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🚀 Accelerators
Immerse Catalyst
Support Type: Accelerator, Grant Funding, Business Support
An 8-week accelerator program designed for established founders to scale their businesses with expert mentoring, group learning sessions, investor pitches and access to a £18K funding pot, culminating in a Showcase Day.
Funding Available: £18,000
Application Deadline: 20/08/2025
Ascend Accelerator
Support Type: Accelerator, Investment Readiness
An 8-week intensive accelerator designed for growth-stage businesses actively preparing to raise funding within the next three months, offering expert support, strategic guidance, and investor access.
Application Deadline: 15/09/2025
CRL Accelerator - Female Founders
Support Type: Accelerator, Programme
The CRL Accelerator is a leading programme for early-stage, product-based businesses, offering a dedicated cohort for female founders to scale hardware innovations through expert product development support, prototyping facilities, funding guidance, and a strong network of mentors and partners.
Funding Available: Free
Application Deadline: 15/08/2025
AWS Impact Bootcamps
Support Type: Bootcamp, Accelerator Program, Technical Training
AWS Impact Bootcamps, in partnership with Techstars, provide underrepresented founders with hands-on technical training, business advice, mentorship, networking opportunities, AWS credits, and a chance to win up to $50K in grant funding.
Funding Available: Up to $50K in grant funding and up to $5K in AWS Activate credits
Application Deadline: 25/08/2025
Accelerator Programme
Support Type: Accelerator Programme, Business Support
The Geovation Accelerator Programme supports early-stage entrepreneurs with well-validated, data-driven ideas to go-to-market by providing coaching, workspace, access to datasets, and up to £20,000 equity-free funding.
Funding Available: Up to £20,000 equity-free funding
Application Deadline: 29/08/2025
DiSH Accelerator
Support Type: Accelerator Programme, Business Support
The DiSH Accelerator empowers early-stage digital startups and social enterprises to accelerate growth and enhance their cyber resilience through tailored masterclasses, mentoring, coaching, and industry introductions.
Application Deadline: 24/08/2025
DIATOMIC Digital Accelerator for West Midlands-based innovators
Support Type: Grant, Accelerator Programme
A programme supporting West Midlands-based SMEs with digital twin solutions for cities and places, offering a total pot of £100k to develop and demonstrate innovative digital use cases.
Funding Available: £100k total (projects typically between £10k and £20k)
Application Deadline: 31/08/2025
Fast Track to the EIC Accelerator
Support Type: Grant, Equity Investment, Business Support, Accelerator Programme
A fast-track route to the European Innovation Council Accelerator programme offering startups, SMEs, and small mid-caps a streamlined entry to funding opportunities including grants, equity investments, and blended finance options.
Funding Available: Up to 2.5 million euro for technology readiness levels 6-8 projects; between 0.5 and 10 million euro for TRL9 projects
Support Type: Incubator, Business Support, Social Enterprise Support
Syncplex Lab's SocialTech Incubator helps talented underrepresented entrepreneurs transform early-stage ideas into scalable, socially impactful ventures through a structured four-stage programme featuring mentorship, workshops, and strategic funding opportunities.
Startup Community Partnership Founder Catalyst Fall 2025
Support Type: Pre-accelerator
A global, part-time virtual pre-accelerator program powered by Techstars offering masterclasses, tailored workshops, strategic partner sessions, and one-on-one mentorship, designed for early-stage founders from Istanbul, Sarajevo, and Omaha.
Application Deadline: 28/08/2025
📈 Business Support
Bristol Temple Meads Station Innovation Zone – Year Four
Support Type: Business Support
Programme supporting UK SMEs to develop and trial innovative solutions aimed at enhancing the rail passenger experience at Bristol Temple Meads Station through a two-phase funding approach.
Funding Available: Phase One: up to £4,000 per SME; Phase Two: up to £45,000 per SME
Application Deadline: 24/09/2025
TMF AI ICURe Engage
Support Type: Business Support
A 4-week, part-time online programme designed to help AI research students and technicians identify beneficiaries of their research and explore commercialisation and entrepreneurship opportunities.
Application Deadline: 09/09/2025
Global Business Innovation Programme: India - Urban Systems
Support Type: Business Support, Innovation Programme
Innovate UK invites innovative UK companies focused on urban systems solutions to join a fully funded, competitive programme aimed at expanding global collaboration and market growth in India.
Funding Available: Flights, accommodation, conference fees and one night hotel in London are funded; a commitment fee of £1,000 is collected and refunded upon completion.
