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This edition's opportunity list
🚀 Accelerators
Techstars' Spring 2026 Accelerator Programs
Support Type: Accelerator
Applications are now open for Techstars' Spring 2026 accelerator programs which kick off in March 2026 in six cities worldwide including a remote-first program. The program offers investment, mentorship, and networking opportunities for early-stage startups.
Application Deadline: 19/11/2025
Business with Purpose (Pre-Start Training) - 1 Day Accelerator SEPTEMBER
Support Type: Training, Accelerator
A one-day intensive accelerator programme offering pre-start training, a diagnostic session, and follow-up mastermind sessions to help purpose-driven entrepreneurs launch their socially trading organisations.
Application Deadline: 24/09/25
BBC x North East Screen Digital Accelerator
Support Type: Business Support, Digital Accelerator
The BBC Digital Accelerator, delivered in partnership with North East Screen, is designed to elevate the next wave of world-class digital content creators in the North East of England.
Accelerator Programme | Alzheimer's Society
Support Type: Funding, Business Support
Investment and business support for transformative dementia innovations, helping businesses develop and reach people affected by dementia faster.
Funding Available: Up to £100k
📈 Business Support
Digital Pathfinders
Support Type: Business Support, Digital Adoption Support, Technology Adoption Support
Digital Pathfinders is a fully-funded programme designed to assist businesses, charities, and social enterprises in County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland with adopting new technology to enhance their productivity and performance.
CatalyseHer Ireland | Empowering Women-Led Impact Startups
Support Type: Business Support, Training, Grant
A program offering 2-month training, mentorship, and cash microgrants to early-stage women-led businesses across Ireland, with a focus on creating social and environmental impact.
Funding Available: €5,000 microgrants per successful pitch; total available funding of over $50k USD.
Application Deadline: 21/09/2025
🎓 Fellowships
Science and Technology Venture Capital Fellowship
Support Type: Fellowship
Designed to enhance investor capability in identifying and deploying capital into high-potential, scalable, life science and deep tech ventures.
Application Deadline: 09/09/2025
RAEng / Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowships
Support Type: Research Fellowship, Grant
The fellowships allow engineering academics to focus on full-time research by covering the salary costs of a replacement academic taking over teaching and administrative responsibilities for up to one year, with an additional support fund available for miscellaneous research costs.
Funding Available: Up to £55k per annum for salary replacement costs and an additional support fund of up to £2,500
Application Deadline: 13/11/2025
Sainsbury Management Fellowship
Support Type: Scholarship
The scheme enables high-potential engineers to undertake a full-time MBA at leading national and international business schools, offering a £50,000 award along with networking and career development opportunities.
Funding Available: £50,000
Application Deadline: 01/10/2025
🤑 Grants
Global Business Innovation Programme: Hydrogen in Transport - Germany
Support Type: Grant, Award
Ambitious companies are invited to apply for a funded visit to Germany to explore the use of hydrogen in transport. The programme comprises a preparation workshop, market visit, and exploitation workshop, with travel and accommodation costs covered by Innovate UK.
Funding Available: Flights, accommodation, in-market travel, and conference fees are funded; a refundable commitment fee of £1000 is required upon acceptance.
Application Deadline: 28/09/2025
Analysis for Innovators: National Physical Laboratory Stage 1
Support Type: Grant, Award
UK registered businesses can apply to assess and address measurement and analysis challenges affecting productivity and competitiveness by working with NPL scientists. This is a non-funded stage aimed at defining the problem for a potential Stage 2 funding opportunity.
Funding Available: Stage 2 projects can receive between £15,000 and £100,000 subject to MFA subsidy rules
Application Deadline: 10/09/2025
Biotechnology Business Incubation Centre 2025
Support Type: Grant, Award
Supporting early-stage biotechnology companies to turn their innovative technology concepts into market reality
Funding Available: £50k of R&D funding, £10k innovation voucher for R&D activity
Application Deadline: 07/09/2025
European Space Agency: Space for Metaverse
Support Type: Grant, Award
ESA seeks to establish commercial services integrating metaverse elements with space technologies into existing or new services and applications.
Funding Available: Up to 75k EUR for each selected activity with 75% funding; maximum total project cost 100k EUR.
