Open grants that pay for innovation and r&d, from government, councils and other public funders. 9 open today, soonest deadline first.
Tamworth Borough Council
Capital grants for Tamworth businesses that have completed a listed Staffordshire growth programme, to fund equipment, software, technology and other investment that helps them grow and improve productivity.
Up to £1,000
Closes 30 Nov 2026 (18 days left)
Tamworth only
Innovate UK (UKRI)
Grant funding for UK SMEs developing advanced materials innovations, conditional on aligned private investment from a selected investor partner. Suits micro, small and medium UK businesses with an investor partner's backing.
Amount varies
Closes 19 Jan 2027
UK-wide
Innovate UK (delivered with Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Advanced Propulsion Centre UK)
Grant funding for UK zero emission vehicle manufacturing scale-up projects at pilot or demonstration scale. Projects must request between £2.5 million and £20 million and be matched by at least twice the grant in private investment.
£2,500,000 to £20,000,000
Closes 27 Jan 2027
UK-wide
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Innovate UK
Collaborative grant funding for projects that scale interoperable vehicle-to-everything (V2X) bidirectional EV charging to deliver electricity grid flexibility by 2030. Suits consortia spanning transport and energy sectors.
Amount varies
Closes 27 Jan 2027
UK-wide
Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), delivered with Innovate UK
Collaborative R&D grants for projects developing soil, water and environmental management solutions that benefit farmers, growers and foresters in England. Suits UK-registered businesses and partners with total project costs of £1 million to £5 million.
Amount varies
Closes 28 Jan 2027
UK-wide
Innovate UK (UKRI)
Grant funding for UK businesses to collaborate with a Netherlands-based business on commercial quantum technology development, prototyping and testing. Suits UK firms with a Dutch partner applying to RVO in parallel.
£250,000 to £400,000
Closes 9 Feb 2027
UK-wide
Department for Business and Trade, Innovate UK and the Aerospace Technology Institute
Grant funding for civil aerospace research and technology development in the UK. Suits UK registered SMEs whose primary exploitation route is civil aerospace, including consortia with at least one SME.
Amount varies
No closing date stated
UK-wide
North East BIC
Grants covering 40% of innovative projects costing between £5,000 and £25,000 for trading businesses in Sunderland working from commercial premises. The project must be new to the business or marketplace and create at least one job.
Amount varies
No closing date stated
Sunderland only
Grants for small and medium-sized businesses in South Yorkshire to improve productivity and drive digital innovation through capital or revenue spending, such as software, digital equipment and manufacturing machinery.
£2,500 to £12,499
No closing date stated
Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield only