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Research and development funding where small businesses are among the recorded applicant types.

261 current opportunities · showing 49–72

OPENSmall Business & Startups

Engineering Biology Investor Partnerships Round 1

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
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

Growth Cohorts: Next-gen low carbon concrete cohort entry Round 2

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
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

Full ADOPT Grant: Round 10

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
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OPENHealth & Medical

NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to provide salary support for exceptional Research Software Engineers (RSEs) that contribute their skills to the development and dissemination of biomedical, behavioral or health related software, tools, and algorithms as well as to the tra

Deadline
Dec 5, 2026
Funding
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OPENResearch & Science

Silicon Carbide Cladding Lead Test Rod Development-Phase 1

Idaho Field Office

Silicon Carbide Cladding Lead Test Rod Development-Phase 1Research, development, and fabrication of Silicon Carbide cladding specimens for research reactor insertion, irradiation, and post-irradiation examinations by 2030. The objective of this program is to advance the scientific and technological

Deadline
Dec 8, 2026
Funding
Estimated total program funding: $50,000,000
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OPENHealth & Medical

Cooperative Research Agreements Related to the World Trade Center Health Program (U01)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) supports research projects that address: (1) physical and mental health conditions related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; (2) diagnosing conditions for which there has been diagnostic uncertainty; and (3) treating condi

Deadline
Dec 9, 2026
Funding
Estimated total program funding: $49,500,000
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

Gambling harms research grants (Grant)

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
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Decision Critical Systems

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
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Assurance and Compliance

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
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Operational Systems

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
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

Manufacturing Scale-up Network Plus (Grant)

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
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

Unlocking Space for Business Grant Call: Environmental Intelligence and Emissions

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
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OPENHealth & Medical

IGVF Data and Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical trials Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is publishing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Data and Coordinating Center (DACC). The DACC will serve as the coordinating center for the IGVF Consortium and wil

Deadline
Dec 15, 2026
Funding
Estimated total program funding: $6,000,000
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OPENHealth & Medical

Systematic Characterization of Genomic Variation to Assess Effects of Individual Variants on Genome Function and Phenotype (UM1 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications to characterize genomic variation to assess the impact of individual variants on genome function. This will be accomplished by systematically perturbing variants or elements using one or more high-throughput methods;

Deadline
Dec 15, 2026
Funding
Estimated total program funding: $15,000,000
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OPENHealth & Medical

Computational Modeling and Analysis of the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (UM1, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications to develop, apply, and test predictive models and perform integrative analyses to determine the impact of genomic variation on genome function. Centers funded through this initiative will become a part of the Impact

Deadline
Dec 15, 2026
Funding
Estimated total program funding: $5,000,000
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OPENClimate & Environment

Genomic Variant Interactions With Other Variants Or The Environment (UM1 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications to study the effects of genetic or environmental interactions on genomic variant impact. To accomplish this, interaction centers will first propose a research framework to investigate whether interactions with effect

Deadline
Dec 15, 2026
Funding
Estimated total program funding: $10,000,000
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

UK-Singapore CRD 2026

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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OPENResearch & Science

SEFSC Bluefin Tuna Research Program

DOC NOAA - ERA Production

The objective of the program is to provide a basis for advancing science-based fisheries management for Atlantic bluefin tuna. Such advancement will depend upon improvements in understanding of the fisheries, total abundance, and biology of bluefin tuna, especially regarding the effects of mixing an

Deadline
Jan 1, 2027
Funding
Estimated total program funding: $600,000
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OPENHealth & Medical

Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations. This includes 1) etiologic research, where there is a significant gap in knowledge, that will directly inform intervention development or adaptation

Deadline
Jan 8, 2027
Funding
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OPENHealth & Medical

Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Childhood Cancers and of Congenital Anomalies: Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health

As part of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First Program), the NIH invites applications to submit samples from pediatric cohorts for whole genome sequencing at a Kids First Program supported genomic data generating centers. Applicants are encouraged to propose sequen

Deadline
Jan 12, 2027
Funding
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

Centres of Excellence for Regulatory Science and Innovation (Grant)

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
Jan 13, 2027
Funding
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OPENResearch & Science

HEAL Initiative: Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health

This funding opportunity is part of a suite of NOFOs within the NIH HEAL Initiative to support the development of safe, effective, and non-addictive therapeutics to treat pain. The goal is to encourage initial translational efforts that will support a drug discovery program and advance projects to t

Deadline
Jan 16, 2027
Funding
Up to $350,000
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OPENSmall Business & Startups

Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027

UK Government

Description This competition is for UK businesses that want to apply to the Globalstars Japan 2027 Eureka call. Go to the Eureka call for proposals web page if you are not a UK applicant. Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £2 million. This is to fund collaborative research and dev

Deadline
Jan 21, 2027
Funding
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Strong fit signals

  • The technical question is testable
  • The team can document research capability
  • Commercial impact is credible

Requirements to verify

  • Phase-specific eligibility
  • Partner and principal-investigator rules

How to use this shortlist

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.

Frequently asked questions

Who should use this research grants for small businesses page?

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.

How are opportunities selected?

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.

Does a listing mean my organization is eligible?

No. A match helps build a shortlist; the official notice, application package and funder guidance control eligibility and allowable costs.