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Welcome to the North East Support Directory's Inaugural Monthly Funding Roundup Newsletter
Ben Mushen
October 31, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 33 minutes
Hey there,
Welcome to the first ever North East Support Directory monthly funding roundup newsletter! It’s great to have you onboard 🚢.
As this is the first one, I’d love your feedback and thoughts on what you’d like to see more or less of, and how it can be iteratively improved moving forwards so it’s truly providing you value. You can do so by replying to this email.
The newsletter has been designed to be a catch-all of opportunities - highlighting all the new opportunities added this month in case you missed them on the platform. Really it’s a side dish to the main steak 🥩, but if you’ve got ideas on how it could be improved then I’m all ears! 🦻
This month, we added 115 new opportunities to the directory, of which 88 are still live.
We’ve listed those still live below with short summaries for your convenience!
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This edition's opportunity list
3D Nanoscale Metamaterials Hub for a Sustainable Future
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to create a research hub focused on developing 3D Nanoscale Metamaterials that support Sustainable Futures. The hub aims to deliver a step change in understanding how to design and build these materials from end to end, addressing design through to manufacture and translation.
Funding Available: £12,187,500
Application Deadline: 30/01/2025
100x Impact Accelerator
Support Type: Accelerator, Business Support
100x Impact Accelerator is a programme designed to empower radical thinkers to deliver impactful social ventures at scale, providing catalytic capital, global connections, and dedicated support.
Funding Available: £150,000 in catalytic capital
Access to High Performance Computing Facilities – Autumn 2024
Support Type: Computational Support
This opportunity provides an open and flexible route to computational support for high-quality projects across the entire UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) remit.
Application Deadline: 28/11/2024
Advanced Media Production Discovery Fund
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
The Advanced Media Production Discovery Fund supports SMEs and freelancers in the creative industries to access virtual production technologies, offering free access to the Digital Catapult Advanced Media Production PROTO studio and technical expertise.
Agri-Tech and Food Technology – Round 2 and 3
Support Type: Grant
The Agri-Tech and Food Technology competition aims to support innovation projects led by businesses in the agri-tech and food technology sectors in Eastern England.
Funding Available: £25,000 - £300,000
Application Deadline: 06/11/2024
AHRC Responsive Mode Pilot: Mission Awards
Support Type: Grant
Invited teams can apply for funding to advance ambitious arts and humanities research agendas, research leadership, and research teams, at scale, through a pilot approach to team-convening.
Funding Available: £2,000,000 - £3,000,000
Application Deadline: 23/01/2025
AI Solutions to Develop AI Competencies in Key Sectors
Support Type: Grant
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for AI solutions to support AI upskilling in BridgeAI key sectors.
Funding Available: £50,000 to £100,000 per project
Application Deadline: 29/01/2025
Apprenticeships Bursary for Care Leavers
Support Type: Bursary
Details of the bursary payment some apprentices may be entitled to if they are under 25 when they start an apprenticeship and they are or have been in care.
ARIA Synthetic Plants
Support Type: Grant
ARIA aims to develop synthetic chromosomes and chloroplasts in plants to unlock new capabilities, such as reducing water use and protecting crop yields.
Funding Available: Projects will be 100% funded.
Application Deadline: 12/11/2024
AWE – Advanced Electronics and Electromechanical Devices
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
DASA and AWE seek novel technologies in the space domain to enhance the UK’s Defence and Commercial Space Systems resilience and reliability.
Funding Available: £4 million across two years (including VAT) for Phase 1.
Application Deadline: 10/12/2024
BBSRC International Travel Award Scheme
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for BBSRC-supported researchers to visit international partners, initiate collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, visit overseas facilities, or attend European consortia-building events.
Funding Available: £3,000
Application Deadline: 30/09/2025
BHF Healthcare Innovation Fund
Support Type: Grant
The BHF Healthcare Innovation Fund seeks to test and evaluate innovative approaches to improve services for patients with cardiovascular disease.
