There are currently several UK funding schemes that can help to finance your R&D and innovation activities. PNO has an excellent track record in helping organisations successfully apply for these R&D grants, with a success rate 5 times higher than the national average. The programmes listed are by no means fully comprehensive, so for further information regarding the types of scheme available specifically for you, please contact our consultancy team. Further information regarding available calls can also be found using PNO’s innovation platform, Innovation Place.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million to undertake industrial research and enhance UK and German collaborations in emerging fields of technology. You must collaborate with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme.
Competition closes: 6th December 2024, 11:00 am.
Competition closes: 6th December 2024, 11:00 am.
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million for business led projects that grow their innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Eastern England (defined here as Greater Lincolnshire Enterprise Partnership area, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk, and Suffolk). This competition is in two strands: minimum financial assistance (MFA) and collaborative research and development (CR&D).
Competition closes: 6th November 2024, 11:00 am.
Competition closes: 6th November 2024, 11:00 am.
UK registered organisations based in Wales, can apply for a grant funding request between £100,000 and £250,000. The organisations must develop innovative products, services or experiences for the media sector.
Competition closes: 4th December 2024, 11am
Competition closes: 4th December 2024, 11am
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund, which aims to deliver net zero at lowest cost to consumers and support innovative businesses to grow and scale.
Dates:
Competition closes: 23 October 2024, 11am
Dates:
Competition closes: 23 October 2024, 11am
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.3 million targeting cyber skills and innovation for the growth of the cyber security sector. This funding is from the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Competition closes: 9th October 2024.
Competition closes: 9th October 2024.
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £15 million to develop innovative solutions to health, and healthcare, challenges. The industry led R&D stream supports pre-market R&D projects. You must be able to demonstrate existing evidence of commercial and technical feasibility.
Deadline: 16th October 2024, 12pm
Deadline: 16th October 2024, 12pm
UK registered organisations who are developing innovations in sustainable medicines manufacturing can apply for a share of up to £15 million from Innovate UK and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). This funding is part of the Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Programme, and the competition aims to drive innovation across the following three key pillars: green chemistry, circularity, and productivity and resource efficiency. Projects must be collaborative.
Competition closes: 16th October 2024, 12pm
Competition closes: 16th October 2024, 12pm
The aim of this competition is to accelerate the commercialisation of position, navigation and timing measurement products relying on quantum technologies.
Competition closes: 9 October 2024, 11am
Competition closes: 9 October 2024, 11am
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop Innovative proposals in partnership with Japan and other participating Eureka countries.
Competition opens: Monday 9 September 2024
Competition opens: Monday 9 September 2024
InCubed ‘Investing in Industrial Innovation’ is a Public Private Partnership co-funding programme run by the ESA Φ-lab. InCubed focuses on developing innovative and commercially viable products and services that generate or exploit the value of Earth observation imagery and datasets. The programme has a very wide scope and can be used to co-fund anything from building satellites to ground applications and everything between or to develop new EO business models.
Deadline: 12th September 2024 (Stage 1).
Deadline: 12th September 2024 (Stage 1).
The SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) Healthcare Programme is committed to supporting the NHS in delivering the objectives of the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP). Phase 3 funding supports implementation studies that generate the evidence in real-world settings necessary to progress towards future uptake and provide potential adopting organisations with an understanding of the implementation pathway and assurance of benefit delivery.
Deadline: 18 September 2024 1:00pm BST
Deadline: 18 September 2024 1:00pm BST
The SBRI (Small Business Research Initiative) Healthcare Programme is committed to supporting the NHS in delivering the objectives of the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP). Phase 3 funding supports implementation studies that generate the evidence in real-world settings necessary to progress towards future uptake and provide potential adopting organisations with an understanding of the implementation pathway and assurance of benefit delivery.
Deadline: 18 September 2024 1:00pm BST
Deadline: 18 September 2024 1:00pm BST
Businesses must be active or growing work activities in the marine and maritime innovation cluster in the Great South West, defined as Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon, Somerset and Dorset. The projects will contribute to the Great South West’s ambitions for Net Zero targets and support key regional strategic marine and maritime markets.
Deadline: 16 October 2024, 11am
Deadline: 16 October 2024, 11am
The aim of this competition is to provide seed funding to establish a consortium and prepare a case for a later, full sustainable medicine manufacturing themed Grand Challenge award.
Deadline: 16th October 2024, 11 am
Deadline: 16th October 2024, 11 am
To support projects that demonstrate clear game-changing, innovative and/or disruptive and ambitious ideas that lead to new processes, products or services, from any technology area or sector, that can significantly impact the UK economy.
Deadline: 23 October 2024 at 11:00am
Deadline: 23 October 2024 at 11:00am