Application Deadline: 14/11/2025
2025 STFC Cross Cluster Proof of Concept: SparQ Quantum Computing Call
Support Type: Grant, Award
A call for proof of concept projects in quantum computing offering up to £60,000 for successful proposals, aimed at developing early practical applications and use cases.
Funding Available: £60,000
Application Deadline: 30/09/2025
BBSRC EngBio ICURe Discover
Support Type: Grant, Award
BBSRC EngBio ICURe Discover is a part-time online market exploration programme for bioscience researchers and research technical professionals, offering up to £2,500 for market discovery activities.
Funding Available: Up to £2,500 support for market discovery and up to £1,200 for business adviser support.
Application Deadline: 23/09/2025
Sovereign AI - Proof of concept
Support Type: Grant, Award
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.6 million to develop proof of concept demonstrators of AI technologies with state of the art performance, supporting the UK’s AI sovereignty objectives.
Funding Available: Grant funding request between £25,000 and £85,000 with total eligible project costs between £50,000 and £120,000; overall funding pool of at least £1.6 million.
Application Deadline: 10/09/2025
Simply Business Young Entrepreneur Fund 2025
Support Type: Grant, Competition, Business Support
A competition awarding £5,000 each to ten young entrepreneurs, combined with a six-week tailored business support programme delivered in partnership with Hatch Enterprise.
Funding Available: £5,000 per winner
Application Deadline: 09/10/2025
Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Support Type: Prize, Grant, Commercialisation Support
Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to engineering innovation, awarding commercialisation support to African innovators developing scalable engineering solutions to local challenges.
Funding Available: £85,000
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
North Wales Clean Energy Fund
Support Type: Grant, Debt Finance
The £24.6m Clean Energy Fund supports clean energy and decarbonisation projects in North Wales by providing tailored funding options to businesses and voluntary organisations.
Funding Available: £24.6m
Fuelling the future: £1m Apprenticeship Talent Fund
Support Type: Grant, Funding
Virgin Media O2 is providing up to £1 million in funding to help small businesses, charities, social enterprises, and local authorities recruit and train new apprentices, with a focus on increasing diversity in STEM roles by supporting women and people from global majority backgrounds.
Funding Available: Up to £1 million (for covering training costs only)
#iwill Fund 2025
Support Type: Grant, Funding Programme
Provides funding to projects that enable young people in England to engage in place-based youth social action, with a focus on involving those from low-income communities.
Funding Available: £3million total available with a minimum matching funding requirement of £200,000.
Application Deadline: 24/09/2025
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
BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Call 5
Support Type: Grant
A funding opportunity under the BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund aimed at developing new data collection and sharing models to support the independent film sector with improved insights and collaborative innovation.
Funding Available: Up to £200,000
Wild About Devon – Community Wildlife Grant Scheme 2025
Support Type: Grant
A scheme offering small grants of up to £300 to support local wildlife projects, with this year's overall funding capped at £5,000, aimed at Devon-based community groups and organisations.
Funding Available: Up to £300 per project; total funding pool of £5,000
Application Deadline: 12/09/2025
LSCT – The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust
Support Type: Grant
The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust provides small grants to Scout and Guide Groups in the UK for making repairs, purchasing equipment, and funding trips.
Funding Available: Small grants
Better Access to Active Travel Experiences and Equipment
Support Type: Grant
Funding round aimed at improving active travel options for disabled people through projects that deliver immediate or longer-term impact.
Funding Available: £50,000 to £1 million
Application Deadline: 15/12/2025
Better Access to Wheelchairs and Mobility Aids: Large Grants
Support Type: Grant
This funding round awards grants to improve and expand access to good quality, affordable wheelchairs and mobility equipment for disabled people. It supports organisations in supplying equipment along with assessments, maintenance, and training.
Funding Available: £250,000 to £1 million
Application Deadline: 15/12/2025
Better Access to Wheelchairs and Mobility Aids (Small Grants)
Support Type: Grant
This funding round awards grants to organisations working on a local or regional level to improve access to good quality, affordable wheelchairs and mobility equipment for disabled people. It supports not only the provision of equipment but also assessments, maintenance, and associated costs.
