Top 10 Funding Opportunities:

XR2Industry 2nd Open Call

This project aims to empower innovative XR solutions while ensuring scalability and interoperability for industry-wide adoption. The Open Call is seeking up to two developers to create interoperability and standardization solutions for XR mass adoption. Applicants must address one of two specific challenges: Tracking environment, avatar customisation, industrial digital twins and eye tracking.

Sustainable Packaging Innovation Lab

This programme is seeking novel sustainable packaging or packaging alternatives that can replace single-use packaging and single-use plastic packaging. The programme has three tracks: Applied R&D, which seeks proposals aimed at bringing a solution for specialty crop exports that is still at the laboratory stage but shows high promise to be implemented in pilot-scale manufacturing with minimal further effort, Technology Accelerator, which seeks proposals aimed on scaling innovations in sustainable packaging for the fresh produce industry, and Scale-up and pilot, which seeks proposals to run pilot-scale manufacturing projects aimed at commercializing a packaging solution for specialty crop exports.

First BioAgora Cascade Funding Call: Capacity Development Initiatives at the Science-Policy-Society Interface

This cascade funding call is seeking capacity development initiatives aimed at capacity building across the science-policy-society interface. The call invites proposals for a wide range of capacity development activities which enhance skills and capacities of scientists, policymakers and other actors to collaborate at the science-policy-society interface.

UKSPF Open Call for 2025-26 Projects – Open Call 1 – Employment Support for Inactive Individuals – Revenue Projects – Job Creation

The scheme is providing funding to support businesses and other organisations to deliver local projects specified by Nottingham City Council for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund intervention for People and Skills. This scheme requires the successful applicants to deliver intensive and wrap-around one-to-one support to move people closer towards mainstream provision and employment, supplemented by additional and/or specialist life and basic skills support where there are local provision gaps.

UKSPF Open Call for 2025-26 Projects – Open Call 1 – Employment Support for Inactive Individuals – Revenue Projects – Working Capital

The scheme is providing funding to support businesses and other organisations to deliver local projects specified by Nottingham City Council for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund intervention for People and Skills. This scheme requires the successful applicants to deliver intensive and wrap-around one-to-one support to move people closer towards mainstream provision and employment, supplemented by additional and/or specialist life and basic skills support where there are local provision gaps.

UKSPF Open Call for 2025-26 Projects – Open Call 1 – Employment Support for Inactive Individuals – Revenue Projects – Purchasing Capital Equipment

The scheme is providing funding to support businesses and other organisations to deliver local projects specified by Nottingham City Council for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund intervention for People and Skills. This scheme requires the successful applicants to deliver intensive and wrap-around one-to-one support to move people closer towards mainstream provision and employment, supplemented by additional and/or specialist life and basic skills support where there are local provision gaps.

UKSPF Open Call for 2025-26 Projects – Open Call 1 – Employment Support for Inactive Individuals – Revenue Projects – Building Acquisition and Renovation

The scheme is providing funding to support businesses and other organisations to deliver local projects specified by Nottingham City Council for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund intervention for People and Skills. This scheme requires the successful applicants to deliver intensive and wrap-around one-to-one support to move people closer towards mainstream provision and employment, supplemented by additional and/or specialist life and basic skills support where there are local provision gaps.

UKSPF Open Call for 2025-26 Projects – Open Call 2 – Support Local Businesses – Revenue Projects – Job Creation

The scheme is providing funding to support businesses and other organisations to deliver local projects that fall under the following Lots: Supporting Business Growth, Supporting the Social Economy and Supporting Business Start-ups/Entrepreneurs. Funding of between £75,000 and £125,000 is available for Supporting Business Growth, funding of between £75,000 and £100,000 is available for Supporting the Social Economy and funding of between £75,000 and £125,000 is available for Supporting Business Start-ups/Entrepreneurs.

UKSPF Open Call for 2025-26 Projects – Open Call 2 – Support Local Businesses – Revenue Projects – Working Capital

The scheme is providing funding to support businesses and other organisations to deliver local projects that fall under the following Lots: Supporting Business Growth, Supporting the Social Economy and Supporting Business Start-ups/Entrepreneurs. Funding of between £75,000 and £125,000 is available for Supporting Business Growth, funding of between £75,000 and £100,000 is available for Supporting the Social Economy and funding of between £75,000 and £125,000 is available for Supporting Business Start-ups/Entrepreneurs.

UKSPF Open Call for 2025-26 Projects – Open Call 2 – Support Local Businesses – Revenue Projects – Purchasing Capital Equipment

The scheme is providing funding to support businesses and other organisations to deliver local projects that fall under the following Lots: Supporting Business Growth, Supporting the Social Economy and Supporting Business Start-ups/Entrepreneurs. Funding of between £75,000 and £125,000 is available for Supporting Business Growth, funding of between £75,000 and £100,000 is available for Supporting the Social Economy and funding of between £75,000 and £125,000 is available for Supporting Business Start-ups/Entrepreneurs.