Funding Opportunities
Canada UK Commercialising Quantum Technology Programme (CR&D)
Key Features
UK-registered businesses and Canadian SMEs can apply to collaborate on joint research and development projects. These will advance the development of quantum technologies and enable their commercial use cases. The aim of this competition is to strengthen collaborative research and development (CR&D) through Canadian and UK partnerships towards commercialising quantum technologies. Your proposal must demonstrate co-development, have a high potential for commercialisation, address a technological challenge and include a plan for future exploitation.
Programme: (NRC IRAP)
Award: Share of up to £450,000
Closes: 19 Apr 2023
Innovate UK Smart Grants
Key Features
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation. The Innovate UK Smart grant funds a cross-sector portfolio of the best game-changing and world-leading projects. It offers funding where other opportunities are not available or appropriate, and where timing is key to ensure swift and successful commercialisation post-project completion.
Programme: UKRI
Award: Share of up to £25m
Closes: 18 Jan 2023
UKRI Circular fashion programme
Key Features
The aim of this competition is to fund a research and development activity demonstrator. This will demonstrate new technologies, services, processes and business models capable of addressing the recycling and sorting challenges, as part of the UK’s fashion and textile sector and their direct supply chains.
Your proposal must be for a multi-disciplinary, collaborative, demonstration project.
Your project must support a demonstration of innovation at an industrially relevant scale, which will:
increase the proportion of postconsumer fashion and textiles that are retained in a closed loop system
increase the market value of processed post-consumer fashion and textiles
reduce the proportion of post-consumer fashion and textiles which is sent to landfill, destroyed or exported
develop and disseminate best practices in technologies, services, processes and business models to wider industry and policy makers
Programme: UKRI, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Award: Share of up to £4 million
Closes: 11 Jan 2023
NATEP Helping SMEs innovate in aerospace
Key Features
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million for industrial-led civil aerospace collaborative R&D projects. The aim of this competition is to help SMEs to develop their own innovative technologies. These should enhance their capabilities and increase their ability to win new business in the civil aerospace sector. Your project must have a credible route to market and preferably have identified your end users.
Programme: UKRI, Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Award: Share of up to £2.5 million
Closes: 11 Jan 2023
Circular Economy for SMEs - innovating with NICER
Key Features
This funding forms part of the UKRI National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research programme (NICER). It enables SMEs to engage with and benefit from access to expertise at five research centres and hub via collaborative research and development (CR&D) activities. The aim of this competition is to support feasibility studies, industrial research and experimental development projects that address the challenges of transitioning to a circular economy. Your proposal must demonstrate how you will create a step-change in the adoption of circular economy approaches.
Programme: UKRI
Award: Share of up to £1.5 million
Closes: 07 Dec 2022
Net zero living: Pioneer places
Key Features
Canada UK Commercialising Quantum Technology Programme: CR&D UK-registered businesses and Canadian SMEs can apply to collaborate on joint research and development projects. These will advance the development of quantum technologies and enable their commercial use cases. The aim of this competition is to strengthen collaborative research and development (CR&D) through Canadian and UK partnerships towards commercialising quantum technologies. Your proposal must demonstrate co-development, have a high potential for commercialisation, address a technological challenge and include a plan for future exploitation.
Programme: UKRI
Award: Share of up to £2 million
Closes: 30 Nov 2022
Hydrogen Transport Hub Demonstration Phase 2
Key Features
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to demonstrate how hydrogen can be used to power transport solutions for end users.
Programme: DfT
Award: Share of up to £20 million
Closes: 30 Nov 2022
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