Funding Available: £50,000 to £249,999
Application Deadline: 15/12/2025
Expanding Access to Driving Tuition for Disabled People
Support Type: Grant
This funding round aims to increase disabled people's access to driving by funding organisations that provide tailored driving lessons, driving theory support, adapted vehicles and related training.
Funding Available: £50,000 to £1 million
Application Deadline: 31/03/2026
Support for Travel Training Schemes
Support Type: Grant
A funding round to increase disabled people's confidence when travelling by supporting organisations to deliver impactful travel training programmes, including travel buddy schemes, classroom-based training, mentoring, and piloting new approaches.
Funding Available: £50,000 to £1 million
Application Deadline: 15/12/2025
Million Hours Fund
Support Type: Grant
Funding for organisations to deliver extra hours of youth work aimed at supporting young people in eligible areas with high rates of anti-social behaviour.
Funding Available: £30,000 to £100,000
Application Deadline: 22/10/2025
The Grocers’ Charity Open Grants
Support Type: Grant
Provides one‐off grants up to £5,000 to UK-registered charities, awarding around 14% of over 1,000 applications each year with a total distribution of about £1 million.
Funding Available: Up to £5,000 per grant; approximately £1 million annually
Application Deadline: 05/09/2025
Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations Fund
Support Type: Grant
This programme offers small and local charities and CICs, led by and working with Deaf and Disabled people experiencing poverty, a three‐year unrestricted grant of £75,000.
Funding Available: £75,000
Application Deadline: 04/09/2025
The Pixel Fund - UK Mental Health Grants for Charities
Support Type: Grant
A grant programme that supports UK-registered charities focused on the mental health and well-being of children and young adults by funding specific projects with measurable impact.
Funding Available: £2,500 to £5,000 per grant; no single grant exceeds 5% of annual income.
Hinrichsen Foundation Grants for Contemporary and Experimental Music
Support Type: Grant
Provides funding for the performance, commissioning (with confirmed performance), and recording of contemporary and experimental music in the UK through one-off project grants and multi-year partnerships.
Funding Available: One-off project grants generally from £500 to £3,000; multi-year partnerships offer up to £10K per annum for up to 3 years.
Large grants
Support Type: Grant
Large grants of up to £50,000 are available to support major urgent structural repair projects and facility improvements for Christian places of worship. Grants cover up to 50% of the total project cost and are available for projects costing over £80,000 for repair works or over £30,000 for kitchen and accessible toilet installations.
Funding Available: Up to £50,000
Application Deadline: 04/11/2025
Foundation Round 4 - Go! London Foundation Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Foundation Fund offers grants for community sport and physical activity projects, providing up to £40,000 (or up to £55,000 for specialist support) for grassroots organisations working with underserved Londoners aged 4 to 24 over a period of up to 24 months.
Funding Available: Up to £40,000 (or up to £55,000 for specialist support)
Application Deadline: 15/09/2025
Skills and Learning Grant - Thriving Communities
Support Type: Grant
Funding to empower local groups in SNG communities to learn, develop and thrive through initiatives in digital support, family learning, financial skills, and food education.
Funding Available: £1000 to £5000
Application Deadline: 30/01/2026
Strengthening Place grant
Support Type: Grant
The Thriving Communities (Strengthening Place) grant offers funding between £1000 and £7500 to empower local groups to create sustainable, inclusive communities in SNG neighbourhoods.
Funding Available: £1000 to £7500
Application Deadline: 30/01/2026
Enterprising Sunderland Innovation Grant
Support Type: Grant
A programme offering a 40% grant contribution for innovative projects valued between £5k and £25k for trading businesses in Sunderland, with additional access to industry expert advice and further funding sources.
Funding Available: 40% contribution for projects valued between £5k and £25k
Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund
Support Type: Grant
This fund supports eligible stakeholders in England by providing individual grants for locally delivered, highly tailored digital inclusion projects that address the needs of digitally excluded people.
Funding Available: £9.5mn total, with £7.242mn available for England and grants ranging from £25,000 to £500,000.
Application Deadline: 10/09/2025
Postcode Local Trust Funding
Support Type: Grant
Provides flexible, multi-year unrestricted funding for charities in the West of England, offering up to £50,000 over a three-year period.