Application Deadline: 05/08/2025
Match My Project
Support Type: Platform, Business Support
Match My Project is a meeting point platform that connects community organisations with businesses and suppliers, enabling resource and expertise sharing to support community projects.
🎓 Fellowships
Bursaries - Film Hub Scotland
Support Type: Bursary
Bursaries support Film Hub Scotland members to attend training courses, conferences, screenings and other events that aid personal development and benefit their organisation.
Funding Available: Up to £500 per organisation per year; applications between £50 and £500 per bursary
Turing AI Pioneer Interdisciplinary Fellowships: outline applications – UKRI
Support Type: Fellowship
Funding opportunity for established researchers without a core AI background to build domain-relevant AI capability and tackle specific research challenges. Provides up to 80% funding on projects with a full economic cost of up to £2,187,500, over a 36-month period.
Funding Available: £22,000,000 total; Award range: £500,000 - £2,187,500 per project
Application Deadline: 14/10/2025
🤑 Grants
Travel support for UK businesses to attend European events in 2025 & 2026
Support Type: Award, Grant, Travel Support
Innovate UK offers travel support of up to £750 to help UK-based SMEs attend Horizon Europe consortia-building events, enabling the formation of collaborative partnerships and expanding international networks.
Funding Available: Up to £750 per event
Growth Catalyst for Early-Stage Startups
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
Innovate UK’s Growth Catalyst pilot supports early-stage micro and small (pre-seed) startups by offering grant funding and additional business growth support to accelerate their progress towards scale-up.
Funding Available: £25,000 to £50,000 per project
Application Deadline: 06/08/2025
Women TechEU - Call 4, July 2025
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
Women leading deep tech startup companies from Europe can receive up to €75k in non-dilutive grants along with a personalised business development programme including mentoring, coaching, and training.
Funding Available: €75k per startup; total of 12M€ available over 4 calls
Application Deadline: 04/08/2025
Catalyst Pilot Projects
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
Catalyst Pilot Projects are short-term initiatives lasting up to six months with a maximum investment of £40k per project, designed to provide intensive support to tech businesses and address local ecosystem challenges across the UK.
Funding Available: £40k
Application Deadline: 22/08/2025
Epsom & Ewell Community Fund
Support Type: Community Fund, Grant
Dedicated to empowering local initiatives and uplifting the Epsom & Ewell community through local giving and pooled donations.
Horsleys Community Fund
Support Type: Grant, Community Fund
Dedicated to the villages of East and West Horsley and their residents, supporting local heritage and social action through community giving and local projects.
Funding Available: Grants range from £80 to £2,500, with over £80,000 awarded since inception.
Peaslake Community Fund
Support Type: Community Grant, Donation Fund
Managed by the Community Foundation for Surrey, the Peaslake Community Fund was established in 2007 from a bequest to Peaslake Community Council. It supports local causes through grants and donations, aiming to build a stronger community in Peaslake.
Funding Available: Up to £2,500 for small grants; larger amounts available through an expression of interest process
Future Founders: UK Competition - Razzamataz
Support Type: Competition, Grant, Franchise Support
A competition offering a chance to launch your own Razzamataz Theatre School business with a free franchise territory, a £10,000 business grant, and expert mentoring. The prize package includes a franchise territory valued up to £15,000 and potential overall awards up to £25,000.
Funding Available: £10,000 business grant; Franchise territory valued at up to £15,000; Prize package up to £25,000
Application Deadline: 30/09/2025
Youth Guarantee Trailblazer
Support Type: Work Placement, Training Grant, Digital Grant, Travel Support, Grant
A programme offering work taster sessions, paid placements, and additional grants to support young people in gaining relevant work experience, skills, and training to secure employment or further opportunities.
Funding Available: Paid placements at National Minimum Wage (currently £10 per hour for ages 18-20 and £12.21 per hour for age 21+), up to £2,500 for training grants, and up to £450 for digital grants.
Charities in Crisis Funding
Support Type: Grant, Emergency Funding
Emergency support to charitable organisations in Surrey facing temporary cash flow gaps to enable continued operations and long-term sustainability.
Funding Available: £10,000
Spelthorne Community Fund
Support Type: Fund, Grant
A long-term community fund that supports community development, youth empowerment, and charitable initiatives across Spelthorne.
The JJ Charitable Trust - Literacy Small Grants Scheme
Support Type: Grant
Supports charities and community groups in delivering literacy initiatives for children with learning difficulties, including dyslexia.
