 14/07/2025
Closes: 01/10/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late stage demonstration research and development projects. Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.
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DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate
Opens: 14/07/2025
Closes: 03/10/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40m for late stage collaborative research and development projects, supporting UK zero emission vehicles and net zero automotive industry.
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TMF AI ICURe Explore – September 2025
Opens: 14/07/2025
Closes: 18/08/2025
TMF AI ICURe Explore is a fast-paced, full-time, 16-week market exploration programme. Up to £35,000 for Entrepreneurial Lead’s salary and costs.
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Horizon Europe Brokerage Event in Poland for automotive UK innovators
Opens: 07/07/2025
Closes: 31/07/2025
Automotive UK innovators are invited to apply to attend a Horizon Europe Brokerage Event in Poland which will take place on 21-22 October 2025.
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TMF AI ICURe Discover - November 2025
Opens: 01/09/2025
Closes: 20/10/2025
TMF AI ICURe Discover is a part-time online market exploration programme for researchers, technicians and research students, with up to £2,500 support for market discovery activities.
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European Space Agency: Space For Underwater Radiated Noise Management
Opens: 01/09/2025
Closes: 17/10/2025
ESA seeks innovative services that use space technology to tackle underwater radiated noise (URN) in the marine environment.
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Material Focus Circular Electricals Fund
Opens: 14/05/2025
Closes: 14/08/2025
The £1m Circular Electricals Fund supports ideas to keep electricals – and their materials – in use for longer – through innovation in material use and recovery, design and business models.
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Future Flight: Regional Demonstrator 2
Opens: 10/07/2025
Closes: 17/07/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £400,000 for the development of regional demonstrators of drone, electric take off and landing (eVTOL) or zero emission conventional take off and landing (CTOL) aircraft operations in the UK.
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Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Construction Impacts
Opens: 14/07/2025
Closes: 27/08/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.
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Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Chemicals Impacts
Opens: 14/07/2025
Closes: 27/08/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.
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Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Automotive Impacts
Opens: 14/07/2025
Closes: 27/08/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.
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Global Business Innovation Programme: Engineering biology – Japan
Opens: 08/07/2025
Closes: 25/07/2025
Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to participate in its Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP).
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Contracts for Innovation: Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion
Opens: 04/07/2025
Closes: 15/08/2025
The UK Atomic Energy Authority is offering up to £250k per project for novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion.
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Global Business Innovation Programme: India - Urban Systems
Opens: 07/07/2025
Closes: 05/08/2025
Innovate UK invites innovative companies with expertise in delivering urban systems solutions to join a Global Business Innovation Programme focused on India.
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Innovate UK innovation loans: Round 22
Opens: 06/03/2025
Closes: 07/05/2025
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.
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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Compact, low-cost GNSS simulator
Opens: 07/07/2025
Closes: 07/08/2025
HMGCC Co-Creation wants to hear from organisations which have developed, or can develop, compact and low-cost systems to replicate real-time global GNSS constellations.
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Horizon Europe Brokerage Visits 2025/2026
Opens: 25/07/2025
Closes: 09/01/2026
UK registered organisations/business (including RTOs and Catapults) can apply to join Horizon Europe Brokerage visits to European countries.
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Travel support for UK businesses to attend European events in 2025 & 2026
Opens:
Closes: 25/01/2026
These awards have now closed: if you have any questions about these Travel Awards, please get in touch with the European team at finance.global@iukbc.org.uk.
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Growth Catalyst for Early-Stage Startups, July 2025
Opens: 07/07/2025
Closes: 06/08/2025
Innovate UK’s Growth Catalyst for Early-Stage startups pilot supports innovators in 5 of the government’s frontier technologies.
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Open Horizons - Open Call for funding of women-led start-ups
Opens: 01/07/2025
Closes: 21/08/2025
Women-led startups in deep tech and digital innovation can apply for up to €55,000 in equity-free funding.
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Producing graphite anodes from biochar
Opens: 07/07/2025
Closes: 18/08/2025
The iX programme is supporting Stellantis to find innovators who can provide a solution to produce high grade graphite from biochar for Li-ion batteries. The aim is to find more environmentally sustainable sources of graphite to reduce the carbon footprint, the dependence on virgin raw material supply and promote localised production.