Funding Available: Up to £50,000 over 3 years
Application Deadline: 08/09/2025
Small Grants - Forte Charitable Foundation
Support Type: Grant
Small Grants provided by the Forte Charitable Foundation supporting community support projects. Grants cover up to 50% of total project costs for eligible projects.
Funding Available: Up to 50% of total project costs
Major Grants
Support Type: Grant
Major Grants support organisations with a focus on family support, including early intervention, families coping with addiction, and prisoners' families.
Community Garden Grants
Support Type: Grant
Grants provided by the National Garden Scheme to support community gardening projects, generously funded by the Julia Rausing Trust.
Funding Available: £1.5 million trust funding announced for 2025 with previous funding rounds, including a £288,876 tranche in 2025.
Application Deadline: 15/09/2025
Rural Enterprise Capital Grant Scheme
Support Type: Grant
A £100,000 funding programme by Rutland County Council designed to support rural business development through capital investment grants ranging from £5,000 to £10,000.
Funding Available: £100,000 total; individual grants between £5,000 and £10,000
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust Community Grants
Support Type: Grant
Community grants scheme for grassroots and community organisations to support projects that benefit people, the landscape, and wildlife in the Yorkshire Dales area.
Funding Available: Typical grants range from £1,000 to £5,000 with potential for larger projects.
North East Economic Inactivity Trailblazer VCSE Small Grant Programme
Support Type: Grant
A grant programme providing funding between £40,000 and £70,000 to charities and voluntary groups for innovative projects that help economically inactive residents in Mission Critical Neighbourhoods move into employment, education, or training.
Funding Available: Between £40,000 and £70,000
Application Deadline: 10/09/2025
Household Support Fund
Support Type: Grant
Provides grants to support County Durham’s most vulnerable households struggling to afford household essentials such as energy and water bills, food, and other necessities.
Ferryhill Primary Education Bursary Fund
Support Type: Grant
Provides small grants to support the education of children attending primary schools in Ferryhill.
Funding Available: Up to £300
Hummersknott Academy Bursary Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Hummersknott Academy Bursary Fund provides small grants to support the education of children who attend Hummersknott Academy in Darlington.
Funding Available: Up to £400
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College Bursary Fund
Support Type: Grant
Provides small grants up to £400 to support the education of students enrolled at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington.
Funding Available: Up to £400
Care Leavers' Future Fund
Support Type: Grant
Provides grants to support young care leavers aged 17 to 25 with education, training or employment expenses.
Funding Available: Up to £1,000
Children in Care Opportunities Fund
Support Type: Grant
Provides grants to support children in care aged 5 to 16 to participate in learning and education opportunities.
Funding Available: Up to £500
Darlington Building Society 5% Pledge Fund
Support Type: Grant
The fund provides grants to support charities and voluntary-led organisations to continue their work, develop services and fund projects that positively impact local communities in Darlington, Teesside, and County Durham.
Funding Available: Up to £5,000
Application Deadline: 12/10/2025
Christine Carter Creative Arts Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Christine Carter Creative Arts Fund provides bursaries to talented artists and creative practitioners facing financial hardship.
Funding Available: Up to £250
SWEF Business Grant
Support Type: Grant
Supports young people in County Durham and Tees Valley with non‐repayable business investment grants, offering up to £500 for pre‐revenue or early-stage businesses and up to £2,000 for established businesses.
Funding Available: £500 to £2,000
Banks Property Grassroots Fund
Support Type: Grant
The Banks Property Grassroots Fund supports projects and groups operating in areas where Banks is proposing or progressing developments.
Funding Available: Up to £2,000
Application Deadline: 07/09/2025
Youth Opportunities Fund
Support Type: Grant
Supporting talented young people to achieve their potential through small grants.
Funding Available: Up to £500
Opportunities for Life
Support Type: Grant
Support for people in County Durham who are out of work and face barriers to accessing traditional employment and training support routes.
Funding Available: Up to £1,000
Durham Relief in Need
Support Type: Grant
Provides up to £300 in e-vouchers for essential household items to alleviate financial hardship and distress among qualifying individuals and families in County Durham.
Funding Available: Up to £300
Durham Education Fund
Support Type: Grant
Durham Education Fund offers grants to students aged 11–19 who need financial assistance to maximize their education.