Funding Available: £5,000 to £20,000; multi-year grants available for up to 3 years
Hamilton Davies Trust Grant
Support Type: Grant
HDT grants offer financial support ranging from small donations for one-off costs to larger investments for refurbishments and building work, specifically targeting projects within community, education, recreation, and regeneration.
Funding Available: Ranges from around one hundred pounds to larger sums for major investments
Community Funding — The Green Foundation
Support Type: Grant
The Green Foundation supports sustainable community developments by providing grants to organisations, groups, and individuals.
Funding Available: £100-£10,000
Main Grants Programme — Community Foundation for Surrey
Support Type: Grant
The Community Foundation’s Main Grants Programme operates through a family of over 80 funds to support a broad range of social welfare needs in Surrey via regular application rounds using an Expression of Interest process.
Funding Available: Smaller applications of £7k or less tend to be more successful, though funding amounts vary depending on the project.
Surrey Strategic Transformation Programme
Support Type: Grant
A fund that supports voluntary sector organisations in Surrey to transform their operations and improve financial sustainability through capacity building and strategic change projects.
Funding Available: Projects up to £15,000 for capacity building; up to £10,000 for strategic change projects; up to £4,000 for small capital costs; up to £10,000 for palliative care capital grants.
Surrey Mental Health Scale-Up Fund
Support Type: Grant
This fund aims to produce a step change in mental health support for young people in Surrey by funding scalable mental health interventions from community groups and charities.
Funding Available: Up to £75,000 per year for up to 5 years
Surrey Young People’s Fund
Support Type: Grant
Provides funding to disadvantaged young people in Surrey to enhance their employability through education, training, apprenticeship, or employment opportunities.
Funding Available: Grants between £50 – £350, up to £750 in exceptional circumstances
Guildford Young Carers Fund
Support Type: Grant
A dedicated initiative providing grants of up to £400 to young carers in Guildford to support their educational, emotional, and social needs.
Funding Available: Up to £400
David Tyson Memorial Fund
Support Type: Grant
The fund supports young people pursuing careers in rail engineering and related engineering disciplines by providing small grants to cover educational and training expenses.
Funding Available: £100 – £500, with exceptional awards up to £1,000
Surrey Supported Employment Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Surrey Supported Employment Fund supports individuals with disabilities or mental ill health to overcome employment barriers by providing small grants to cover training, work equipment, accreditation fees, clothing, and travel expenses.
Funding Available: A few hundred pounds per grant
Heritage For All Fund
Support Type: Grant
Provides grants up to £10,000 to not-for-profit community organisations in Surrey to harness and celebrate the county's rich heritage and natural environment.
Funding Available: Up to £10,000
Application Deadline: 22/08/2025
Community Fund for Elmbridge
Support Type: Grant
Providing financial support to charities, community groups, and local projects across Esher and the wider Elmbridge borough as part of Sandown Park Racecourse’s 150th anniversary celebrations in 2025.
Guildford Philanthropy
Support Type: Grant
A community funding programme established by Guildford Borough Council and the Community Foundation of Surrey, using an endowment fund to award annual grants to support local projects and disadvantaged individuals.
Mole Valley Community Fund
Support Type: Grant
Dedicated to enabling local businesses and people to support their local communities and help Mole Valley residents most in need.
Funding Available: Up to £2500 per grant
Horley Edmunds Community Fund
Support Type: Grant
A community fund established through a bequest to Horley Town Council by Mr Cyril Edmonds and managed by the Community Foundation for Surrey, aimed at supporting local causes and addressing the charitable needs of the town.
Claire’s Friendship Fund
Support Type: Grant
Support initiative aimed at addressing social isolation in Tandridge and East Surrey through donations and funding applications that support community projects promoting social and cultural activities.
Tandridge Community Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Tandridge Community Fund supports local community and voluntary groups by awarding grants to fund projects that enhance community life across varied sectors.
Funding Available: Varies; examples include grants of £3,500, £750, and £1,000
Chiddingfold Community Fund
Support Type: Grant
Dedicated to supporting local community initiatives, local heritage, youth training, and reducing social isolation in Chiddingfold.
Funding Available: Small Grants up to £2,500; larger amounts available via Expression of Interest.
Hambledon Community Fund
Support Type: Grant
Dedicated to the village and its residents, focusing on preserving local heritage, providing training for young people, and combating social isolation through local giving.
