GOVERNMENT GRANTS  FINDER

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Government Grants and  Funding Competitions for Businesses

Browse the latest Grant Funding and competitions from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) below. UKRI is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom that directs research and innovation funding, funded through the science budget of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

  • Full ADOPT Grant: Round 9

    Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.Innovate UK

  • DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund drawdown five

    UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies. DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a BIST-led programme aimed at transforming the UK's automotive industry.Innovate UK

  • UK-Singapore CRD 2026

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore. You must collaborate with at least one Singapore business applying under the equivalent Enterprise Singapore programme.Innovate UK

  • Research Infrastructure Renewal

    Apply for capital funding to renew, replace and enhance capabilities for environmental science. The funding opportunity is for existing facilities, laboratories and other national capabilities which are demonstrably available for use by the wider environmental science community.NERC

  • Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI

    Apply for funding for projects focused on speculative and high-risk fundamental research with the potential to deliver high reward and a step change in the explainability of future AI systems. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding.UKRI-wide EPSRC

  • Farming Futures R&D fund: Automation and Robotics Round 2

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to develop innovative solutions for automation and robotics in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. This funding is from the Farming Futures R&D fund.Innovate UK

  • Resilient economy and security through ecosystem transitions grants

    Apply for funding to improve our understanding of how ecosystem change affects resilience, security and prosperity as part of the NERC-Defra co-funded Resilient Economy and Security through Ecosystem Transitions programme. You must be based at an eligible UK organisation to apply.NERC

  • Ultra long duration energy storage project development studies

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million for project development studies to support the development of ultra long duration battery energy storage demonstrators in the UK.Innovate UK

  • Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £14.3 million to accelerate the adoption of quantum enabled position, navigation, and timing (PNT) and sensing technologies by addressing specific technical and commercial barriers.Innovate UK

  • Pre-announcement: Experimental medicine to define mechanisms of gambling disorder

    Apply for funding for academically led experimental medicine studies in humans that deepen mechanistic understanding of the causal mechanisms underlying the effects of gambling activities, products and interventions in gambling disorder.MRC AHRC ESRC UKRI-wide

  • UKRI Translation: BBSRC Proof of Concept 2026

    Apply for funding to translate bioscience research into innovations such as products, services and solutions that generate real-world economic, societal, and environmental impact. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.BBSRC

  • EPSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode

    Apply for funding to support your transition to research independence. This funding will enable you to develop your own research vision and lead a team. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding and it must be your first application to EPSRC as a project lead.EPSRC

  • Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D

    UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £13 million for building quantum computing software applications that show clear value and potential high impact on near term quantum computing systems.Innovate UK

  • Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage

    Apply for funding to deliver entrepreneurship-focused doctoral training. Applications can be led by organisations with standard and non-standard eligibility. The non-standard eligibility process will need to be completed before an award is made. An expression of interest is required by 21 September 2026 4:00pm UK time.EPSRC BBSRC AHRC ESRC MRC NERC STFC

  • Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomy

    Apply for proof-of-concept funding to develop and deploy innovative autonomous solutions for atmospheric science research or autonomous aerial systems for environmental science. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.NERC

  • Pre-announcement: Trust and confidence in policing: R&I Consortium

    Apply for funding to develop and test dynamic tools and innovative approaches to measure public trust and confidence in policing by 2030. The tools and approaches developed will access the voices of underrepresented communities, assess the impact of police activity, and identify what builds public trust and confidence.AHRC BBSRC ESRC EPSRC MRC NERC STFC UKRI-wide

  • Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) 2027

    Apply for funding to develop a large or complex scientific project. You must have already discussed your ideas with one of our programme managers and have been invited to submit a full proposal. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.STFC

  • Access EuroHPC supercomputers for AI development (AI Factories)

    Apply for supercomputer time to train and develop AI models through EuroHPC. Aimed at startups, small medium enterprises, industry and the public sector working on AI and data-intensive tasks. UK applicants are eligible. No funding is provided.UKRI-wide

  • Access EuroHPC quantum computers through the pilot call

    Apply for access to Europe's quantum computers through the EuroHPC quantum access pilot. Open to researchers exploring quantum computing and hybrid quantum and HPC work. UK applicants are eligible. No funding is provided.UKRI-wide

  • Access EuroHPC supercomputers for research computing

    Apply for time on Europe's supercomputers through EuroHPC. Access modes suit every stage, from testing code to large-scale research. UK researchers are eligible as EuroHPC members.UKRI-wide