Funding Available: Between £100 and £400
Durham County Cricket Club Youth Trust Fund
Support Type: Grant
Provides grants to young people aged 12 to 23 facing barriers to progressing as a cricketer.
Funding Available: Up to £500
Acumen Legacy Fund
Support Type: Grant
Acumen Legacy Fund provides grants to unemployed people living in East Durham to overcome barriers to employment, skills development or vocational training.
Funding Available: Up to £1,000
Change Lives Today Fund / Point North's Fighting Poverty Programme
Support Type: Grant
A fund that supports people facing poverty and hardship by funding community groups to increase access to everyday essentials such as food, energy advice, and debt assistance.
Funding Available: £3,000
Durham County Cricket Club Youth Trust Fund
Support Type: Grant
The fund provides grants to help increase the number and skills of children and young people engaging with cricket in the North East while strengthening local clubs and sustaining the sport.
Funding Available: Up to £2,500
Community Grants Programme
Support Type: Grant
Point North’s Community Grants Programme provides grants focusing on sustaining health and wellbeing and reducing inequalities.
Funding Available: Up to £7,000
Challenge and Change 2025
Support Type: Grant
A funding programme for young changemakers aged 18-25 in England to support social justice initiatives, including a focus on climate justice, with a £10,000 grant provided over 12 months along with additional tailored support.
Funding Available: £10,000
Application Deadline: 14/09/2025
Teacher Development Fund
Support Type: Grant
A fund supporting teachers to develop arts-based approaches that create equitable classrooms for all children.
Funding Available: Up to £165,000 per application
Application Deadline: 12/11/2025
Unlocking the full potential of nature-based engineering
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to conduct research in nature-based engineering, encouraging interdisciplinary teams to develop systems and technologies inspired by nature.
Funding Available: Total fund of £6,000,000; Maximum award of £481,251; 80% of Full Economic Cost funded, including a mandatory £75,000 for PDRA/ECR development
Application Deadline: 23/10/2025
Analysis for innovators: National Physical Laboratory stage one – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity for UK registered businesses to resolve productivity and competitiveness issues by collaborating with NPL scientists.
Funding Available: £1,500,000
Application Deadline: 10/09/2025
Opening up the Environment 2026 – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
A funding opportunity aimed at increasing diversity in the UK environmental science community by supporting partnerships and initiatives that broaden representation in NERC-funded research.
Funding Available: Up to £706,250 (FEC) with funding of 80% of total costs, capped at £565,000 per project
Application Deadline: 21/01/2026
UK international ocean drilling programme site survey – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding for ship borne and virtual site survey investigations to support development of scientific ocean drilling expedition proposals.
Funding Available: £800,000 total fund; Award range of £10,000-£500,000 for ship borne investigations and up to £187,500 for virtual investigations; NERC funds 80% of the full economic cost.
Application Deadline: 14/07/2026
Host the Infrastructure Centre for digitised natural science collections – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity to host and manage the DiSSCo UK infrastructure centre, delivering services to store, publish, visualise, and augment digitised natural science collections.
Funding Available: £10,000,000
Application Deadline: 25/09/2025
Host the Catalysis Centre for Digitised Natural Science Collections
Support Type: Grant
A funding opportunity to host and manage the Catalysis Centre for the DiSSCo UK programme, aimed at driving innovation in digitisation technologies and exploitation of Natural Science Collections data.
Funding Available: £15,300,000
Application Deadline: 14/10/2025
Advanced materials: highlight notice
Support Type: Grant
EPSRC is supporting research proposals in advanced materials solutions for critical minerals and in-situ and in-operando materials metrology and characterisation. There is no limit on the value of the grant or the project length, and 80% of the full economic cost will be funded.
Funding Available: No limit; 80% of the full economic cost
Full ADOPT grant: round three – UKRI
Support Type: Grant
Funding opportunity supporting on-farm trial and demonstration projects for improving adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector. Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £3 million.
Funding Available: £3,000,000
Application Deadline: 15/10/2025
Global Business Innovation Programme - Robotics & Automation in Manufacturing, South Korea
Support Type: Grant
Innovate UK invites ambitious UK-based innovative companies to participate in a 9-12 month programme designed to help them grow in the South Korean market through tailored workshops, market visits, and bespoke support from innovation and growth specialists.