Funding Available: Small grants up to £2,500 available; larger grants assessed on a case-by-case basis. Historically awarded grants totaling £65,582 in 2024.
Woking Community Fund
Support Type: Grant
Supports local communities in Woking and Surrey by providing grants across multiple sectors to address diverse community needs.
Academy Ignition Fund
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for Vivensa Academy members and community organisations working with older people to support clearly defined research or engagement activities, with awards of up to £5k.
Funding Available: Up to £5,000 per award; total fund of £200k for FY2025/26.
General Grants
Support Type: Grant
Grants to charities that provide services or facilities to those in need, hardship, or distress in the City of Birmingham. These grants support a wide range of projects focused on education, health, and social welfare.
Educational Grants
Support Type: Grant
Educational grants provide financial assistance to students for educational expenses including living costs, travel, books, IT equipment and more.
Techstart Proof of Concept Grant Fund
Support Type: Grant
A pre‐commercial grant fund supporting entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland to explore the viability and commercial potential of an innovative concept through competitive funding.
Funding Available: Concept Grant: up to £15k; Concept Plus Grant: up to £40k
Application Deadline: 26/08/2025
Open Horizons project - First Call
Support Type: Grant
Horizon Europe-financed initiative offering up to €55,000 in equity-free funding, along with tailored mentoring, strategic matchmaking, and opportunities to co-design pilot projects for women-led start-ups in deep tech and digital innovation.
Funding Available: Up to €55,000
Application Deadline: 21/08/2025
Aviation’s non-CO2 Impacts on the Climate: programme coordinator
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to appoint a programme coordinator responsible for overseeing and integrating multidisciplinary research projects addressing the non-CO2 impacts of aviation on the climate. The role includes stakeholder engagement, programme management, and strategic communication.
Funding Available: £478,750 total fund with up to 80% of the full economic cost funded (maximum award of £478,750)
Application Deadline: 18/09/2025
Agri-tech and food technology, mid and north Wales: CRD – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.7 million for business-led projects that grow innovation in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in mid and north Wales.
Funding Available: £2,700,000
Application Deadline: 20/08/2025
Rural Communities Challenge Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Rural Communities Challenge Fund (RCCF) delivers funding from the Scottish Government's Rural Community Led Local Development programme to support projects that benefit rural communities across Aberdeenshire.
Funding Available: Capital grants: £10,000 - £49,999; Revenue grants: £5,000 - £20,000
Application Deadline: 17/08/2025
SNG #iwill Fund
Support Type: Grant
The SNG #iwill Fund provides funding opportunities for youth social action initiatives. It supports a range of programmes focused on empowering young people through projects in community development, mental health and wellbeing, housing, festivals, network building, and intergenerational collaboration.
Funding Available: £1.5 million overall, with specific initiatives at £450k, £1 million, and £100k.
Move On & Thrive Youth Empowerment Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Move On and Thrive Youth Empowerment Fund provides financial grants to young people aged 16-25 on the Isle of Wight facing financial hardships. It supports projects in personal development, transport, health and wellbeing, digital inclusion, and housing support.
Funding Available: Maximum grant per person is £250 per year
Thriving Communities Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Thriving Communities Fund offers two grant streams – the Strengthening Place grant and the Skills and Learning grant – to support sustainable and resilient communities in SNG areas.
Apply For A Grant | Home Instead Charities
Support Type: Grant
Grant opportunity provided by Home Instead Charities to support ageing adults by funding community groups and local charities through scheduled application windows.
Funding Available: Up to £500 for grassroots organisations and up to £1,500 for small local registered charities.
APEX awards
Support Type: Grant
The APEX awards support established independent researchers to pursue genuine interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research across science, engineering, social sciences and humanities, offering seed funding of up to £200,000 and additional support of up to £10,000 for public engagement activities.
Funding Available: Up to £200,000 (plus up to £10,000 for public engagement)
Application Deadline: 09/09/2025
Globalstars call with Taiwan - Eureka
Support Type: Grant
International funding opportunity for R&D projects in high tech and sustainability, requiring collaboration between a Taiwanese company and a partner from a Eureka participating country.
Funding Available: Funding varies by agency: up to €500,000 support via VLAIO, up to €300,000 project budget from the Research Council of Lithuania, up to PLN 1.5 million from NCBR, up to 50% subsidy from DoIT, and up to €350,000 per project from RVO.
Application Deadline: 29/08/2025
Steve Morgan Foundation regional grants
Support Type: Grant
Regional grants available to support not-for-profit organisations tackling the root causes of social disadvantage in education, access to provision and employment across specific regions.