Application Deadline: 04/11/2024
Build It
Support Type: Grant
Grants of up to £40,000 for early-stage social enterprises seeking funding for salary costs to help them become financially sustainable.
Funding Available: Up to £40,000
Application Deadline: 23/01/2025
CITB Skills and Training Fund
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
CITB offers support to the construction industry through grants and funds aimed at training and development.
Funding Available: Up to £10k for small or micro-sized employers and up to £25k for medium-sized employers.
Clinician Scientist Fellowship
Support Type: Fellowship
The Clinician Scientist Fellowship supports healthcare professionals with a higher research degree to become independent researchers in medical research fields.
Funding Available: Funding covers salary and project costs for up to five years, funding 80% of the full economic cost.
Application Deadline: 15/01/2025
Collaborate with German Partners on Arts and Humanities Research: Round Seven
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for arts and humanities research projects conducted collaboratively by UK and German partners.
Funding Available: Up to £420,000 for the UK component, with AHRC funding 80% of the full economic cost.
Application Deadline: 19/02/2025
Community Finance Ireland
Support Type: Loan, Bridging Finance
Community Finance Ireland provides loans to community projects, including charities, social enterprises, and sports clubs, to facilitate social impact and community development.
Funding Available: €10k–€600k
Community Innovation Practitioner (CIP) Awards 2025-26
Support Type: Grant
The CIP Awards provide funding for cross-sector research partnerships to host a Community Innovation Practitioner from 1 September 2025 to 30 August 2026.
Funding Available: £75,000 per award
Support Type: Grant
SBRI Healthcare Competition 27 invites digital innovations targeting work-related risk factors and barriers for individuals with mental health problems, aiming to support them in employment or gaining employment.
Funding Available: Up to £200,000 (NET, excluding VAT) per innovation for up to 12 months.
Application Deadline: 13/11/2024
DARE UK Transformational Programme: Core Components
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to transition minimum viable product capabilities to production-ready reference implementations for Trusted Research Environments (TREs).
Funding Available: £6,343,750
Application Deadline: 26/11/2024
Data Sandpit for Metascience
Support Type: Grant
A four-day interactive sandpit to develop novel projects addressing metascience questions related to R&D funding, aiming to inform R&D policymaking.
Funding Available: £1,000,000 at 80% full economic cost (FEC) for all research projects arising from the sandpit.
Application Deadline: 21/11/2024
Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Open Call for Innovation
Support Type: Grant, Innovation Support
The DASA Open Call for Innovation seeks proposals for novel techniques to conduct and deliver Test & Evaluation (T&E) as part of the MOD T&E Transformation Programme.
Funding Available: £50,000-£200,000 with a maximum of £500,000 available this financial year
Defence Innovation Loans
Support Type: Loan
Loans of up to £1 million with a below market interest rate of 7.4% per annum to help convert mature defence innovations into strong business propositions for defence procurement.
Funding Available: Up to £1 million
Digital Boost
Support Type: Business Support, Mentoring
Digital Boost provides free business mentoring and personalised guidance to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and charities through volunteer experts in various fields such as strategy, marketing, digital, and finance.
EIS Growth Fund
Support Type: Fund
The EIS Growth Fund is a tax-efficient fund created to offer investors the opportunity to invest in innovative businesses with high growth potential. It provides growth capital for scale-up businesses with good commercial traction and proven demand.
Energy Tax Relief
Support Type: Tax Relief
Energy tax relief schemes, such as the Energy-Intensive Industries (EII) exemption scheme or the Climate Change Levy (CCL) exemption scheme, help energy-intensive industries in the UK to alleviate the financial burden associated with high energy consumption.
Enterprise Ireland Funding
Support Type: Grant
Enterprise Ireland offers three funds: Enterprise Emissions Reduction Investment Fund, Digital Process Innovation, and Research, Development and Innovation Fund, aimed at supporting businesses in decarbonisation, digital integration, and RD&I projects.
