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    Grants

    UK innovation & research grants

    Non-equity funding from Innovate UK, UKRI and other public funders — every record links back to its canonical source.

    Live now
    148
    Value in flight
    £2.8bn
    Funders
    13
    On record
    184

    Most active funders

    1. 01Innovate UK43
      £2.4bn
    2. 02Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)19
      £38.8m
    3. 03Medical Research Council (MRC)18
      £112m
    4. 04Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)11
      £14m
    5. 05UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION UKRI11
      £52.5m
    6. 06Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)10
      £27.2m

    Biggest open grants · GBP-listed

    1. 01Battery Electric Vessels and Charging Infrastructure Grantest.£150m
      Innovate UKCloses 16 Sept 2026
    2. 02Clean Maritime Solutions and Alternative Fuel Infrastructureest.£150m
      Innovate UK

    Grant index

    OpenEnergy & Utilities🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Clean Maritime Energy Efficiency Projects

    £150 million available for UK organisations to develop and deploy vessel energy efficiency technology and clean maritime infrastructure over three years.

    est.£150,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 26 Mar 2026Closes in 10 weeks
    Previous1...5678Next
    Closes 16 Sept 2026
  1. 03Zero Emission Vehicle Manufacturing Scale-up Fundest.£150m
    Innovate UK
  2. 04Zero Emission Vehicle Manufacturing Scale-Up Fundest.£150m
    Innovate UK
  3. 05Zero Emission Vehicle Manufacturing Scale-Up Fundest.£150m
    Innovate UKCloses 15 Aug 2026
  4. OpenTransport & Logistics🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Clean Maritime Solutions and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure

    Secure up to £150 million to develop and deploy zero emission vessels and alternative fuel infrastructure across UK ports over three years.

    est.£150,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 26 Mar 2026Closes in 10 weeks
    OpenTransport & Logistics🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Battery Electric Vessels and Charging Infrastructure Grant

    Grants up to £150 million for UK organisations to develop and operate battery electric vessels and charging infrastructure over three years.

    est.£150,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 26 Mar 2026Closes in 10 weeks
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    MRC-Funded Data Access for Our Future Health Research

    The MRC will cover data access costs for eligible researchers using the Our Future Health dataset for health improvement research through a rolling application process.

    est.£1,000,000Medical Research Council (MRC)
    Published 23 Mar 2026
    OpenTransport & Logistics🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Pre-Deployment Trials

    Access up to £121 million in funding to develop and test innovative clean maritime technologies through collaborative demonstration projects with the Department for Transport.

    est.£121,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 11 Mar 2026Closes in 9 days
    OpenTransport & Logistics🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Clean Maritime Technology Pre-deployment Trials

    Funding available for UK organisations to conduct land-based testing trials of innovative clean maritime technologies before deployment.

    est.£121,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 11 Mar 2026Closes in 9 days
    OpenEnergy & Utilities🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Clean Maritime Feasibility Studies Competition

    UK organisations can secure funding for feasibility studies exploring innovative clean maritime technologies for vessels, infrastructure, or skills development.

    est.£121,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 11 Mar 2026Closes in 9 days
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Clean Maritime Technology Feasibility Studies Competition

    UK organisations can apply for up to £121 million in Department for Transport funding to conduct feasibility studies on innovative clean maritime technologies through collaborative projects.

    est.£121,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 11 Mar 2026Closes in 9 days
    OpenTransport & Logistics🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Clean Maritime Technology Deployment Trials Competition

    Apply for up to £121 million to test innovative clean maritime technologies in real-world operations as part of the UK's net zero transition.

    est.£121,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 11 Mar 2026Closes in 9 days
    OpenEnergy & Utilities🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Clean Maritime Deployment Trials Competition 7

    Collaborate with partners to access up to £121 million in UK government funding for clean maritime technology deployment trials.

    est.£121,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 11 Mar 2026Closes in 9 days
    OpenHealthcare & Medical🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Small Molecule Drug Discovery Through AstraZeneca High-Throughput Screening

    MRC-funded program providing academic researchers access to AstraZeneca's two million-molecule library and advanced screening facilities to discover potential drug candidates.

    est.£1,000,000Medical Research Council (MRC)
    Published 30 Jan 2026Closes in 9 weeks
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    AHRC Proof of Concept: Translating Research into Real-World Impact

    Funding up to £150,000 to help arts and humanities researchers translate previous AHRC or UKRI-funded research into real-world economic, societal, cultural, or policy impact.

    est.£150,000Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
    Published 27 Jan 2026
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    BBSRC International Travel Award for Biological Sciences Researchers

    BBSRC offers up to £3,000 to UK biological sciences researchers with current BBSRC grants to support short-term international travel for collaboration and research activities.

    est.£3,000Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
    Published 21 Oct 2025Closes in 41 weeks
    OpenManufacturing🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Zero Emission Vehicle Manufacturing Scale-up Fund

    UK grants up to £150 million for organisations building manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.

    est.£150,000,000Innovate UK
    Published 17 Sept 2025
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    STFC Research Grant Funding - Projects Peer Review Panel 2026

    STFC invites pre-qualified researchers to apply for research grants up to 80% of Full Economic Cost for large-scale projects in physics, astronomy, and computing through the 2026 Peer Review Panel.

    Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
    Published 8 Sept 2025Closes in 7 weeks
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    UK International Ocean Drilling Programme Site Survey Funding

    UK funding opportunity offering up to £500,000 for site survey investigations to support scientific ocean drilling expedition applications.

    est.£800,000Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
    Published 5 Sept 2025Closes in 8 days
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    EPSRC Advanced Materials Research Grants

    EPSRC is funding research into advanced materials for critical minerals and real-time materials characterization with grants covering up to 80% of project costs.

    Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
    Published 25 Aug 2025
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    BBSRC Brazil Research Collaboration Grant

    UK research funding to develop collaborative research partnerships with scientists in São Paulo, Brazil, offering up to £35,000 over two years for travel, subsistence, and joint activities.

    est.£35,000Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
    Published 15 Jul 2025Closes in 22 days
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    NERC UK International Ocean Drilling Programme Moratorium Research Funding

    NERC funding for UK researchers to conduct post-cruise research on international ocean drilling expeditions, with awards up to £62,500 for eligible career stages.

    Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
    Published 24 Jun 2025
    OpenResearch & Innovation🇬🇧United Kingdom

    UK-Norway Research Collaboration Funding

    Apply for UK-UKRI funding to lead international research projects with Norwegian collaborators as co-investigators, with Norwegian costs capped at 30% of total project value.

    UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION UKRI
    Published 1 Apr 2025