Innovate UK
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Advanced manufacturing supply chain innovation: CRD – UKRI Grant Opportunity
Innovate UK is funding collaborative UK industrial research projects to improve advanced manufacturing supply chain productivity, efficiency, and resilience, with applications open as of April 2026 and closing on 10 June 2026.
Apply for Dual-use aviation systems and autonomy 2026: Up to GBP 10 Million in Grant Funding for UK Organisations
UK Research and Innovation and Innovate UK are funding UK-registered collaborations to develop dual-use aviation and autonomy systems, with funding requests from GBP 300,000 to GBP 1.25 million per project.
Apply for Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency (ZEVI 2)
UKRI and Innovate UK, with Department for Transport support, are funding up to £150 million in real-world clean maritime development projects focused on vessel energy efficiency, requiring collaboration, UK operations, and a three-year post-build demonstration.
Battery Innovation Programme: Battery Skills Initiatives
UK registered organisations can apply for grant support to establish or scale regional battery manufacturing skills pathways with UKRI-funded Innovate UK competition funding from up to £3.7 million total and project budgets between £440,000 and £1.2 million.
CfI: Boosting Fathers' Engagement to Improve Child Outcomes
Innovate UK is funding phase 1 competition projects that build evidence-based interventions, products, tools, or service models to increase fathers' engagement in learning and child development, with an overall budget of up to £2,000,000 and individual phase 1 contracts between £200,000 and £500,000 inclusive of VAT.
Contracts for Innovation: FOAK26 (DFT Rail Innovation, 2026-27)
Innovate UK and the Department for Transport are running FOAK26, a 2026 rail-focused Contracts for Innovation competition to fund first-of-a-kind prototypes, field testing, and demonstrator projects across eight practical challenges.
Funding opportunity: Zero emission vessels and infrastructure round two: electric power
UKRI’s Innovate UK, with Department for Transport support, is funding UK-led collaborative projects for electric maritime technologies under the ZEVI 2 programme, with up to £150,000,000 in total available funding and competition closing 16 September 2026.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2026 to 2027 Round 2
UKRI and Innovate UK are opening an open-to-apply KTP round for UK-registered knowledge base organisations partnering with UK businesses on 12- to 36-month innovation projects.
National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility Studies Round 2
UKRI’s Innovate UK competition for UK registered businesses to fund materials innovation projects that advance toward industrial adoption, with up to £2 million in total and project requests between £50,000 and £100,000.
UK Counter UAS Technologies Grant (Innovate UK) 2026: Counter UAS Technologies
UKRI/Innovate UK will invest in UK organisations and consortia to develop dual-use counter-drone technologies for civil, defence, security, and critical infrastructure protection in the 2026 competition.