Funding Available: Innovate UK funds flights, accommodation, in-market travel, conference fees, and provides support including a refundable commitment fee of £1000.
Application Deadline: 30/10/2025
Entrepreneurship Clinics: Underrepresented Founders in Advanced Materials
Support Type: Grant
A pilot initiative designed to support 12 underrepresented early-stage founders innovating in advanced materials, battery materials, or critical materials through a three-day immersive programme including workshops, coaching, and peer-to-peer learning.
Application Deadline: 09/09/2025
Contracts for Innovation: Improving health outcomes for women and girls across Wales
Support Type: Grant
The Welsh Government is seeking real-world demonstration projects that improve healthcare outcomes for women and girls in Wales through innovative, scalable solutions.
Funding Available: £900,000
Application Deadline: 10/09/2025
Innovation Exchange Challenge: Valorisation of paint waste from vessel and equipment cleaning
Support Type: Grant
PPG seeks innovators to valorise paint waste from vessel and equipment cleaning by developing sustainable and circular solutions for solid filter cake waste.
Funding Available: £25,000
Application Deadline: 17/09/2025
Innovation Exchange Challenge: Measurement of coated glass temperature within the furnace/manufacturing process
Support Type: Grant
Pilkington are seeking technology to accurately and reliably measure coated glass temperature during manufacturing. The winning applicant will be eligible to apply for a £25,000 grant to support a 3‐month project aimed at developing the proposed solution.
Funding Available: £25,000
Application Deadline: 17/09/2025
Innovation Exchange challenge: Binders or resins for recyclable biocomposite panels
Support Type: Grant
Challenge to identify and test a binder system or alternative bio-resin/natural resin solution that enables the recycling or reprocessing of biocomposite panels developed by Taner’s Sons Design Studio.
Funding Available: £25,000
Application Deadline: 17/09/2025
Innovation Exchange challenge: Heat recovery and process efficiency optimisation in advanced plasma coating manufacturing
Support Type: Grant
Zircotec seeks a scalable solution to optimise energy efficiency through improved heat recovery and management in its manufacturing operations, with a chance to secure a £25,000 grant for a 3-month project and potential further commercial adoption.
Funding Available: £25,000
Application Deadline: 17/09/2025
European Space Agency: Future of Retail
Support Type: Grant
Opportunity for businesses to develop innovative retail services using space technology, with selected projects receiving 75% funding up to €75,000 per activity.
Funding Available: Up to €75,000 per activity (75% funding, with maximum total project cost of €100,000)
Application Deadline: 23/01/2026
HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Development of advanced electromagnetic sensors
Support Type: Grant
A 16-week challenge funding lab-based advanced electromagnetic sensor technologies, including quantum sensors operating between 1MHz and 4GHz, with a budget of up to £250,000 per project.
Funding Available: £250,000 per project
Application Deadline: 18/09/2025
Glasgow ICURe Discover
Support Type: Grant
Glasgow ICURe Discover is a part-time online market discovery programme for researchers and technicians based in the Glasgow region, offering up to £2,500 for market discovery activities along with additional business advisor support and training.
Funding Available: Up to £2500 for market discovery activities; up to £1200 for business advisor support; expert consultation and training.
Application Deadline: 04/09/2025
ICURe Discover for Women Entrepreneurs - October 2025
Support Type: Grant
An 8-week, part-time online market exploration programme for women researchers and technicians, offering up to £2,500 support for market discovery activities.
Funding Available: £2,500
Application Deadline: 08/09/2025
Global Business Innovation Programme - Semiconductors: Switzerland 2025
Support Type: Grant
Innovate UK seeks ambitious innovative SMEs for a market visit and collaboration opportunity in Switzerland, offering funded travel, accommodation, and conference fees.
Funding Available: Funding covers flights, accommodation, in-market travel, conference fees, and includes a refundable commitment fee of £1000.
Application Deadline: 19/09/2025
Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 3 - Innovation Funding Service
Support Type: Grant
UK NHS organisations can apply for grant funding to develop innovative combined access and management and care pathway services for obesity management. Up to £35 million is available for this strand of the competition.
