New Grants Added This Week – 30th October 2025 to 6th November 2025
There were 50 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £6,701,500.
The amounts available range from £1,000 to £4,320,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Overseas Markets Development, 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:
Reimagining Circularity: Outline Stage
Research organisations are invited to develop a NetworkPlus which builds new capacity, strengthens community and enhances research to innovation capabilities focused on the circular economy in built environment, textiles or data and metrics.
Defence Innovation Loans 2025/26 (December 2025)
This scheme is providing loans with a below market interest rate of 7.4% per annum for SMEs to help them convert their mature defence innovation into a strong business proposition for defence procurement.
Metascience Novelty Indicators Challenge
This challenge targets individuals and teams who have already developed novelty indicators, or who possess the capability to deliver a fully working scalable indicator by 2 February 2026. Commercial entities with expertise in research analytics may apply.
Microbiome Engineering for Resilience and Performance
The Innovation Exchange Programme is helping Dstl to find solutions that will enhance the resilience and/or performance of UK Defence personnel using microbiome engineering. Innovators are invited to participate in a two-day sandpit event which aims to connect cutting-edge discovery research with innovative solution providers against a backdrop of Defence requirements.
Business Funding Blackpool – Starting a Business
Business Funding Blackpool provides loan funding to Blackpool and Fylde businesses to help them get started up or accelerate growth.
Business Funding Blackpool – Business Growth
Business Funding Blackpool provides loan funding to Blackpool and Fylde businesses to help them get started up or accelerate growth.
Techstars London Accelerator (November 2025) – Starting a Business
The London programmes will support emerging startups from all over the world, across all verticals, leveraging the city’s strengths in diversity, global outlook and talent.
Techstars London Accelerator (November 2025) – Business Growth
The London programmes will support emerging startups from all over the world, across all verticals, leveraging the city’s strengths in diversity, global outlook and talent.
UKCAAR Feasibility Sprint
This funding opportunity aims to spark bold, collaborative research that supports the UK’s transition to zero-emission vehicles. Projects must align with one of three themes: Zero Emission Vehicle Technologies, Manufacturing Competitiveness and Future Vehicle Innovation. The lead applicant must be a UK-registered academic institution.
HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Novel Counter Drone and Ground Station Solutions – Research and Development
This Co-Creation challenge is seeking solutions to detect and disrupt drone ground control stations and/or drone-controlling SIM-card cellular networks.