Funding Available: £250k - £500k over three years
Digitise UK natural science collections – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding to establish a digitisation hub for natural science collections as part of the DiSSCo UK programme, enabling mass digitisation and capacity building across botanical and entomological collections.
Funding Available: £200,000 - £2,500,000 (full economic cost); Total opportunity fund: £6,500,000
Application Deadline: 16/09/2025
Local Innovation Partnerships Fund – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Pre-announcement for a funding opportunity with a total fund of £500,000,000, earmarking at least £30 million per region across the UK and aiming to stimulate additional investments and regional economic growth.
Funding Available: £500,000,000
Contracts for Innovation: Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion
Support Type: Grant
The UKAEA is offering up to £250k per project to develop novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion, focusing on innovative radiological shielding solutions that reduce environmental impact and cost in fusion power plants.
Funding Available: Up to £250,000 per project; total budget of £2.5m.
Application Deadline: 15/08/2025
Open Horizons - Open Call for funding of women-led start-ups
Support Type: Grant
Women-led startups in deep tech and digital innovation can apply for up to €55,000 in equity-free funding, along with tailored mentoring, strategic matchmaking, and opportunities to co-design and test paid pilot projects with major European corporates.
Funding Available: Up to €55,000
Application Deadline: 21/08/2025
Secure Innovation Security Reviews
Support Type: Grant
Secure Innovation Security Reviews provide early-stage UK technology businesses with expert, tailored security assessments to help protect their ideas, technologies, and reputations.
Funding Available: £2,500 grant provided by the scheme, with a contribution of £500 from the business.
Agri-tech and food technology, Mid and North Wales - CRD
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.7m to grow innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Mid and North Wales.
Funding Available: £150,000 to £500,000 per project, with total funding available up to £2.7m
Application Deadline: 20/08/2025
Full ADOPT Grant: Round 2 - Innovate UK Business Connect
Support Type: Grant
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £2 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects to improve the adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
Funding Available: Up to £2 million available with project total costs between £50,000 and £100,000.
Application Deadline: 20/08/2025
Growth Catalyst Early Stage: New Innovators
Support Type: Grant
A funding competition that offers UK registered micro and small businesses grants and tailored business support to develop innovative ideas in critical technology areas.
Funding Available: Up to £10 million overall with individual project grants between £25,000 and £50,000.
Application Deadline: 06/08/2025
BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)
Support Type: Grant
The FAPPA award is a pump-priming grant supporting BBSRC-funded researchers to establish collaborative projects with São Paulo-based scientists, offering up to £35,000 over two years for travel, subsistence, collaborative activities, and modest direct research costs.
Funding Available: £35,000
Pushing the frontiers of environmental research: January 2026
Support Type: Grant
A funding opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven environmental research projects that are high risk and high reward.
Funding Available: Total fund £28,000,000; maximum award £950,000 per project; funds cover 80% of the full economic cost.
Application Deadline: 21/01/2026
Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2026 – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for highly prioritized large or complex research projects in fields such as particle physics, nuclear physics, astronomy, and related areas. Only invited applicants who have completed a successful statement of interest are eligible to apply.
Funding Available: Up to the budget envelope as advised by the programme manager; STFC funds 80% of the FEC
Application Deadline: 27/08/2026
Smart Data Research UK Fellowships
Support Type: Grant
A fellowship opportunity to undertake innovative, impact-focused research using smart data to address significant real-world challenges in the UK.
Funding Available: Up to £200,000 per project; total fund of £2,000,000 with ESRC funding 80% of the full economic cost
Application Deadline: 23/09/2025
Material Focus Circular Electricals Fund
Support Type: Grant
A £1m fund supporting innovative projects to extend the life of electricals by improving material use, recovery, design, and business models.
Funding Available: Up to £150,000 per project
Application Deadline: 14/08/2025
The New Allotment Site Fund - Green Allotments
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity by Green Allotments to create new allotment sites in England on a not-for-profit basis using community-led management and environmental stewardship.
Funding Available: Up to £50,000 per acre
The Society Foundation Summer 2025 Grant
Support Type: Grant
The Society Foundation offers micro-grants up to £2,500 for employment-related capacity building projects to help vulnerable groups move towards paid employment.
Funding Available: Up to £2,500
Application Deadline: 12/09/2025
Capital Grants
Support Type: Grant
Capital Grants provide funding for practical environmental improvements on farms and rural areas in England, with £150 million available to support sustainable food production and environmental enhancements.