Funding Available: Up to £35 million
Application Deadline: 19/11/2025
Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 2 - Innovation Funding Service
Support Type: Grant
UK NHS organisations can apply for a share of funding to develop innovative community and primary care based weight management pathways. This competition funds projects designed to create new models of care for obesity management using multi-disciplinary, digital, and integrated community services.
Funding Available: Up to £36 million for this strand; individual project eligible costs must be between £2 million and £4.5 million.
Application Deadline: 19/11/2025
Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP): Strand 1
Support Type: Grant
UK NHS organisations can apply for a share of up to £85 million to develop innovative community and primary care-based weight management pathways, with funding provided by DSIT and Eli Lilly.
Funding Available: Up to £85 million overall; this strand allocates up to £14 million with project costs between £2 million and £3.5 million.
Application Deadline: 19/11/2025
The Open Fund for Music Creators
Support Type: Grant
Supports the development of outstanding UK based music creators across all genres and career stages with grants of up to £5000.
Funding Available: Up to £5000
West Midlands Health Innovation Fund
Support Type: Grant
The West Midlands Health Innovation Fund provides grant-based funding to support the adoption and spread of innovation across the West Midlands health and care system.
Funding Available: Grants up to £50,000 per project, with most awards ranging between £10,000 and £35,000.
Application Deadline: 19/09/2025
Solihull Support and Prevention Fund
Support Type: Grant
Funding for the local delivery of the Household Support Fund to support essential help for adult-only households and older residents in Solihull, funded through the DWP.
Funding Available: £100,000 total available; grants up to £6,000 per project
Better Youth Spaces
Support Type: Grant
Better Youth Spaces is a capital grant fund of £30.5m funded by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business to support small-scale capital projects such as equipment, refurbishments, and vehicles for youth organisations.
Funding Available: £5k - £100k
Application Deadline: 21/09/2025
Foundation Round 4 Now Open!
Support Type: Grant
Grants for grassroots organisations delivering physical activity opportunities for underserved Londoners aged 4 to 24. Projects can receive up to £40,000 (or up to £55,000 for specialist support) over a period of 24 months.
Funding Available: Up to £40,000 or up to £55,000 for specialised support
Application Deadline: 15/09/2025
Community Grants
Support Type: Grant
Grants for community projects that align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In 2025, applications are accepted through three regional panels targeting charities delivering local services across the UK.
Sustainability Fund
Support Type: Grant, In-kind support
Veolia's Sustainability Fund supports projects that transform local communities and environments by providing cash sponsorship, in-kind resources, or staff volunteers.
Funding Available: Over £300,000 total distributed since 2021; individual project amounts not specified
Application Deadline: 30/09/2025
Open Call for Innovation CY2025 - Cycle 3 - Defence Rapid Impact
Support Type: Innovation Competition, Grant
A competition run by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) funded by the Ministry of Defence Defence Innovation Fund, seeking proposals for innovative defence solutions with rapid, near-term impact.
Funding Available: Up to £350,000 (anticipated project value between £200,000 and £300,000)
AI For All Program
Support Type: Grant, Mentorship
Provides UK charities with both financial support and expert mentorship to promote diversity, equality, and inclusion in AI innovation.
Funding Available: Up to £2,500 per application
🙌 Other Support
Associate Programme
Support Type: Leadership Training, Work Placement, Career Development
A year-long leadership programme offering two paid purpose-driven work placements, weekly training, and regular 1:1 coaching and mentoring to support career transformation and organisational change.
Innovation in Support of Operations Phase 2 (Cycle 6)
Support Type: Competition
Phase 2 (Cycle 6) of Innovation in Support of Operations invites fast paced, scalable proposals in five challenge areas to enhance operational capabilities in defence.
Application Deadline: 14/10/2025
CoCreate Pitch 2025
Support Type: Competition, Startup Support
CoCreate Pitch 2025 is a global product-driven startup competition where entrepreneurs pitch their vision to win a share of $1 million in prizes, access star mentors, gain massive exposure, and utilize Alibaba.com's extensive sourcing ecosystem.
Funding Available: $1 million
Market Exploration Document: Modelling and Monitoring Conflict Wounds
Support Type: Market Exploration
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is conducting a market exploration to identify innovative research, models, and technologies for modelling and monitoring traumatic conflict wounds.
Application Deadline: 30/09/2025
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