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Here you can view details of archived opportunities and funding. These are no longer open for applications and should only be used for reference.
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Freight Innovation Fund Accelerator 2025
Opens 08/05/2025
Closes: 09/06/2025
A multi-faceted programme which will accelerate the adoption of commercially ready solutions into the Freight sector (all transport modes).
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Net Zero Heating of Heritage Public Buildings
Opens 28/04/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
Seeking solutions to achieve Net Zero heating for a Grade II listed building, possibly leading to future strategies for other national heritage buildings.
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ICURe Engage Outreach June 2025 – in collaboration with University Alliance
Opens 22/04/2025
Closes: 22/05/2025
Innovate UK ICURe Engage Outreach is a 6-week, part-time programme which helps you identify who could benefit from your research, and the benefits of entrepreneurship.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Detecting Nitrous Oxide levels in maternity wards
Opens 28/04/2025
Closes: 06/06/2025
Hull University Teaching Hospitals seek innovators who can provide a solution to allow them to monitor and display levels of nitrous gases in their clinical suites in real time.
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Surveillance challenge using edge AI
Opens 28/04/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
Surveillance cameras are vital tools for use in national security, but they are often battery powered, power-hungry and run for a long time to capture the right footage. HMGCC Co-Creation wants to hear from organisations capable of enabling visual surveillance systems to operate with less power – using edge AI.
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Global Business Innovation Programme: Digital Health, USA
Opens 22/04/2025
Closes: 08/06/2025
Innovate UK seeks up to 15 ambitious UK small businesses (with under 250 employees) who want to explore digital health opportunities in the USA.
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Global Incubator Programme: USA (Houston) Healthtech – Medical Devices - 2025
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 30/05/2025
Delivered in partnership with the Texas Medical Center Innovation (TMCi), Houston, USA and supported by the Department for Business & Trade (DBT), this Global Incubator Programme (GIP) will give medical device companies the opportunity to explore and exploit collaborative innovation and growth opportunities in the US market.
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Global Incubator Programme: Canada - AI for Health
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 01/06/2025
Delivered by Innovate UK, in partnership with MaRS, this Global Incubator Programme (GIP) provides an opportunity for UK-based companies to expand into the North American market and collaborate with one of the world’s largest innovation hubs for AI and healthcare.
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Developing Semiconductor Hardware for Critical Technologies
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million. These feasibility studies will investigate ways to improve semiconductor design and manufacture within the UK to support critical technologies.
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Contracts for Innovation: READ-OUT digital cognitive dementia assessments
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 14/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a single award of up to £600,000, inclusive of VAT, to implement and assess a dementia based digital cognitive assessment (DCA) to be evaluated as part of the READ-OUT study being managed by the University of Oxford.
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HMGCC Co-creation Challenge: Tracking solution for alternative positioning, navigation and timing
Opens 14/04/2025
Closes: 15/05/2025
HMGCC seek devices that are small in size, weight and power (SWaP) to track government staff, that can be used when satellite systems such as Global Positioning System (GPS) aren’t available.
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Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – Platform Train Interface
Opens 07/04/2025
Closes: 28/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7m across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution.
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Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – Personal Safety
Opens 07/04/2025
Closes: 28/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7m across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution.
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Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – Bridge Strikes
Opens 07/04/2025
Closes: 28/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7m across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution.
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Contracts for Innovation: FOAK 2025 – AI for Complex Processes
Opens 07/04/2025
Closes: 28/05/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7m across four themes to develop a prototype, conduct field testing and demonstrate their solution.
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AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge 2025
Opens 01/04/2025
Closes: 28/04/2025
Trilateral international maritime defence challenge, focused on undersea Command, Control and Communications.
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Using maths to tackle challenges in energy, green economy & data science
Opens 01/04/2025
Closes: 07/05/2025
Join King’s College’s “Industry Needs and Research Opportunities” workshops centred around Data Science, Banking and Finance.
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UK Quantum Hackathon 2025 - call for use cases
Opens 27/03/2025
Closes: 30/05/2025
NQCC seeks innovative use cases for this year’s hackathon from businesses and organisations in the public sector, third sector, and higher education.
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UK Space Agency: National Space Innovation Programme – Call 2
Opens 31/03/2025
Closes: 23/04/2025
The UK Space Agency invites proposals for UK-based R&D to deliver innovative space technologies, applications and services through the National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP).
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DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: small projects
Opens 31/03/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8m for innovation projects.
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DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: large projects
Opens 31/03/2025
Closes: 29/05/2025
UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovation projects to grow their business. This funding is from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).
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