EPSRC Programme Grant Outline Stage
Support Type: Grant
Programme grants provide flexible funding to world-leading research groups addressing significant major research challenges. Funding should bring together the expertise of a team of internationally recognised scientists or engineers to focus on one strategic research theme.
Funding Available: EPSRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.
ESRC Centres Transition Funding (Invite Only)
Support Type: Grant
ESRC centres transition funding provides follow-on funding for centres coming to the end of their ESRC centre funding. It provides funding for an additional three to five years to assist centres in maximising the impact and use of their research activities, and in working towards self-sustainability.
Funding Available: Up to 25% of the full economic cost (FEC) of the ESRC centre grant that is coming to an end.
Application Deadline: 31/10/2024
EXPLORE - Global Market Incubator
Support Type: Grant, Business Support, Mentoring
EXPLORE is an exclusive alumni programme that supports deep tech entrepreneurs in increasing their visibility, connections, and exposure to investment in new overseas ecosystems.
Funding Available: Up to £12,000 in equity-free funding.
Application Deadline: 05/11/2024
Support Type: Loan
Flexible Social Finance provides access to finance for socially trading organisations looking to grow their social impacts and improve self-sustainability.
Funding Available: Between £50,000 to £400,000
Green Steps Grants
Support Type: Grant
Grants of up to £5000 are available for businesses in Gateshead to support sustainable transport initiatives, such as improving cycle parking, purchasing public transport passes, or buying bikes.
Funding Available: Up to £5000
Application Deadline: 31/10/2024
Healthcare Technology Translation Partnership Scheme
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to progress basic and fundamental engineering and physical sciences research towards proof of concept and validation through partnering with clinical and healthcare professionals, and industrial partners.
Funding Available: £400,000 - £1,500,000
Application Deadline: 12/12/2024
Hope for Hearts
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
Hope for Hearts aimed to transform the care for people affected by heart failure by encouraging innovators to partner with specialists and patients to develop and implement new ideas.
Funding Available: Over £682,000 awarded across four projects
Improving Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults
Support Type: Grant, Research Funding
The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications for research on improving the diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in older adults through a combination of clinical factors and rapid testing.
Application Deadline: 27/11/2024
In Work Support (IWS) Programme
Support Type: Business Support
The In Work Support (IWS) Programme is designed to help businesses in Newcastle, North Tyneside, or Northumberland improve staff retention and progression by providing expert support.
Innovation Fund
Support Type: Fund
The Innovation Fund is aimed at high-growth start-up and scale-up companies, focusing on climate tech and healthy ageing themes.
Innovation in Support of Operations
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition seeks proposals that can make a real-world difference, fast and at scale, focusing on scalable proposals designed for manufacture at market-leading prices.
Funding Available: £2 million total funding available, with proposals expected to be in the range of £50,000 to £200,000.
Application Deadline: 03/12/2024
Innovation@Leeds 2024/25 Revenue Grants Programme
Support Type: Grant
A grant programme by Leeds City Council to support innovation in small and microbusinesses in Leeds, aligned with the Inclusive Growth Strategy.
Funding Available: £15,000 to £25,000 per grant, from a £175,000 funding pool
Application Deadline: 21/11/2024
Support Type: Grant
This is an invite-only funding opportunity to run the International Social Survey Programme in Great Britain and Northern Ireland for 2025-2027, focusing on data collection and participation in the ISSP.
Funding Available: £970,000
Application Deadline: 12/11/2024
Investor Partnerships in Digital Technologies, North East: RD 1
Support Type: Grant
UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding for projects that grow their innovation activities in the digital technologies cluster in North East England, alongside investment from selected investor partners.
Funding Available: Up to £2.5 million in total grant funding available.
