New Grants Added This Week – 18th October 2026 to 25th October 2026
There were 38 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £32,168,400.
The amounts available range from £1,000 to £15,000,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Overseas Markets Development, Purchasing Equipment, Recruit and Develop Staff 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:
Pre-Announcement: Engineering Biology Programme: Mission Hubs
UK research organisations can apply for funding to pursue a flagship applied research and innovation programme aimed at harnessing engineering biology to address major industrial and societal challenges through a mission focus.
Pre-Announcement: Engineering Biology Programme: Foundational Technology Hubs
UK research organisations can apply for funding to deliver a flagship interdisciplinary research programme that develops foundational engineering biology technologies, platforms and capabilities.
Standards and Benchmarks for Dexterous Robotics – Request for Proposal
This programme is inviting proposals to develop benchmarks, standards, interfaces, or other shared capabilities that make it easier to develop and deploy dexterous robots.
Supply Chain Fund
This Fund aims to support the development of manufacture of products or component parts associated with domestic renewable technology leading to economic growth within the region.
i4i – LeapX Joint Funding Opportunity – October 2026
This funding opportunity is inviting applications to support collaborative, late-stage development and evaluation of healthcare innovations.
Advancing Solutions for Critical Mineral Production and Recycling
UK research organisations can apply for pump-priming funding to explore, test and validate disruptive solutions for critical mineral extraction, processing, recovery, reprocessing, recycling or re-mining, with the potential to transform UK critical mineral value chains.
HIE Innovation Programme – Research and Development Grants
This grant will help businesses access technical expertise or specialist knowledge to help them explore technical challenges, test ideas and bring innovations closer to market.
5th Innowwide Call for Market Feasibility Projects – Autumn 2026
This scheme is providing funding for SMEs wanting to carry out a market feasibility study in a country in the Americas, Africa, Asia, or Oceania.
Hidden Stab Vests for Women
This challenge is seeking innovators to develop discreet, wearable stab-resistant body armour specifically designed for women.
SME Market Expansion Open Call 2027
This Call aims to support SMEs to accelerate the commercial deployment of a significantly improved product or service by expanding into a new customer segment, sector or geographical market. The Call will focus on topics including, but not limited to, public and shared transport, urban logistics and electrification of transport and alternative fuels.