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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UK-Canada Quantum Communications and Networking Demonstrator
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 26/11/2025
Up to £3.425m for terrestrial demonstrations and preparation for a satellite mission in quantum communications or networking, alongside Canadian counterparts.
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Increasing EV charging capacity on the strategic road network
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 25/03/2026
Up to £3m per project to develop and demonstrate solutions to increase public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging provision for longer journeys on the Strategic Road Network (SRN).
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Energy Access Collaboration Building visits: UK - Indonesia | Kenya | Mexico
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 23/11/2025
Funded visits supporting the development of partnerships between the UK and international organisations for post-trip funding opportunities.
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HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Novel counter drone and ground station solutions
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 04/12/2025
HMGCC seeks solutions to detect and disrupt drone ground control stations and/or drone-controlling SIM-card cellular networks.
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Management of thermal energy within a small industrial laundry service
Opens: 31/10/2025
Closes: 31/12/2025
Royal Jersey, in association with the Textile Services Association would like to find innovative solutions which can help them to manage their thermal energy needs throughout their industrial laundry process within their premises in Dagenham. The process includes the washing, drying and ironing of the linens, which are currently isolated processes, as well as improving the thermal comfort for the staff working in the factory. They also provide dry cleaning services for workwear used in the hospitality sector.
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National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility Studies
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 17/12/2025
Up to £100k per project for advanced materials innovations in energy, healthcare, structure, durability, electronics, polymers, and metamaterials/metasurfaces.
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Management of thermal energy within a large industrial laundry service
Opens: 31/10/2025
Closes: 31/12/2025
CLEAN Linen Services, in association with the Textile Services Association would like to find innovative solutions which can help them to manage their thermal energy needs throughout their industrial laundry process within their premises in Slough. This could include heat harvesting. The process includes the washing, drying and ironing of the linens, which are currently isolated processes, as well as improving the thermal comfort for the staff working in the factory.
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Government Efficiency Accelerator Pathfinder
Opens: 23/10/2025
Closes: 13/11/2025
Open call for AI based solutions and products for problems relating to UK Government budgeting and workforce forecasting.
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Microbiome Engineering for Resilience and Performance
Opens: 29/10/2025
Closes: 05/12/2025
The Innovation Exchange (iX) Programme is supporting Dstl to find innovators who can help to enhance the resilience and/or performance of UK Defence personnel using microbiome engineering.
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SURfACE ICURe Discover
Opens: 03/11/2025
Closes: 15/12/2025
Innovate UK SURfACE ICURe Discover is an invite-only programme providing support for researchers and technicians from post-1992 universities to explore the commercial potential of their ideas.
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Global Business Innovation Programme – South by Southwest (SXSW), USA
Opens: 27/10/2025
Closes: 14/11/2025
Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to participate in its Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP).
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Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2025 – 2026 Round 4
Opens: 27/10/2025
Closes: 26/11/2025
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults, working with businesses or not for profits, can apply for a share of up to £10m.
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Full ADOPT Grant Round 4
Opens: 22/10/2025
Closes: 11/12/2025
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £3.5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
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Innovate UK Innovation Loans Round 24
Opens: 23/10/2025
Closes: 07/01/2026
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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MSI: SME resource and energy efficiency – industrial research
Opens: 22/10/2025
Closes: 11/12/2025
Up to £700k per project to develop and test industrial digital technologies to improve resource or energy efficiencies in SME manufacturers.
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MSI: SME resource and energy efficiency – feasibility studies
Opens: 22/10/2025
Closes: 11/12/2025
Up to £105k grants per project to research and develop industrial digital technologies to improve resource or energy efficiencies in manufacturing.
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ARIA: Sustained Viral Resilience - call for proposals
Opens: 17/10/2025
Closes: 10/11/2025
Up to £8m per team to explore disease protection by strengthening the immune system with antiviral sustained innate immunoprophylactics.
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ARIA: Trust Everything, Everywhere - pre-programme discovery funding
Opens: 15/10/2025
Closes: 12/11/2025
Up to £20,000 each for c.3-month projects exploring cyber-physical trust infrastructures including encryption and identification.
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Battery Innovation Feasibility Studies Round 1
Opens: 23/10/2025
Closes: 17/12/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for up to £500k per project for innovation in battery technologies for electrification. This funding is from The Battery Innovation Programme.
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Battery Innovation Concept Development Round 1
Opens: 23/10/2025
Closes: 17/12/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for up to £4m per project for innovation in battery technologies for electrification. This funding is from The Battery Innovation Programme.
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Global Business Innovation Programme - Women in Innovation in Health-Tech, India (Bengaluru & Chennai)
Opens: 16/10/2025
Closes: 13/11/2025
Innovate UK is inviting ambitious women-led innovative companies with women in leadership positions to participate in this Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) in Health-Tech.