New Grants Added This Week – 20th March 2025 to 27th March 2025
There were 33 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £12,441,069.
The amounts available range from £69 to £7,000,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Purchasing Equipment, Recruit and Develop Staff and Starting a Business.
Money is available for the following business types: Academic, Large Business, Medium Business, Micro Business, Research Organisation, Small Business and Start-ups.
Top 10 Funding Opportunities:
Innovation Investment Capital
The Fund aims to support high-growth businesses located in or considering relocating to the Cardiff Capital Region.
Interdisciplinary Research to Tackle Epidemic Threats
This scheme is providing funding to undertake ambitious interdisciplinary research to tackle epidemic diseases of animals, humans or plants for a duration of up to five years.
PRP (41-01) Testing the Feasibility of a Digital Early Child Development Measurement Tool (CREDI)
This programme will support a single research project to test the feasibility of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument (CREDI) as a tool for measuring child development for use by the health visiting workforce and caregivers in England.
PRP (41-03) The Impact of Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in Supporting Working Age Disabled Adults
This programme is looking to support a qualitative research project aiming to better understand the support that working age disabled adults receive, by considering the relationship between support provided by the Adult Social Care (ASC) system and support provided by the benefits system, specifically Personal Independence Payments (PIP).
Evaluation of the NIHR Global Health Research Centres
This scheme is seeking applications for a mid-term evaluation of the NIHR Global Health Research Centres (GHR Centres) to better understand the extent to which the scheme has been implemented as intended and is on track to achieve its intended impact.
i4i THRIVE (April 2025) – Research and Development
The Invention for Innovation is accepting applications to their new researcher and clinician-led THRIVE programme. THRIVE aims to accelerate the translation of healthcare innovations tackling health inequalities from bench to bed, speed up patient benefit and concurrently expand the entrepreneurial mindset of researchers and clinicians. The scheme will support the development of the technology and provide a structured programme of entrepreneurial training, mentoring, peer support and networking.
i4i THRIVE (April 2025) – Training and Skills Development
The Invention for Innovation is accepting applications to their new researcher and clinician-led THRIVE programme. THRIVE aims to accelerate the translation of healthcare innovations tackling health inequalities from bench to bed, speed up patient benefit and concurrently expand the entrepreneurial mindset of researchers and clinicians. The scheme will support the development of the technology and provide a structured programme of entrepreneurial training, mentoring, peer support and networking.
BOOST Call for Proposals
The Booster grant aims to fund innovation activities to explore potential pathways to commercialisation and portfolio activities to a booster grant project linked to an EIC pathfinder, EIC transition, FET Open or FET Proactive funded projects. This scheme is a cascade funding mechanism.
BOOST Call for Proposals (May 2025)
The Booster grant aims to fund innovation activities to explore potential pathways to commercialisation and portfolio activities to a booster grant project linked to an EIC pathfinder, EIC transition, FET Open or FET Proactive funded projects. This scheme is a cascade funding mechanism.
Hinckley and Bosworth Business Prosperity Grant 2025/26 – Business Growth
The scheme is providing capital funding grants to micro and small businesses looking to deliver innovative projects. Eligible projects can include improving efficiencies, net zero infrastructure for businesses and diversification outside of agriculture to encourage start ups.