Grants and funding opportunities for small businesses, startups, entrepreneurs and commercialization projects. Always confirm deadlines, applicant definitions and application instructions on the linked official source.
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Investor Partnerships Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has selected investor partners with aligned investment interests and capacity to lead investments. These investor partners have demonstrated that they have the credibility, capability, capacity and appetite to invest in innovative, technol
- Deadline
- Nov 26, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
Agricultural Marketing Service
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for fiscal year (FY) 2026 from existing initiatives of the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives Program: the California State University Fresno Foundation, the University of Tennessee, the V
- Deadline
- Dec 2, 2026
- Funding
- Estimated total program funding: $12,650,000
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will work with The Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE), (The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy), to invest up to £2.4 million in innovation projects. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications bei
- Deadline
- Dec 2, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
The Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) is run by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) and funded by the Department for Business Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), formally the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (fDSIT). Innovate UK is administering this competition on behalf
- Deadline
- Dec 2, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Word limit: 550 In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for
- Deadline
- Dec 2, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Word limit: 550 In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for
- Deadline
- Dec 2, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is offering $2 million in grant funding to develop or enhance Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Recovery. This funding supports projects that produce measurable, near-term progress toward Mojave Desert Tortoise recovery in California, prioritizing actions
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.; $2,000,000.00
OPENSmall Business & Startups
Small Business Administration
The SBDC Program is the SBA’s largest matching technical assistance grant program, funding a service delivery network to provide high quality business and economic development assistance to small businesses and nascent entrepreneurs in order to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity and managemen
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- Award floor $200,000; Award ceiling $8,393,834
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will work with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to invest up to £7 million to support the technical development and commercial readiness of sustainable technologies for the manufacturing of medicines. This is subject to a sufficient numb
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is delivering the Battery Innovation Programme on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST). The programme will invest up to £25 million in innovation projects. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications b
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is delivering the Battery Innovation Programme on behalf of the Department for Business Innovation Science and Trade (BIST). The programme will invest up to £25 million in innovation projects. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications bei
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £8 million in this Engineering Biology Investor Partnership competition. This competition is part of UKRI’s Engineering Biology Programme. The aim of this competition is to support: the development and adoption of engineering biolo
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Word limit: 550 In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will invest up to £5 million for on-farm trials and farm experiment projects. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. This funding is part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme , delivered in partner
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £11.5 million to create a cohort of ambitious businesses, across a two stage competition, to accelerate concrete decarbonisation. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. The aim of this comp
- Deadline
- Dec 3, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Word limit: 550 In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for
- Deadline
- Dec 9, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £5 million in BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst Phase 1. Across all three phases of the BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst programme, Innovate UK expects to make up to £52 million available. Funding for this phase and subsequent phases is subjec
- Deadline
- Dec 9, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £5 million in BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst Phase 1. Across all three phases of the BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst programme, Innovate UK expects to make up to £52 million available. Funding for this phase and subsequent phases is subjec
- Deadline
- Dec 9, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £5 million in BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst Phase 1. Across all three phases of the BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst programme, Innovate UK expects to make up to £52 million available. Funding for this phase and subsequent phases is subjec
- Deadline
- Dec 9, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Word limit: 550 In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for
- Deadline
- Dec 10, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Grant Call Title: Unlocking Space for Business Environmental Intelligence and Emissions Grant Call Who can apply: UK registered end-user businesses including SMEs, leading a consortium with a UK space supplier and any integrator organisations. End-user businesses are organisations that use space-enabled products, servi
- Deadline
- Dec 12, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
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Victim Compensation Board
The Trauma Recovery Center Grant funds centers throughout California that assist victims of violent crime. These centers provide wrap-around services and assist victims who are typically unserved and underserved communities.
- Deadline
- Dec 15, 2026
- Funding
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £3 million. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. The aim of this competition is to fund business-led collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. Your propos
- Deadline
- Dec 17, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Proposals are welcome on any area of the space sector, but the following areas are of particular interest between the UK and Florida: In-orbit servicing and manufacturing Space transportation Satellite systems In-space research Advanced exploration technologies The UK Space Agency and Space Florida call aims to stimula
- Deadline
- Jan 12, 2027
- Funding
- See official notice