New Grants Added This Week – 10th May 2026 to 17th May 2026
There were 74 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £14,399,000.
The amounts available range from £1,000 to £11,300,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Overseas Markets Development, Property Development, Purchasing Equipment, Recruit and Develop Staff, Starting a Business and Working Capital.
Money is available for the following business types: Academic, Large Business, Medium Business, Micro Business, Research Organisation, Small Business and Start-ups.
Top 10 Funding Opportunities:
Centre for Quantum Commercialisation Skills
Research organisations are invited to apply for funding to establish a UK centre for quantum commercialisation skills.
Battery Innovation Programme: Battery Skills Initiatives
Businesses can apply for funding to establish or scale regional skills initiatives for battery manufacturing and its supply chain.
The Content Fund 2026
The fund aims to support projects to develop commercial games-for-entertainment with potential to secure a commercial audience at scale. Eligible projects must have a prototype in place.
Wellcome Career Development Awards (July 2026)
This Award is providing funding to mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders to help them develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.
Wellcome Accelerator Awards (August 2026) – Research and Development
This scheme aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that put them in a stronger position to reach their next career stage.
Wellcome Accelerator Awards (August 2026) – Training and Skills Development
This scheme aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that put them in a stronger position to reach their next career stage.
‘Making Wood Work for Wales’ Capital Grant Scheme (June 2026)
Businesses can apply for funding to enhance their ability to do one or more of the following: increase capacity for seed supply, as a tree nursery and/or for ground preparation, realise forestry potential by bringing woodlands under management and/or increasing harvesting and enabling/improving primary processing, promote the economic and sustainable production of timber and timber products and support their transition towards net zero.
‘Making Wood Work for Wales’ Capital Grant Scheme (August 2026)
Businesses can apply for funding to enhance their ability to do one or more of the following: increase capacity for seed supply, as a tree nursery and/or for ground preparation, realise forestry potential by bringing woodlands under management and/or increasing harvesting and enabling/improving primary processing, promote the economic and sustainable production of timber and timber products and support their transition towards net zero.
‘Making Wood Work for Wales’ Capital Grant Scheme (October 2026)
Businesses can apply for funding to enhance their ability to do one or more of the following: increase capacity for seed supply, as a tree nursery and/or for ground preparation, realise forestry potential by bringing woodlands under management and/or increasing harvesting and enabling/improving primary processing, promote the economic and sustainable production of timber and timber products and support their transition towards net zero.
‘Making Wood Work for Wales’ Capital Grant Scheme (December 2026)
Businesses can apply for funding to enhance their ability to do one or more of the following: increase capacity for seed supply, as a tree nursery and/or for ground preparation, realise forestry potential by bringing woodlands under management and/or increasing harvesting and enabling/improving primary processing, promote the economic and sustainable production of timber and timber products and support their transition towards net zero.