OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £3 million from the UKRI Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity Mission in this Contracts for Innovation competition. This is subject to us receiving a sufficient number of high quality applications. The aim of the competition is to support organisations t
- Deadline
- Oct 29, 2026
- Funding
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OPENHealth & Medical
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences’ (OLS) Cancer Healthcare Goals programme, will invest up to £25.4 million in innovative CR&D projects. This funding will be to support the clinical validation and evaluation of early cancer diagnostic technologies and devices. This is subject to a suffi
- Deadline
- Oct 29, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) R&D Missions Accelerator Programme (R&D MAP) , will invest up to £900,000 from the Safer Streets Mission in this Contracts for Innovation competition. This competition is operated by Innovate UK on behalf of the R&D MAP within UKRI. This is subject to us receiving a suffici
- Deadline
- Oct 29, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £12 million into materials innovation projects. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. This funding is part of the National Materials Innovation Programme, announced as part of the Advanced
- Deadline
- Oct 29, 2026
- Funding
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OPENClimate & Environment
UK Government
The National Highways Community Legacy Fund is open to all non-profit groups or organisations who are geographically close to motorways and major roads (that are maintained by National Highways) and are currently impacted by our roadworks or diversion routes. The Fund welcomes a wide range of proposals, offering grants
- Deadline
- Oct 30, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Word limit: 550In 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 e
- Deadline
- Oct 30, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Word limit: 550In 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 e
- Deadline
- Oct 30, 2026
- Funding
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OPENTechnology & Innovation
UK Government
Centre of Excellence Phase 2 - Sector Capability, Capacity and Skills In 2025, the department appointed a consortium to scope and design a Centre of Excellence for Children’s Social Care (CSC) Data and Digital; this was known as Phase 1. The Centre will help local authorities (LAs) improve their data and digital maturi
- Deadline
- Oct 31, 2026
- Funding
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OPENEducation
UK Government
The Department for Education (DfE) is looking to work with delivery providers who will successfully project manage the design and installation of SuDS features on school sites to reduce the risk of surface water flooding to the school estate, these solutions may also reduce the strain on local drainage networks. The Df
- Deadline
- Nov 3, 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
- Nov 4, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £8.5 million from the UKRI’s Engineering Biology Programme . The funding total is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. The aim of this competition is to deliver business led research and developm
- Deadline
- Nov 4, 2026
- Funding
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OPENEnergy & Infrastructure
UK Government
The Ambition North Wales 4G+ Industry Grant Scheme is a key strand of the 4G+ Connected Key Sites and Corridors Project. It is designed to provide targeted subsidies to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), neutral hosts and infrastructure providers for the deployment and upgrade of 4G and 5G mobile infrastructure in unders
- Deadline
- Nov 4, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) led programme aimed at transforming the UK's automotive industry. This is achieved by supporting R&D and the commercial scale up of innovative zero emission vehicle technol
- Deadline
- Nov 5, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) through Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £2 million in this Contracts for Innovation competition. This is subject to us receiving a sufficient number of high quality applications. The battery innovatio
- Deadline
- Nov 5, 2026
- Funding
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OPENInternational Development
UK Government
The UK Space Agency, part of the Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade (BIST), invites proposals for projects through the International Bilateral Fund (IBF) that will help strengthen the UK space sector’s international partnerships. The objectives of the IBF are to: Deepen relationships through internati
- Deadline
- Nov 5, 2026
- Funding
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OPENDisability & Accessibility
UK Government
This multi-year grant seeks to secure an administrator to set up and manage a new Access to Elected Office Fund, on behalf of the Government (until 31/3/2029). The successful administrator will set up and launch this new Fund by March 2027; to support disabled candidates contesting local and national elections (England
- Deadline
- Nov 5, 2026
- Funding
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OPENResearch & Science
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
- Nov 6, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Description Text update 13 October 2026: remove repetition and add clarity. Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest a minimum of £4.77 million through the Climate Tech FOAK Builder pilot programme. This will support ambitious, late stage climate tech businesses developing a First of a Kind (
- Deadline
- Nov 6, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
The programme guidance, application form and scoring criteria can also be found on the Place-Based Philanthropy Community of Practice GOV.UK page. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the full guidance before applying. Place-Based Philanthropy Community of Practice. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DC
- Deadline
- Nov 9, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
These bursaries are delivered by the FOSTER programme at UKAEA, which looks to create a pool of fusion-ready individuals able to join the growing fusion sector. The high-level project strategy to “implement a mechanism to provide bursaries to support the studies of students from under-represented backgrounds on courses
- Deadline
- Nov 10, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENResearch & Science
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
- Nov 11, 2026
- Funding
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OPENGeneral Funding
UK Government
The Money Guiders Grant Fund 2026/27 is a pilot funding programme from the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), providing £400,000 to support projects that strengthen the delivery and impact of money guidance across the UK. Grants of £5,000 to £25,000 are available to eligible Money Guiders Partner organisations to impro
- Deadline
- Nov 11, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice
OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
Word limit: 550In 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 e
- Deadline
- Nov 12, 2026
- Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups
UK Government
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will invest up to £100,000 to support the development of applications for on-farm trials and farm experiment projects. This funding is part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme , delivered in partnership with Innovate UK. This competition is designed for
- Deadline
- Nov 12, 2026
- Funding
- See official notice