New Grants Added This Week – 15th March 2026 to 22nd March 2026
There were 55 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £19,517,000.
The amounts available range from £500 to £10,500,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Property Development, Purchasing Equipment, Recruit and Develop Staff and Starting a Business.
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:
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Deployment Trials – Industrial Research
This competition is providing funding for projects to carry out deployment trials for innovative clean maritime technologies.
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Deployment Trials – Experimental Development
This competition is providing funding for projects to carry out deployment trials for innovative clean maritime technologies.
Rapid Transfusion Diagnostics: Optimising Safety on Deployed Operations
This competition is seeking proposals that develop technology to reduce the logistical burden associated with collecting, testing and administering blood in a deployed setting.
Innovation Validation Call 2026
This call aims to support innovative digital and AI-powered medical technologies that are at an Innovation Maturity Level (IML) 6 and ready for clinical validation and market launch.
Wellcome Early-Career Awards (July 2026) – Training and Skills Development
This scheme will provide funding to support early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.
Sandpit: Market Access Acceleration in Consumer Led Flexibility
Designated experts based at UK organisation eligible for Innovate UK, NERC, EPSRC or ESRC funding submit an expression of interest to co-design actionable prototype and minimum viable test products across four challenge areas: multi-market optimisation, locational price discovery, DNO flexibility incentives and flexibility ‘micro-grids’.
ESA Phi-Lab UK
ESA Phi-Lab UK is providing funding and support to enable the commercialisation of innovative technologies that promote environmental sustainability, space sustainability and space resilience.
AI Champions: Frontier AI Phase 1 – Feasibility Studies
Businesses can apply for funding to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) technologies with a clear route defensible scale-up.
AI Champions: Frontier AI Phase 1 – Industrial Research
Businesses can apply for funding to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) technologies with a clear route defensible scale-up.
i4i THRIVE – March 2026 Researcher-Led
This programme aims to support academic and clinical entrepreneurs to develop a technology-based product or service, and a structured programme of entrepreneurial training, mentoring, peer support and networking.