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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Future offshore wind technologies: industrial research
Opens: 07/04/2026
Closes: 03/06/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10m to support Offshore Wind technologies across two competition strands.
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Future offshore wind technologies: feasibility studies
Opens: 07/04/2026
Closes: 03/06/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10m to support Offshore Wind technologies across two competition strands.
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Solution Development for Advanced Connectivity Technologies
Opens: 01/04/2026
Closes: 13/05/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25m to develop secure, sustainable or sovereign connectivity technologies that support the UK’s Advanced Connectivity Technologies programme.
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Contracts for Innovation: Advanced Connectivity Technologies (ACT) – Call 1
Opens: 01/04/2026
Closes: 03/06/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of £15m to develop near term, testable solutions that advance the UK’s Secure & Resilient and Sustainable Network Grand Challenges through deployable prototypes on UK testbeds.
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PRIMARY Open Call for Agricultural Bioeconomy Innovation
Opens: 09/03/2026
Closes: 08/06/2026
A €900,000 call for Agricultural Bioeconomy Innovation, inviting farmers, cooperatives, and regional partners to replicate sustainable processing solutions across Europe.
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Global Incubator Programme: Agri-Tech USA THRIVE, cohort 1
Opens: 01/04/2026
Closes: 28/04/2026
Innovate UK seeks innovative Agri-Tech companies to participate in an acceleration programme to support growth by exploring the potential of the USA market.
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Global Incubator Programme - Agri-Tech, New Zealand 2026: cohort 1
Opens: 01/04/2026
Closes: 14/04/2026
Innovate UK seeks innovative Agri-Tech companies to participate in an acceleration programme to support growth by exploring the potential of the New Zealand market.
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UK Space Agency: General Support Technology Programme - Open Innovation
Opens: 01/03/2026
Closes: 11/05/2026
The UK Space Agency offers funding for developing and maturing space technologies that address emerging needs or market opportunities, enabling industry‑driven innovation.
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iX Challenge: Whole Estate Renewable Energy Master Planning and Decision Support
Opens: 31/03/2026
Closes: 08/05/2026
A Welsh business seeks a robust, practical and impartial master plan for transitioning to a resilient, low carbon, long term energy system.
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Contracts for Innovation: ProQure - Scaling UK Quantum Computing
Opens: 27/03/2026
Closes: 29/05/2026
Organisations can apply for up to £14m in phase 1 to develop, build and validate integrated quantum computing hardware and software to demonstrate commercial scale deployment and applications of your quantum computing solution.
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ARIA: Scaling Trust Arena
Opens: 27/03/2026
Closes: 14/04/2026
Up to £10m to design and construct a digital and cyber-physical arena for open competitions designed to test AI systems’ capabilities
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iX Challenge: Designing a Smart Local Energy System for a Circular Economy Park
Opens: 26/03/2026
Closes: 06/05/2026
CWM Environmental is seeking innovators to deliver a feasibility study into a Smart Local Energy System (SLES) / microgrid approach for Nantycaws (CWM Gwyrdd).
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Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency
Opens: 26/03/2026
Closes: 16/09/2026
Up to £150m total funding across 3 strands: this strand will fund the development and build of innovative vessel energy efficiency technology and any accompanying innovative infrastructure upgrades.
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Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power
Opens: 26/03/2026
Closes: 16/09/2026
Up to £150m total funding across 3 strands: this strand will fund the development and build of innovative 100% battery electric vessels, accompanying charging infrastructure, and shore power systems including related energy infrastructure and vessel upgrades.
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Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Alternative Fuels
Opens: 26/03/2026
Closes: 16/09/2026
Up to £150m total funding across 3 strands: this strand will fund the development and build of innovative alternative fuel vessels and accompanying port refuelling infrastructure.
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European Space Agency: Digitalisation of The Water Sector
Opens: 12/05/2026
Closes: 30/08/2026
ESA seeks space-enabled products and services to improve water resilience and sustainability; proofs of concept and pilot projects are welcomed.
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Medicines Manufacturing: Labs of the Future
Opens: 13/04/2026
Closes: 28/05/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £7.5 million to support the development and use of digital, automated, and robotic technologies. This aims to improve the speed and efficiency of pharmaceutical process development and manufacturing.
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Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets
Opens: 21/04/2026
Closes: 29/05/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million. This programme focuses on the creation, curation, annotation and exploitation of FAIR-data and benchmarks which will fuel AI industry growth. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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UK Defence Innovation: Rapid transfusion diagnostics - blood testing in the field
Opens: 16/03/2026
Closes: 02/06/2026
UKDI seeks innovations to support the donation and transfusion of blood in deployed settings.
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AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Industrial Research
Opens: 30/03/2026
Closes: 03/06/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for projects to close product technology gaps that are preventing movement towards commercial acceptance, scale up and manufacture.
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AgriScale - Accelerating Agri-tech manufacturing: Experimental Development
Opens: 30/03/2026
Closes: 03/06/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million for projects to accelerate Agri-tech manufacturing.