Funding Available: £150 million
Theatre Improvement Scheme
Support Type: Grant
The Theatre Improvement Scheme, delivered by Theatres Trust in association with the Wolfson Foundation, offers capital funding of up to £20,000 for theatre building or equipment improvements with a current focus on environmental sustainability.
Funding Available: Up to £20,000 per project
Application Deadline: 05/09/2025
Aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate 2025 – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding for collaborative research to improve understanding of aviation’s non-CO2 climate impacts and to develop mitigation measures informing industry and government policy decisions.
Funding Available: Up to £354,375 per project; total fund of £2,125,000 with 80% FEC funding.
Application Deadline: 09/10/2025
Developmental pathway funding scheme: stage one – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for academia-led translational projects to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions from prototype through early-phase clinical studies.
Funding Available: £11,000,000 total fund; typically funds 80% of project’s Full Economic Cost with no preset cap per project.
Application Deadline: 19/11/2025
DRIVE35 Scale-up: Feasibility Studies
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million to fund feasibility studies into the manufacturing of zero emission vehicle technologies in the UK.
Funding Available: £150,000 to £750,000 in grant funding (up to 50% of costs, or 60% for SMEs) within a total pool of up to £5 million.
Application Deadline: 03/09/2025
DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Demonstrate
Support Type: Grant
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late stage demonstration R&D projects in the automotive sector. The Demonstrate strand offers grant funding of £500k-£1.5m for 9-12 month projects aimed at developing product or process demonstrators.
Funding Available: £500k-£1.5m
Application Deadline: 01/10/2025
DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate
Support Type: Grant
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40m in grant funding for collaborative late-stage R&D projects that support the transition to zero emission vehicles and a net zero automotive industry.
Funding Available: £40m total; individual projects funded between £2.5m and £25m
Application Deadline: 01/10/2025
Amazon’s Regional Creatives Fund UK
Support Type: Grant
Amazon’s Regional Creatives Fund offers grants to charities working with underserved UK communities to boost career opportunities in creative industries.
Funding Available: Up to £30,000 for individual applications and up to £100,000 for consortium applications
COLLABORATE: SAFER SPACES Commission
Support Type: Grant
Commission offering up to £50k in flexible funding and wrap-around support for diverse-led, community-based collaborations focused on creating 'Safer Spaces' in East London.
Funding Available: Up to £50k plus an additional £5k development grant
Application Deadline: 18/08/2025
The Fore Grants
Support Type: Grant
The Fore offers unrestricted grants of up to £45,000 spread over one to three years to support transformational organisational change, including funding for core costs and capital projects.
Funding Available: £45,000
Doctoral focal award: nuclear skills
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for doctoral focal awards delivering high quality, cohort-based doctoral training in nuclear skills for the UK civil and defence sectors, aimed at developing future nuclear experts.
Funding Available: £45,000,000
Application Deadline: 23/10/2025
Pilot projects with the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to support pilot projects that generate feasibility data and preliminary experiments in human functional genomics, aimed at strengthening collaborations within the UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative.
Funding Available: £15,000 - £100,000
Application Deadline: 29/09/2025
Cultural heritage and climate change networks to drive policy change – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to develop networks among UK research organisations, European partners, and in-country partners to drive policy change in cultural heritage in response to climate change.
Funding Available: £45,000 - £60,000
Application Deadline: 14/10/2025
ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 3
Support Type: Grant
A grant of £2,500 for farmers, growers, or foresters in England to engage an external Project Facilitator in developing a Full ADOPT Grant application.
Funding Available: £2,500 per successful application
Application Deadline: 03/09/2025
The Dream Fund: £2,500 Grants Available For Women Of Colour Leading Social Impact Projects
Support Type: Grant
Provides £2,500 grants for young women of colour leading social impact projects outside of London and the South East.
Funding Available: £2,500
BFBS Big Salute Grant
Support Type: Grant
The BFBS Big Salute Grant raises money to benefit members of the armed forces community and their families through grants for specific projects.
Funding Available: Up to £10k
Application Deadline: 30/09/2025
Apart, not Alone 2025-26
Support Type: Grant
Apart, not Alone 2025-26 consists of two complementary programmes aimed at improving the quality of life for families affected by service-related separation, addressing issues such as emotional wellbeing, mental health, social connections, and family dynamics.
