New Grants Added This Week – 16th August 2026 to 23rd August 2026
There were 29 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £4,748,000.
The amounts available range from £8,000 to £1,000,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Purchasing Equipment and Recruit and Develop Staff.
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:
Demand-Led Innovation in Security (November 2026)
The results of the project supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, a community of EU civil security practitioners with common user/functional needs for innovative technology solutions being identified and supported by an industrial base, in particular SMEs and Startups, to access the public procurement market and scale up their business.
Purchase Mid-Range Equipment for Biomedical Research: MRC Equip
This funding opportunity will support the purchase of mid-range capital equipment to enable and enhance research across Medical Research Council’s (MRC’s) scientific areas.
Research Infrastructure Renewal
UK research organisations can apply for funding to renew, replace and enhance existing research infrastructure and facility capabilities that are demonstrably available to the wider environmental science community.
UK-Singapore CRD 2026
This competition aims to fund business-led collaborative research and development projects focused on industrial research.
Scale Post-Acceleration Programme
This accelerator programme is designed to support scale-ups and start-ups that are actively raising capital or have secured at least €200,000 investment in the last 18 months and are ready to accelerate international expansion.
Olfactory Perception
This programme is accepting proposals for teams to build the Open Olfactory Resource (OOR). The OOR is the world’s largest open, cross-domain dataset of volatile chemical signals.
Transforming Towns Place Making Grant 2025-2027 – Building Acquisition and Renovation
This scheme is providing funding for local businesses, social enterprises, and public bodies to enable a broad and flexible programme of support for a wide range of projects that can help to rejuvenate town centres across mid-Wales. Eligible projects can include, but are not limited to, green infrastructure developments, public realm improvements, installing digital infrastructure in town centres and residential property improvements.
Transforming Towns Place Making Grant 2025-2027 – Purchasing Capital Equipment
This scheme is providing funding for local businesses, social enterprises, and public bodies to enable a broad and flexible programme of support for a wide range of projects that can help to rejuvenate town centres across mid-Wales. Eligible projects can include, but are not limited to, green infrastructure developments, public realm improvements, installing digital infrastructure in town centres and residential property improvements.
Shape Acceleration Programme
This accelerator programme is designed to support cultural and creative sector start-ups that have validated a market need through early traction, such as pilot customers or initial revenues, and are ready to strengthen product-market fit, refine their business model, and prepare for future investment.
Full ADOPT Grant: Round 9
This competition aims to support innovative, on-farm trials or experiments to test ideas or solutions and demonstrate that they will address major on-farm or immediate post farmgate challenges or opportunities.