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Investor Partnerships in Health Technologies, West Yorkshire: RD 1
Support Type: Grant
UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding for projects that grow their innovation activities in the health technology cluster in West Yorkshire, alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
Funding Available: Up to £2 million
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Land Remediation Tax Relief
Support Type: Tax Relief
Land remediation relief is a corporation tax relief claimable by the landowner or leaseholder of contaminated land or property. It encourages landowners to clean up and restore land on brownfield sites in the UK that has been acquired from a third party in a contaminated or derelict state.
Launchpad
Support Type: Business Support, Grant
Launchpad is a bespoke support package that helps people to de-risk, validate and pitch dementia innovation product ideas.
Application Deadline: 13/01/2025
Launchpad: Agri-tech and Food Technology, Mid & North Wales – MFA
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Mid and North Wales.
Funding Available: £25,000 to £100,000
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Launchpad: Bio-based Manufacturing, Scotland – RD 2 MFA
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5.25 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the bio-based manufacturing innovation cluster in Scotland.
Funding Available: £25,000 to £100,000
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Launchpad: Bio-based Manufacturing, Scotland – RD2 CR&D
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5.25 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the bio-based manufacturing cluster in Scotland.
Funding Available: Between £150,000 and £1 million per project.
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Launchpad: Immersive & Creative, Coventry & Warwickshire RD2 CR&D
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.35 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the immersive and creative industries cluster centred on Coventry and Warwickshire in the West Midlands.
Funding Available: Up to £4.35 million
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Launchpad: Immersive & Creative, Coventry & Warwickshire RD2 MFA
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.35 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the immersive and creative industries cluster centred on Coventry and Warwickshire in the West Midlands.
Funding Available: £25,000 to £100,000
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Launchpad: Life and Health Sciences, Northern Ireland – RD2 CR&D
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.3 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the life and health sciences cluster in Northern Ireland.
Funding Available: £150,000 to £1 million
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Launchpad: Life and Health Sciences, Northern Ireland – RD2 MFA
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.3 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the life and health sciences cluster in Northern Ireland. This funding is from Innovate UK.
Funding Available: £25,000 to £100,000
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Launchpad: Net Zero Industry, South West Wales – RD 2 MFA
Support Type: Grant
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the net zero industrial cluster in South West Wales. This funding is from Innovate UK.
Funding Available: £25,000 to £100,000
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Let's Go
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
Let's Go is a programme designed to support early-stage startups with funding and mentorship.
Funding Available: Up to $50,000
Maritime Decarbonisation through Maritime Autonomy
Support Type: Grant
This call by the European Space Agency (ESA) is part of the umbrella 'Maritime Decarbonisation' thematic call for proposals. The objective of this subtheme is to develop new services that support the decarbonisation of the maritime sector through 'maritime autonomy'.
Funding Available: €500,000 (£430,000)
Application Deadline: 28/02/2025
Media Cymru Scale Up Round Two
Support Type: Grant
UK registered organisations based in Wales can apply for grant funding to develop innovative products, services, or experiences for the media sector.
Funding Available: £100,000 to £250,000
Application Deadline: 04/12/2024
MedTech Accelerator: Rapid Regulatory Support Fund
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
Funding for SMEs seeking external regulatory support for new and existing MedTech products.
Funding Available: Up to £30,000 per UK SME
Application Deadline: 31/10/2024
Mental Health Award: Accelerating Scalable Digital Mental Health Interventions
Support Type: Grant
This funding call supports research to evaluate and further develop scalable digital interventions for early intervention in depression, anxiety, and psychosis.
Funding Available: £3 to 7 million per project
Application Deadline: 05/12/2024
Mid-range Equipment for Biosciences Research: ALERT 2024
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to purchase mid-range equipment for research across BBSRC’s scientific areas through ALERT 2024.
