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Research and development funding where small businesses are among the recorded applicant types.
265 current opportunities · showing 1–24
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
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
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
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
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
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
National Institutes of Health
The Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare Diseases:innovation (GREGoRi) initiative seeks to accelerate a paradigm shift in rare disease diagnosis by reimagining the tools, molecular technologies and analytical approaches used to identify the causal gene(s) and/or variant(s) underlying
National Institutes of Health
The Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare Diseases:innovation (GREGoRi) initiative seeks to accelerate a paradigm shift in rare disease diagnosis by reimagining the tools, molecular technologies and analytical approaches used to identify the causal gene(s) and/or variant(s) underlying
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
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
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
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
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 (
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
National Institutes of Health
Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) solicits grant applications proposing to develop innovative technologies offering new capabilities for the molecular or cellular characterization of cancer or for improved handling and quality control of biospecim
National Institutes of Health
Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites grant applications proposing exploratory research projects focused on further development and technical validation of emerging technologies offering novel capabilities for the molecular or cellular charact
National Institutes of Health
The Common Fund Human Virome Program (HVP) aims to extensively and comprehensively characterize the "healthy" human virome (the collection of viruses that normally reside inside the human body without evidence of disease) and create tools, models, and methods that will enable an in-depth s
National Institutes of Health
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications proposing a Data Coordinating Center that integrates and disseminates multiscale mouse brain datasets for the aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) research community. The Data Coordinating Center will establish the Aging and AD Mouse
National Institutes of Health
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications for an Infectious Diseases Clinical Trials Network (IDCTN). The IDCTN, comprised of the Clinical Trial Evaluation Units (CTEUs) and a Network Coordination Center (NCC), supports the evaluation of interventions for em
National Institutes of Health
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support a Clinical Research Network (CRN) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The program aims to design, implement, and manage clinical research that addresses pivotal clinical questions related to AMR through a coordinated and integrate
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
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
UK Government
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £3.1 million on Frontier AI. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. The aim of this competition is to is to advance the development of state of the art artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning
National Institutes of Health
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages applications for institutional research career development (K12) programs that propose to support intensive supervised research training and career development experiences for clinician scientists (Scholars) leading to research independence in t
Open the official notice for each candidate and build a simple go/no-go table covering legal applicant type, geography, project purpose, award range, match, registrations and submission time zone. Eliminate any program that fails a mandatory condition before spending time on narrative drafting.
Research-led small businesses and commercialization teams. Treat the directory match as a discovery signal and confirm the controlling eligibility language on the funder's notice.
The page applies a fixed combination of structured applicant, focus, source, award or deadline signals to current directory records. It does not broaden the result with unrelated keywords.
No. A match helps build a shortlist; the official notice, application package and funder guidance control eligibility and allowable costs.