Funding Opportunities
Positive change is driven through new ideas and innovation. But innovation is complex. Sometimes projects need to be connected with new opportunities or looked at from new perspectives to make the difference. This is where Innovate UK KTN comes in.
If you’re looking for experienced input into your idea, product, service, research or challenge, then invite us to get involved. We will not only work with you in understanding your market or challenge but will also direct you to the latest funding opportunities available, and how you can apply.
Find out how Innovate UK KTN can support your funding application or help you find partners.
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Safety Tech Challenge: link sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Opens 07/02/2023
Closes: 15/03/2023
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £700,000 for projects that help protect children by identifying and disrupting the sharing of links to child sexual abuse material online.
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Energy Catalyst Round 10
Opens 27/02/2023
Closes: 28/06/2023
Up to £10m across 3 stages, to create new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions.
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Royal Society Industry Fellowships Jan 2023
Opens 30/01/2023
Closes: 29/03/2023
This long-standing scheme enables the mobility of talented scientists and engineers from industry and academia in order to move between the sectors.
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Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2023 to 2024 Round 1
Opens 30/01/2023
Closes: 30/03/2023
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) link forward thinking businesses with the UK’s world class knowledge bases to deliver innovation projects led by inspired graduates.
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Engineering Biology Collaborative Research and Development Round 1
Opens 30/01/2023
Closes: 29/03/2023
Apply for a share of up to £7m to develop Engineering Biology technologies, processes, products and services, or apply Engineering Biology to societal challenges.
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SBRI: Overdose detection, response and intervention
Opens 31/01/2023
Closes: 21/04/2023
Organisations can apply for a share of £5 million inclusive of VAT. This is to deliver innovations addressing key drug related overdose priorities across two competitions.
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SBRI with Welsh Ambulance Services: Changing the Way We Deliver Emergency Care
Opens 31/01/2023
Closes: 17/03/2023
An exciting opportunity to work with the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) and Health Boards to reduce the unprecedented demand on ambulances and Urgent & Emergency Care services.
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SBRI: Increasing access to and capacity in Occupational Health: Phase 1
Opens 30/01/2023
Closes: 15/03/2023
Apply for a share of £1m (inc. VAT) to develop innovative solutions that increase access to Occupational Health Services for SMEs and the self-employed.
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Water Discovery Challenge 2023
Opens 25/01/2023
Closes: 05/04/2023
A £4 million competition for bold and ingenious innovation that can help solve the biggest challenges facing the water sector today and in the future.
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UK Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange
Opens 03/01/2023
Closes: 03/02/2023
The UK Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange programme represents a consortium of organisations across the UK and Canada, working together to improve the health and well-being of older people in the UK and Canada by supporting innovation in healthy ageing.
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UK - Singapore Collaborative R&D Round 2
Opens 06/02/2023
Closes: 13/05/2023
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore.
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UK – Germany Bilateral: Collaborative R&D
Opens 07/02/2023
Closes: 07/06/2023
UK registered organisations, collaborating with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme, can apply for a share of up to £4 million for collaborative research projects resulting in innovative solutions.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Accessible Boarding Ramps For Trains
Opens 23/01/2023
Closes: 27/02/2023
The Innovation Exchange is working alongside South Western Railway (SWR), who are looking to engage innovators and innovative companies to design accessible boarding ramps for the platform-train interface on narrow-width platforms. It is essential that any solution is simple and safe for staff to use.
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GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards Round 5: African Aquaculture Genetics
Opens 25/01/2023
Closes: 07/03/2023
Successful UK-registered organisations will receive a grant of up to £30,000 to support new UK- Africa collaborations on aquaculture genetics. Application deadline: 7th March 2023 at 11am GMT.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Advancing Vehicle Operations in Ports with 5G
Opens 17/01/2023
Closes: 20/02/2023
The Port of Tyne is looking to engage with innovators and innovative companies to help solve their challenge of accurately tracking the movement of assets using 5G.
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Innovate UK Smart grants: January 2023
Opens 19/01/2023
Closes: 14/06/2023
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy. The dates for this round of Smart have been extended to maximise funding opportunities for applicants.
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SHAPES - support smart and healthy ‘Agile Ageing’ in the built environment
Opens 01/01/2023
Closes: 17/03/2023
Organizations are invited to apply for a share of €500,000, to facilitate the creation of novel applications that support smart and healthy ‘Agile Ageing’ in the built environment. Individual grants of €50,000–€100,000 are available for scale-up of existing products or services, or development of new solutions.
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Transport Pathfinder 2023
Opens 01/01/2023
Closes: 27/02/2023
Do you have an inspirational, life-enhancing idea, prototype, or plan to reimagine how transport options in the UK can better support a rapidly ageing population to stay connected, active, and independent for longer?
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Made Smarter Innovation: Industry ready Robotics and Automation
Opens 18/01/2023
Closes: 05/04/2023
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £6 million for late-stage robotics and automation innovation projects. This is to develop industrially ready solutions deployable within manufacturing processes in factories.
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Farming Innovation Programme: Research Starter Round 3, expression of interest
Opens 30/01/2023
Closes: 08/03/2023
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £850,000 for feasibility projects to improve productivity, sustainability, resilience and move the agricultural sector to net zero.
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APC23: Industrialising net-zero automotive technology
Opens 16/01/2023
Closes: 15/03/2023
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million for late-stage R&D projects that help accelerate the UK towards a net zero automotive future.