Funding Available: £200,000 - £1,500,000
Application Deadline: 09/01/2025
Mindset Extended Reality (XR): Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health
Support Type: Grant
Innovate UK is investing up to £3.7 million in projects aimed at developing digital therapeutic extended reality (XR) solutions for mental healthcare services.
Funding Available: £200,000–£300,000
Application Deadline: 15/01/2025
MRC Centre of Research Excellence: Round Three
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for MRC Centre of Research Excellence to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges.
Funding Available: £50,000,000 total fund, with a maximum award of £26,250,000.
Application Deadline: 13/02/2025
Museums and Galleries Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Museums and Galleries Fund aims to strengthen museums and galleries in the UK by enhancing and sustaining curatorial development to attract a broader and more diverse public.
Funding Available: Average grant size is circa £90k, with potential for higher amounts for exceptional projects.
Application Deadline: 06/01/2025
New Generation Thinkers 2025
Support Type: Other
This scheme offers five early career researchers the opportunity to be 'researchers in residence' at BBC Radio 4, where they will work with programme makers and produce a piece of writing to be recorded for radio.
Application Deadline: 28/01/2025
NHS Coronial Sudden Unexpected Death Programme
Support Type: Health Support, National Transformation Programme
A programme to support families who have lost a family member to inherited heart disease, aiming to reduce the risk of further premature deaths by improving access to specialist NHS clinics.
Northern Cancer Alliance Unmet Need Call
Support Type: Grant
The Northern Cancer Alliance, in collaboration with the North East and North Cumbria ICB, has launched an unmet need call to support innovations aimed at early detection and diagnosis of cancer.
Funding Available: Grants ranging from £10,000 to £200,000 covering 100% of full economic costs.
Application Deadline: 22/11/2024
Patent Box
Support Type: Tax Relief
The Patent Box regime is a form of corporation tax relief from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), designed to encourage companies to keep and commercialise intellectual property (IP) in the UK. It allows companies to apply a lower rate of corporation tax—10% to profits earned from their patented inventions and certain other IP rights.
Postdoctoral Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Support Type: Fellowship
The fellowship provides funding for registered healthcare professionals with a PhD to reacquire research skills and pursue a research career. It covers salary and project costs for three years.
Funding Available: 80% of the full economic cost (FEC) for three years.
Application Deadline: 15/01/2025
Pounds for Purpose
Support Type: Grant, Business Support
Up to £500 for individuals aged 16-26 to tackle a social issue that matters to them in Scotland.
Funding Available: Up to £500
Pre-doctoral Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Support Type: Fellowship
Funding opportunity for registered healthcare professionals to undertake a PhD focusing on any area of the Medical Research Council's remit to improve human health.
Funding Available: No limit to the amount of funding requested, but all costs must be fully justified.
Application Deadline: 15/01/2025
Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2025
Support Type: Grant
The Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2025 provides research grant funding opportunities reviewed through frequent PPRP rounds. It supports large or complex projects with significant scientific priority in areas like particle physics, nuclear physics, astronomy, and more.
Funding Available: STFC will fund 80% of the full economic cost (FEC) of the project.
Application Deadline: 28/08/2025
Purchase Mid-Range Equipment for Biomedical Research: MRC Equip
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research across MRC's scientific areas.
Funding Available: £100,000 - £800,000
Application Deadline: 17/12/2024
Quantum Missions Pilot: Quantum Computing and Quantum Networks
Support Type: Grant
Innovate UK will invest up to £9.5 million for projects in quantum computing and quantum networks to support the UK National Quantum Strategy.
Funding Available: £300K–£1M
Application Deadline: 11/12/2024
Research and Development Tax Relief
Support Type: Tax Relief
R&D tax relief rewards companies for investing in innovation and technological advancements, allowing eligible companies to claim a reduction in corporation tax or a payable cash credit based on qualifying R&D expenditure.
Reverse Pitch
Support Type: Business Support, Collaboration Opportunity
The Reverse Pitch events are an opportunity for businesses to showcase ideas and collaborate with government teams to address key challenges facing the Department for Work and Pensions and Ministry of Justice.
