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Battery Investment Readiness Programme 2025
Opens 27/05/2025
Closes: 31/07/2025
Apply now to be part of the Battery Investment Readiness Programme for 2025. Innovate UK Business Connect will select up to 15 SMEs to join the programme to accelerate their investment journey.
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UK Space Agency: International Bilateral Fund – Call 2
Opens 21/05/2025
Closes: 07/07/2025
UKSA invites proposals for projects that will help strengthen the UK space sector’s international partnerships.
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Transport Research and Innovation Grants 2025
Opens 21/05/2025
Closes: 20/06/2025
Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) 2025 supports early stage, high-risk research and development projects with up to £45,000 in grant funding.
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Defra Farming Innovation Investor Partnership 2025
Opens 02/06/2025
Closes: 02/07/2025
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5m to develop innovative farming solutions. This must align with private investment from selected investor partners.
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Contracts for Innovation: Scaling community initiatives in diet and exercise
Opens 19/05/2025
Closes: 18/06/2025
Social enterprises can apply for a share of £1.8m to deliver social impact through scaling community based diet and/or exercise initiatives.
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Contracts for Innovation: Clean Air, Phase 3
Opens 19/05/2025
Closes: 25/06/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of £800k to further develop clean air pre-commercial innovations in extended field trials.
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Novel solutions for disinfecting operational areas of a manufacturing unit
Opens 19/05/2025
Closes: 27/06/2025
LUSH cosmetics would like to find alternative ways of disinfecting the machinery and equipment used during the manufacture of their products. They currently use Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) which is widely used in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors but are keen to find a more environmentally friendly option that reduces the flammability of the disinfectant.
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Contracts for Innovation: Net Zero Living Tech Trials, phase 3
Opens 19/05/2025
Closes: 25/06/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of £800,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop pre-commercial innovations that support Local Authorities in meeting net zero goals. Projects must include field trials to test and improve solutions ahead of commercialisation.
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Contracts for Innovation: DSbD Advancing CHERI Tools and software
Opens 14/05/2025
Closes: 18/06/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £12m to work on maturing and enabling the availability of CHERI Tools and Software components for RISC-V embedded devices that implement the CHERI architecture extensions.
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Contracts for Innovation: DSbD Advancing CHERI RISC-V Devices
Opens 14/05/2025
Closes: 18/06/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10m to accelerate the development and implementation of commercial CHERI-enabled RISC-V embedded devices.
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Global Business Innovation Programme - Maritime Technologies South Korea 2025
Opens 14/05/2025
Closes: 16/07/2025
Innovate UK is inviting ambitious companies to participate in the Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) focused on maritime technologies with South Korea.
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Contracts for Innovation: Quantum Sensors and PNT Missions Primer
Opens 19/05/2025
Closes: 02/07/2025
Apply for a share of £14m to accelerate the development and adoption of quantum sensors and quantum position, navigation, and timing products and services.
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UK Space Agency - Unlocking Space for Business: Call 2
Opens 12/05/2025
Closes: 07/07/2025
The UK Space Agency invites proposals for pilot projects to commercialise space solutions within the Financial Services or Transport & Logistics sectors.
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Future Flight: Strategic Growth
Opens 12/05/2025
Closes: 11/06/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3m for the development of next steps in integrated Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) usage.
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Future Flight: Regional Demonstrator
Opens 12/05/2025
Closes: 11/06/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £600,000 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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Accelerated Knowledge Transfer 4 (AKT4) Addiction
Opens 12/05/2025
Closes: 02/07/2025
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £2 million to fund innovation projects with businesses, not for profits or public sector organisations.
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Contracts for Innovation: Inspired by Nature Health and Care Spaces
Opens 09/05/2025
Closes: 17/06/2025
Funding to support the design and demonstration of innovative mobile health spaces for Wales.
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Freight Innovation Fund Accelerator 2025
Opens 08/05/2025
Closes: 09/06/2025
A multi-faceted programme which will accelerate the adoption of commercially ready solutions into the Freight sector (all transport modes).
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Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Round 21
Opens 08/05/2025
Closes: 02/07/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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EIT Culture & Creativity: Spark - Incubation Programme 2025
Opens 06/05/2025
Closes: 11/07/2025
Designed to support aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage innovators in the architecture and cultural heritage sectors.
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EIT Culture & Creativity Acceleration and Post-Acceleration programmes 2025
Opens 09/04/2025
Closes: 11/07/2025
Two tailored business support programmes designed to accelerate the growth of promising start-ups and scale-ups in Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI).
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