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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Net zero living: Pathfinder places
Opens 26/10/2022
Closes: 30/11/2022
UK registered businesses and local authorities can apply for a share of up to £2 million to plan for a place based demonstration of ways to accelerate progress towards net zero.
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Hydrogen Transport Hub Demonstration, Tees Valley
Opens 06/10/2022
Closes: 30/11/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to demonstrate how hydrogen can be used to power transport solutions for end users.
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SBRI: The Sustainable Production & Supply of Food Challenge, Cardiff
Opens 30/09/2022
Closes: 02/12/2022
Cardiff Council in collaboration with Monmouthshire County Council are seeking to identify and support projects to develop innovative solutions which can significantly improve the sustainable production and supply of food. The Challenge looks for applicants to harness the potential of land, technology and people to increase the sustainable production and supply of locally grown food in the Cardiff Capital Region.
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Launchpad Cluster Management: Tees Valley and Liverpool
Opens 04/10/2022
Closes: 28/10/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for up to £150,000 each for two separate projects to develop and manage the emergent innovation clusters in Tees Valley (Net Zero) and Liverpool (Advanced Manufacturing).
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BSGN Advanced Materials Accelerator: Call for Proposals
Opens 04/10/2022
Closes: 30/11/2022
Innovators and enterprises are invited to submit project proposals for demonstrating space-based advanced materials research, manufacturing, and associated technologies. BSGN is carried out under a programme of and funded by ESA, the European Space Agency.
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Future Economy Investor Partnerships: Investor Selection Oct 2022
Opens 04/10/2022
Closes: 02/11/2022
Investors can apply to partner with Innovate UK to invest in innovative SMEs aligned with grant funding. This competition does not provide funding to the applicant investor: it is an investment opportunity. Grant funding will be provided to the SMEs which receive investment.
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iX Challenge: Secure and Discreet International Communications
Opens 03/10/2022
Closes: 28/10/2022
The focus of this Challenge is to collaboratively work with the UK government, to develop a concept demonstrator showing the technical feasibility of a solution capable of easily, securely and discreetly communicating internationally between UK-based government representatives and their colleagues abroad, particularly in environments that are poorly serviced, remote, or in areas with little or no infrastructure.
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iX Challenge: Condition monitoring of electro-mechanical assets for water treatment and distribution
Opens 03/10/2022
Closes: 14/11/2022
The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Spring, the water sector’s innovation centre of excellence, to engage innovators to solve the challenge of monitoring the health of electro-mechanical assets associated with the treatment and distribution of water and predicting faults due to rapidly changing environments and unpredicted events (systemic shocks).
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Automotive Transformation Fund Expression of Interest: Round 26
Opens 26/09/2022
Closes: 19/10/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
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Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 3
Opens 29/09/2022
Closes: 09/11/2022
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with The Department for Transport (DfT) to invest up to £60 million in innovation projects. These will be to develop and deploy real world operational demonstrations of clean maritime solutions.
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GA-iX challenge: Battery Inventory System – Track, Trace and Report on Lithium Ion Batteries
Opens 29/09/2022
Closes: 11/11/2022
This Innovation Exchange challenge, delivered by Innovate UK KTN through the Global Alliance Africa project, is supporting Hinckley Group to identify innovative solutions for a tracking system for individual batteries, enabling circular usage.
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GA-iX challenge: Innovative Solutions for Second Life Batteries
Opens 29/09/2022
Closes: 11/11/2022
This Innovation Exchange challenge, delivered by Innovate UK KTN through the Global Alliance Africa project, is supporting Hinckley Group to identify innovative solutions for second life Lithium-Ion batteries, focussing on solutions for roadside kiosks, personal mobility, light or cooling provision within Nigeria.
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Industrial Fuel Switching Competition Phase 2: demonstration projects
Opens 28/09/2022
Closes: 11/11/2022
Funding for the development and demonstration of fuel switching and fuel switch enabling solutions, to help industry move to lower carbon fuels.
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Inclusive Innovation Award 2022 to 2023
Opens 28/09/2022
Closes: 09/11/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million for scale-up of existing work, or development of new work, on inclusive innovations.
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Circular Economy for SMEs - innovating with NICER, round 2
Opens 13/10/2022
Closes: 07/12/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million to research, test and develop step-change circular economy approaches. This can cover: chemicals, bio-textiles, metals, or mineral-based construction materials; or research/data work to accelerate the transition.
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Horizon Europe Driving Urban Transitions: Develop sustainable cities and urban environments across Europe
Opens 21/09/2022
Closes: 21/11/2022
Apply for funding to address key urban challenges facing cities in the transition to a more sustainable economy.
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Launchpad - Net zero - MFA (Minimal Financial Assistance) - Tees Valley
Opens 23/09/2022
Closes: 04/11/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million for projects that grow activities in the net zero innovation cluster centred on Tees Valley. This funding is Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) from Innovate UK.
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Launchpad - Net zero - CR&D - Tees Valley
Opens 23/09/2022
Closes: 04/11/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million for projects that grow activities in the net zero innovation cluster centred on Tees Valley.
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Launchpad - Advanced Manufacturing - MFA (Minimal Financial Assistance) - Liverpool City Region
Opens 23/09/2022
Closes: 04/11/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million for projects that grow activities in the advanced manufacturing innovation cluster centred on Liverpool City Region. This funding is Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) from Innovate UK.
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Launchpad - Advanced Manufacturing - CR&D - Liverpool City Region
Opens 23/09/2022
Closes: 04/11/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £6 million for projects that grow activities in the advanced manufacturing innovation cluster centred on Liverpool City Region.
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Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2022 to 2023 Round 4
Opens 20/09/2022
Closes: 16/11/2022
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profits.