Sandpit: AI Decision Support for National Security and Defence
Support Type: Grant
A five-day interactive interdisciplinary sandpit to develop projects on decision support using artificial intelligence (AI) for national security and defence applications.
Funding Available: Up to £3 million shared among three projects at 80% full economic cost.
Application Deadline: 31/10/2024
Support Type: Grant
This competition invites innovations focusing on work-related digital solutions to address challenges in mental health, specifically targeting work-related risk factors, barriers to work for unemployed individuals, and workplace issues for disadvantaged communities.
Funding Available: Up to £200,000 per innovation
Application Deadline: 13/11/2024
Smart Grants: Jul 2024
Support Type: Grant
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable research and development innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy.
Funding Available: £25,000,000
Application Deadline: 13/11/2024
Support Type: Loan
The Social Investment Fund provides affordable loans to charities and social enterprises in the North East to support long-term capacity building and increase social impact.
Funding Available: £100,000 to £1,000,000
Start It
Support Type: Grant
Up to £5,000 for individuals looking to start a social enterprise in Scotland.
Funding Available: Up to £5,000
Step Up
Support Type: Loan
Step Up offers 0% interest loans from £5k to £30k to fund successful growth strategies for social enterprises.
Funding Available: £5,000 to £30,000
Strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) Grants
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for large team-based fundamental bioscience research projects that push the frontiers of human knowledge.
Funding Available: £20,000,000 total fund, with a minimum award of £2,000,000.
Application Deadline: 06/02/2025
Techstars Accelerator
Support Type: Accelerator, Business Support
Techstars Accelerator is a 3-month, mentorship-driven program that invests $120K and provides hands-on mentorship and access to the Techstars network for early-stage startups.
Funding Available: $120,000 investment, plus optional $100,000 convertible note
UK Future Internet NetworkPlus: Full Application Invite Only
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for a UK future internet NetworkPlus to bring together the research community and stakeholders to lead in the development of internet technologies for the 2030s and 2040s.
Funding Available: £5,200,000
Application Deadline: 03/12/2024
UK-Singapore Engineering Biology for Specialty Chemical Production
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to create a research consortium focused on engineering biology to develop platform technologies for specialty chemical production with researchers from Singapore.
Funding Available: Up to £2 million for the UK component and SGD 3.45 million for the Singapore component.
Application Deadline: 12/12/2024
UK–Germany Bilateral: Collaborative R&D Round 4
Support Type: Grant
The aim of this competition is to enhance UK and German collaborations and capabilities in emerging technology fields, developing and delivering new innovations across a broad range of sectors.
Funding Available: Up to £500K
Application Deadline: 06/12/2024
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Renewal Meeting 11 (Invite Only)
Support Type: Fellowship
This is an invitation-only opportunity for existing Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) award holders to apply for an extension of their fellowship by up to three years.
Funding Available: Up to £567,000
Application Deadline: 03/12/2024
Venture Sunderland Fund
Support Type: Investment Fund
Venture Sunderland provides investment for ambitious, high-growth companies at all stages, focusing on technology, advanced manufacturing, the creative sector, and green industries.
Funding Available: £15 million, with ambitions to increase.
Water Breakthrough Challenge 5 Catalyst
Support Type: Grant
The fifth round of the Water Breakthrough Challenge aims to provide up to £40 million for highly collaborative water-sector innovations that deliver benefits for customers, society, and the environment.
Funding Available: £150K - £2M
Application Deadline: 06/01/2025
Women's Enterprise Growth Programme
Support Type: Business Support, Grant
A programme designed for women and non-binary people aged 18-35 in London and Liverpool to develop skills and networks for growing purpose-led enterprises.
Funding Available: Up to £7,000 in Match Trading™ awards.
Application Deadline: 11/11/2024
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