New Grants Added This Week – 27th March 2025 to 3rd April 2025
There were 108 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £8,496,650.
The amounts available range from £150 to £3,000,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Purchasing Equipment, Recruit and Develop Staff, Starting a Business and Working Capital.
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:
Notification of Intent: Transdisciplinary Research to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance
This scheme is providing funding to undertake ambitious transdisciplinary research to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
National Space Innovation Programme – Major Projects Call 2
This call is providing funding for higher Technology Readiness Level projects (5-9) with an emphasis on catalysing investment and commercialisation. The call is seeking proposals in areas including innovative technology development, satellite applications and services.
National Space Innovation Programme – Kick Starter – Open Call 2 – Project Feasibility and Evaluation
This scheme is providing funding to develop emerging innovative technologies. The scheme aims to spend a target of 30% programme budget on the following technology themes: In orbit servicing capability, in orbit assembly capability, in orbit manufacturing capability and In orbit deployment of large structures.
National Space Innovation Programme – Kick Starter – Open Call 2 – Experimental Development
This scheme is providing funding to develop emerging innovative technologies. The scheme aims to spend a target of 30% programme budget on the following technology themes: In orbit servicing capability, in orbit assembly capability, in orbit manufacturing capability and In orbit deployment of large structures.
National Space Innovation Programme – Kick Starter – Open Call 2 – Research and Development
This scheme is providing funding to develop emerging innovative technologies. The scheme aims to spend a target of 30% programme budget on the following technology themes: In orbit servicing capability, in orbit assembly capability, in orbit manufacturing capability and In orbit deployment of large structures.
ERA Fellowships
Project results are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, an increased set of research and transferable skills and competences, leading to improved employability and career prospects of fellows within academia and beyond and increased alignment of working conditions for researchers in accordance with the principles set out in the European Charter for Researchers. Fellowships should be provided to excellent researchers, undertaking cross-border mobility.
DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: Large Projects
This competition aims to provide a package of targeted support to high growth creative businesses to scale, build investor networks and reach their potential. The funding will help creative businesses explore new innovation projects as a stimulus for growth. A maximum grant of up to £140,000 is available for micro and small businesses and a maximum grant of up to £120,00 for medium businesses.
Mada Assistive Tech Innovation Challenge
This challenge is seeking innovators to develop an advanced AI-driven assistive recommendation system that enhances the way individuals with disabilities access and utilize assistive technologies.
Project Definition
Project Definition assistance can help businesses to scope out a collaborative R&D project or assist them in applying for external R&D funding, such as Innovate UK.
BridgeAI Innovation Exchange: Empowering AI Innovation
Innovate UK’s BridgeAI programme will invest in innovation projects to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) driven proof of concepts that address a business challenge or opportunity within one of the programme’s challenge holder organisations.