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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NHS Innovation Accelerator Call for Applicants – 2021 cohort
Opens 01/09/2020
Closes: 16/10/2020
Applications for this Call must address at least one of the following themes: NHS response to COVID-19; Mental health; Supporting the workforce. The NIA particularly welcomes female applicants and applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, as they are currently underrepresented amongst our Fellows.
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Women in Innovation Awards 2020/21
Opens 01/09/2020
Closes: 14/10/2020
Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, is offering 10 Women in Innovation Awards to female entrepreneurs across the UK. The winners will receive a £50,000 grant and a bespoke package of mentoring, coaching and business support.
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The Sustainable Innovation Fund: round 3 (temporary framework)
Opens 01/09/2020
Closes: 30/09/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million for new projects focusing on sustainable economic recovery from COVID-19.
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XPRIZE Rainforest
Opens 01/11/2019
Closes: 15/03/2021
The $10M XPRIZE Rainforest is a five-year competition. The winning team will develop novel technologies to rapidly and comprehensively survey rainforest biodiversity and use that data to improve our understanding of this complex ecosystem.
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EPSRC Future Manufacturing Feasibility Studies for advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing
Opens 20/08/2020
Closes: 01/10/2020
The EPSRC Future Manufacturing CMAC Research Hub is offering funding to support four Feasibility Studies at TRLs 1 – 4. The funding is available for novel short-term research studies of advanced manufacturing technologies to complement the current Hub research programme of advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing.
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Redistributed Manufacturing in Healthcare Network (RIHN)
Opens 01/09/2020
Closes: 30/10/2020
Redistributed Manufacturing (RDM) in healthcare involves moving production closer to the point-of-care, helping clinicians to deliver better outcomes through medical products, technologies and therapies that are available on-demand and tailored to patient needs. The RIHN now seeks to fund novel applications of RDM for use in challenging mobile environments, supporting the practice of humanitarian, military and emergency medical care.
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Measurement for Recovery
Opens 01/09/2020
Closes: 31/12/2020
Measurement for Recovery helps solve analysis or measurement issues that cannot be resolved using standard technologies and techniques. Our aim is to help boost resilience and competitiveness by bringing together the UK’s top scientists and facilities with companies, to address problems in innovative ways.
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Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab London
Opens 01/09/2020
Closes: 04/10/2020
The FinTech Innovation Lab is a highly competitive, 12-week program that helps early to growth-stage enterprise technology companies refine and test their value proposition with the support of the world’s leading financial service firms.
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ATI Programme strategic batch: expression of interest September 2020
Opens 07/09/2020
Closes: 23/09/2020
The ATI Programme funds industrial research and investment aid for research infrastructures to make the UK civil aerospace sector more competitive. Up to €20m per project is available, with total funding £3.9bn.
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Innovation continuity loans: Strand 2: September 2020 follow-on competition
Opens 02/09/2020
Closes: 30/09/2020
Innovate UK can provide additional COVID-19 innovation continuity loans for the continuation of planned or existing innovation activity. Loans of between £250,000 and £1.6 million are available.
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The new KTN SME Accelerator: Accelerating innovative Chemistry & Industrial Biotechnology solutions for a Net Zero World
Opens 02/09/2020
Closes: 30/09/2020
Offering a valuable package of training & support to a cohort of 10-15 promising early & late-stage innovators, in order to accelerate their pathway towards commercialisation and enabling the UK to build more resilient chemical supply chains.
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$2000 scholarship for students with a precision agriculture idea that will have a positive impact on the environment
Opens 01/09/2020
Closes: 02/10/2020
Farms.com is running a contest for UK, US and Canadian students to win one of three scholarships.
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Brazil Energy Programme Challenge Competitions
Opens 17/08/2020
Closes: 11/09/2020
The Brazil Energy Programme (BEP) grant competition for British and international companies is now open, inviting participation in grant-funded demonstration projects of innovative low carbon technologies. The first competition is for three projects to demonstrate solar power, storage and home energy management technology in Brazil. Approximately £3m in grant funding will be awarded in this round.
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CRACK IT Challenges for 2020 announced
Opens 14/09/2020
Closes: 05/11/2020
Up to £3.5 million funding is available through the 2020 CRACK IT Challenges competition, run by NC3Rs, the National Centre for the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of the use of animals in medical research.
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Innovation call for technology to stop armed or violent offenders
Opens 21/08/2020
Closes: 15/10/2020
Competition to find and develop ideas to give police more options to defuse dangerous situations and keep the public safe without resorting to lethal force. An initial £500,000 funding is available for innovators with up to £500,000 additional funding for a later phase.
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ISCF Transforming foundation industries: Building a resilient recovery
Opens 03/08/2020
Closes: 04/11/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of £8 million in grant funding for projects supporting recovery and growth of the UK’s foundation industries: cement, paper, glass, ceramics, metals and bulk chemicals.
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Automotive Transformation Fund expression of interest: August 2020
Opens 10/08/2020
Closes: 02/09/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for R&D and capital projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
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Transforming food production: series A investor partnership programme
Opens 13/08/2020
Closes: 09/09/2020
Investors can apply to partner with Innovate UK to align their investments with up to £5 million grant funding in UK registered SMEs to transform food production towards net zero by 2040. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
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APC 17: developing the UK’s low carbon automotive capability
Opens 17/08/2020
Closes: 04/10/2020
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £27 million for UK-developed late stage R&D, to support growth in advanced low carbon propulsion capability in the automotive sector.
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Innovation continuity loans: Strand 2 August 2020 follow-on competition
Opens 18/08/2020
Closes: 02/09/2020
Innovate UK can provide additional COVID-19 innovation continuity loans for the continuation of planned or existing innovation activity.
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Eureka Eurostars 2: round 14
Opens 27/07/2020
Closes: 03/09/2020
UK SMEs can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to collaborate in research with partners across Europe and associated countries.