Opportunities Archive
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 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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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.
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SONIC Labs – Cohort 6 open call
Opens 20/02/2025
Closes: 03/04/2025
SONIC (SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre) Labs programme aims to allow new solution providers to enter the 5G telecoms supply chain in the UK.
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DASA Competition: Innovation in dermal protection against liquid chemicals
Opens 20/02/2025
Closes: 15/04/2025
DASA (Defence & Security Accelerator) seek proposals that will help to solve the problem of providing dermal protection against liquid chemical contamination.
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ARIA: Scaling Compute - Benchmarking
Opens 17/02/2025
Closes: 10/03/2025
ARIA are looking for a team to track and recalibrate MLPerf benchmark workloads to measure computing hardware advances.
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Royal Society Industry Fellowships - 2025 Round 2
Opens 12/02/2025
Closes: 09/04/2025
Royal Society Fellowships enable talented scientists and engineers from industry and academia to move between the sectors.
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EIT Culture & Creativity: Short Innovation Projects 2025 - consortia
Opens 11/02/2025
Closes: 11/04/2025
Open to consortia proposing high-impact initiatives that address pressing challenges in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI).
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EIT Culture & Creativity: Short Innovation Projects 2025 - single SME applicants
Opens 11/02/2025
Closes: 11/03/2025
Open to single SMEs proposing high-impact initiatives that address pressing challenges in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI).
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Innovation Exchange - Simulation of critical national infrastructure penetration
Opens 18/02/2025
Closes: 19/05/2025
The UK is becoming increasingly reliant on complex interconnected infrastructure systems; this also leads to the vulnerability of attack especially from cyber connections. To address gaps in understanding cybersecurity threats and developing defences for Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) systems, The Alan Turing Institute aim to enhance both research capabilities and real-world resilience. While energy (power grids), water systems, and transportation are primary sectors of interest, applicants are encouraged to explore other CNI sectors as well. All proposed scenarios must be grounded in reality, representing threats observed in actual CNI environments or systems.
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Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2025 – 2026 Round 1
Opens 17/02/2025
Closes: 09/04/2025
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults, working with businesses or not for profits, can apply for a share of up to £9m.
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ARIA: Safeguarded AI: Technical Areas 1.2 + 1.3
Opens 11/02/2025
Closes: 09/04/2025
Backed by £14.2m, ARIA are looking to fund teams of software developers to build the scaffolding needed for the success of the Safeguarded AI programme.
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Global Business Innovation Programme in the USA - Maritime Infrastructure Technology
Opens 05/02/2025
Closes: 23/02/2025
Innovate UK invites globally ambitious companies with expertise in maritime infrastructure technology to participate in a Global Business Innovation Programme with the USA.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Sustainable and Non-food Alternative Sources of Citric Acid
Opens 10/02/2025
Closes: 21/03/2025
LUSH Cosmetics invites solutions which can address the challenge of producing sustainable sources of citric acid.
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Innovation Awards for Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnerships: UK-Brazil-Africa
Opens 03/03/2025
Closes: 07/05/2025
International consortia can apply for up to £100,000 for climate-smart agriculture for sustainable food production systems in Ghana or Nigeria.
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Travel Grants for Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnerships: UK-Brazil-Africa
Opens 03/03/2025
Closes: 07/05/2025
Consortia can apply for up to £20,000 for travel relating to climate-smart agriculture for sustainable food production systems in Ghana and Nigeria.
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European Space Agency: Space For Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture
Opens 17/03/2025
Closes: 25/04/2025
Funding for European teams interested in developing services integrating technology solutions to the smart cities and urban agricultural sector.
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