Funding Available: £5,000 to £50,000; up to £300,000
Application Deadline: 21/01/2026
Plug-in Van and Truck Grant
Support Type: Grant
The plug-in van grant (PIVG) helps bridge the price gap between ultra-low emission vans and diesel vans, and was later extended to include trucks (HGVs).
Funding Available: Discounts vary by vehicle type: up to £2,500 for small vans, up to £5,000 for large vans, up to £16,000 for small trucks, and up to £25,000 for large trucks.
Application Deadline: 31/03/2026
Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Households with On-Street Parking
Support Type: Grant
Provides EV drivers with 75% off the costs (up to £350) for the purchase and installation of EV chargepoints when installing a cross-pavement charging solution at residential properties.
Funding Available: 75% discount up to a maximum of £350
Application Deadline: 03/04/2026
Plug-in Motorcycle Grant
Support Type: Grant
A government grant that bridges the price gap between zero emission motorcycles and petrol motorcycles by offering a discount at the point of sale.
Funding Available: Up to 35% discount with a maximum discount of £500
Application Deadline: 05/04/2026
Plug-in Taxi Grant
Support Type: Grant
This grant provides taxi drivers with a discount on the upfront cost of new zero emission capable, purpose-built taxis, helping bridge the cost gap between traditional and ultra-low emission technologies.
Funding Available: Up to £4,000 or £3,000 discount depending on vehicle category
Application Deadline: 05/04/2026
Customer & Community Investment Fund
Support Type: Grant
LNER's Customer & Community Investment Fund provides vital funding to small and medium charities and community projects along its route, supporting initiatives that enhance social wellbeing, community spaces, and environmental sustainability.
Funding Available: Up to £10,000
Application Deadline: 25/08/2025
TBAT Innovation Challenge 2025
Support Type: Innovation Challenge, Grant
The TBAT Innovation Challenge 2025 offers UK start-ups and technology-focused enterprises the opportunity to win a £10,000 cash prize and access to a share of an £80,000 tailored support package.
Funding Available: £10,000 cash prize and a share of an £80,000 support package
Application Deadline: 13/08/2025
HMRC Competition to Tackle Deliberate Evasion and Help Close the Tax Gap
Support Type: Grant, Innovation Competition
HMRC invites proposals for innovative solutions to close the tax gap and tackle deliberate tax evasion, by funding novel analytical and data-driven techniques.
Funding Available: £5m (or £6m including VAT)
Application Deadline: 18/08/2025
Global Business Innovation Programme: Health & Medical Technologies - Singapore
Support Type: Grant, Innovation Support
This programme supports UK-based innovation-led companies in the health and medical technologies sector by funding flights, accommodation, in-market travel, and conference fees to enable global growth opportunities in Singapore.
Funding Available: Covers flights, accommodation, in-market travel, conference fees, and reasonable adjustments; includes a refundable commitment fee of £1000.
Application Deadline: 24/08/2025
Horizon Europe 2025: European Innovation Council
Support Type: Grant, Investment
Funding opportunities worth over €1.4 billion for strategic technologies and scaling up companies under Horizon Europe 2025, featuring schemes such as EIC Pathfinder, EIC Transition, EIC Accelerator, and EIC STEP Scale-up.
Funding Available: Up to €4m in grants and investments up to €30m overall, with scheme-specific allocations including up to €2.5m for EIC Accelerator grants.
Application Deadline: 29/10/2025
TMF AI ICURe Discover - November 2025
Support Type: Grant, Market Discovery Programme
A part-time online market discovery programme designed for researchers, technicians, and research students, offering up to £2,500 to test assumptions and explore market potential for AI-led research.
Funding Available: £2,500
Application Deadline: 20/10/2025
Foundations Funding Call – CreaTech Frontiers
Support Type: Grant, R&D Support
Kickstart your next big idea with CreaTech Frontiers! This funding call offers grants and hands-on academic support for freelancers, microbusinesses, and small enterprises to develop innovative projects and prototypes in creative technologies.
Funding Available: Up to £5k for initial concept development (Explore strand) and up to £10k for further development of existing concepts or prototypes (Experiment strand).
Application Deadline: 04/08/2025
🙌 Other Support
Support Type: Award
The UK's biggest celebration of social enterprises, recognising impact, innovation, and resilience across the nation.
Foundervine Future Awards 2025
Support Type: Awards
The Foundervine Future Awards 2025 celebrate and recognize outstanding entrepreneurial achievements across multiple categories, honoring visionary leaders driving transformative change.
HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Compact, low-cost GNSS simulator
Support Type: Challenge, Funding
HMGCC Co-Creation is seeking organisations to develop compact, low-cost GNSS simulators that replicate real-time global GNSS constellations to support testing of communication systems in realistic environments.
Funding Available: Up to £60,000
Application Deadline: 07/08/2025
HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: DNA removal to cut cross-contamination risk
Support Type: Challenge, Funding
This challenge seeks innovative techniques to decontaminate forensic tools and equipment of DNA to reduce cross-contamination risks. It invites proposals for a 12‐week project, offering up to £60,000 per organisation.
Funding Available: Up to £60,000 per single organisation
Application Deadline: 18/09/2025
Component-level energy monitoring for greener IT operations
Support Type: Competition
The iX programme supports Digital Tactics in seeking innovative solutions for component-level energy monitoring in workstations and servers, aimed at reducing software-related energy consumption through detailed power usage data.
Application Deadline: 05/08/2025
Artist of the Future
Support Type: Competition, Digital Art Prize
The Artist of the Future Prize is a free-to-enter digital art competition that showcases innovative digital artworks by emerging artists. Shortlisted works are exhibited at Saatchi Gallery, with the overall winner receiving a prize valued at £10,000.
Funding Available: £10,000 (comprising £5,000 cash and a £5,000 media package)
Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Automotive Impacts
Support Type: Contract
Opportunity for organisations to apply for a share of up to £3 million to develop an impact validation report for a demonstrated resource efficiency solution in the automotive sector. Projects award between £50,000 and £300,000 and run for 3-5 months.
Funding Available: Up to £3 million overall; individual projects between £50,000 and £300,000 inclusive of VAT
Application Deadline: 27/08/2025
Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Chemicals Impacts
Support Type: Contract, Innovation Competition
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution in the chemicals sector, with projects awarded between £50,000 and £300,000 over three to five months.
Funding Available: Up to £3 million overall; individual projects between £50,000 and £300,000 (inclusive of VAT)
Application Deadline: 27/08/2025
Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Construction Impacts
Support Type: Contract Funding
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million to develop an impact validation report for a demonstrated resource efficiency solution in the construction sector. Individual contracts range from £50,000 to £300,000 for projects lasting between three and five months.
Funding Available: Up to £3 million overall; individual contracts between £50,000 and £300,000 inclusive of VAT
Application Deadline: 27/08/2025
AI and Cyber Security on-demand course
Support Type: Course, Training
Free on-demand course designed to equip SMEs with practical skills to implement and secure AI systems amidst evolving cyber threats.
Research Mentorship Program
Support Type: Mentoring, Idea Incubator
AstraZeneca connects its scientists with innovative start-ups in the life science sector to provide mentoring and support innovative science through networking and collaboration.
Producing graphite anodes from biochar
Support Type: Innovation Challenge
The iX programme is supporting Stellantis to identify innovators who can produce battery-grade graphite from biochar, aiming to reduce carbon footprint, dependence on virgin raw materials, and promote localized production.
Application Deadline: 18/08/2025
Oberon Yorkshire AI EIS Fund
Support Type: Investment Fund, Venture Capital
A pioneering investment opportunity designed to position Yorkshire at the forefront of the UK’s rapidly evolving artificial intelligence sector.
Funding Available: £100m
Innovate UK Innovation Loans Round 22
Support Type: Loan
UK registered businesses can apply for innovation loans ranging between £100,000 and £5 million to support highly innovative late-stage R&D projects with a clear route to commercialisation and economic impact.
Funding Available: £100,000 to £5 million
Application Deadline: 27/08/2025
Community Builders Fund
Support Type: Loan
Provides loans of between £100k and £1.5m to UK charities and social enterprises in England, Wales and Scotland.
Funding Available: £100k - £1.5m
Innovate UK innovation loans: Round 22
Support Type: Loan
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly boost the UK economy and deliver societal benefits.
Funding Available: £100,000 to £5 million
Application Deadline: 27/08/2025
Contracts for Innovation: resource efficient automotive impacts
Support Type: Other
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3,000,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution in the automotive sector.
Funding Available: £3,000,000
Application Deadline: 27/08/2025
Contracts for Innovation: resource efficient construction impacts – UKRI
Support Type: Other
Opportunity for organisations to apply for a share of up to £3 million to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution in construction.
Funding Available: Total fund: £3,000,000; Maximum award: £300,000
Application Deadline: 27/08/2025
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