Funding Opportunities
Positive change is driven through new ideas and innovation. But innovation is complex. Sometimes projects need to be connected with new opportunities or looked at from new perspectives to make the difference. This is where KTN comes in.
If you’re looking for experienced input into your idea, product, service, research or challenge, then invite us to get involved. We will not only work with you in understanding your market or challenge but will also direct you to the latest funding opportunities available, and how you can apply.
To find how KTN can support your funding application or help you find partners, click here.
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Farming Futures R&D Fund: Climate smart farming
Opens 30/03/2022
Closes: 18/05/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million from the Farming Futures R&D Fund, a part of the Farming Innovation Programme. Your project must be able to demonstrate how the project will benefit farmers, growers or foresters in England. Expression of interest required, with full details to follow at stage 2.
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Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2022 to 2023, round 2
Opens 11/04/2022
Closes: 15/06/2022
The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme allows a UK registered business or not for profit organisation to partner with a UK education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project.
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Analysis for Innovators (A4I) Round 7
Opens 28/03/2022
Closes: 20/04/2022
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million to resolve productivity and competitiveness problems, working with top scientists and research facilities.
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UK Seafood Fund: Fisheries Industry Science Partnerships scheme
Opens 28/03/2022
Closes: 16/05/2022
The FISP scheme will improve and share knowledge of fisheries and aquaculture by funding data collection and research to support sustainable fisheries management. You can apply for contracts of up to £300,000 to carry out a full research project (through FISP part B), or grants of up to £20,000 to develop research proposals (through FISP part A).
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Automotive Transformation Fund Expression of Interest: Round 20
Opens 28/03/2022
Closes: 20/04/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
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World Bioprotection Summit: Call for Investor Ready Session Pitches
Opens 21/03/2022
Closes: 08/04/2022
You are invited to submit your pitch for a live on-stage session. As well as providing exposure to an audience of international investors, a panel of WBF Dragons will evaluate the pitches and an Award will be offered for the best pitch.
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Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) bi-directional charging Phase 1
Opens 24/03/2022
Closes: 04/05/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million funding from BEIS to develop V2X bi-directional electric vehicle charging prototype hardware, software or business models.
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iX challenge: Kiln waste heat recovery for use in brick and tile dryers
Opens 07/03/2022
Closes: 22/04/2022
This iX competition, delivered by Innovate UK KTN, is supporting Hinton Perry and Davenhill Ltd to identify solutions to their energy challenges. This current challenge is to capture the waste heat from their kilns and deliver it to their brick and tile dryers at their Dudley site, to largely eliminate the use of gas burners.
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Museum of Design in Plastics residency call
Opens 18/03/2022
Closes: 22/04/2022
The Museum of Design in Plastics (MoDiP) is excited to announce an open call for applications from UK based practitioners/researchers who are interested in undertaking a residency exploring how to communicate the value of plastics.
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SBRI: digital technologies for robotic nuclear decommissioning
Opens 16/03/2022
Closes: 27/04/2022
Organisations can apply for a share of £1.5 million inclusive of VAT, to develop solutions using robotic systems and digital technologies for nuclear decommissioning.
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Driving the Electric Revolution: Building Talent for the Future 2 - projects up to £50k
Opens 11/03/2022
Closes: 27/04/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million for innovative skills, talent, and training projects for Power Electronics, Motors and Drives (PEMD). This funding is from the Driving the Electric Revolution challenge.
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Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 1: Industry-led R&D
Opens 28/03/2022
Closes: 25/05/2022
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £15 million to develop innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges.
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Innovation in time resilience, dissemination and application
Opens 14/03/2022
Closes: 01/06/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.7 million for business led innovation in resilient time, frequency and synchronisation.
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Global IX challenge: Re-use, Re-fill, Re-imagine – Innovative solutions for online consumer products within South-Africa
Opens 11/03/2022
Closes: 15/05/2022
This Global Alliance Innovation Exchange challenge competition is supporting Unilever to identify innovative approaches towards new circular business models for reuse and refill models for online customers within South Africa.
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Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition: Round One
Opens 10/03/2022
Closes: 13/04/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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SBRI: NHS England and NHS Improvement open call for innovation in cancer diagnosis
Opens 28/02/2022
Closes: 24/05/2022
NHS England and NHS Improvement is delighted to announce a £15 million funding competition for innovation to go to the open market in the field of cancer. This competition invites applications for funding to implement solutions in late-stage development into front-line settings to improve early detection and diagnosis of cancer.
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Generation, storage and distribution of hydrogen - investment pitch opportunity for innovators
Opens 07/03/2022
Closes: 24/04/2022
Innovate UK KTN is inviting innovators with high impact solutions for the generation, storage and distribution of hydrogen to pitch to five venture investors: Zero Carbon Capital, IQ Capital, Chrysalix, CEMEX Ventures, and AP Ventures.
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Automotive Transformation Fund Expression of Interest: Round 19
Opens 28/02/2022
Closes: 23/03/2022
Registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.
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Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition: Advanced Radio Frequency Sensing, Integrated Effects and PNT
Opens 24/02/2022
Closes: 26/04/2022
This competition is looking for disruptive innovations that change our approaches to delivering pervasive, resilient Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and agile effects using Radio Frequencies (RF), supported by Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) as a Service (PNTaaS), into future Defence & Security Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) landscapes.
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Royal Society Industry Fellowships 2022
Opens 24/02/2022
Closes: 21/04/2022
The Royal Society Industry Fellowships are open to academic and industrial researchers from early to senior career stage based in the UK. Secondments must be between the academic and industry sector.
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iX Challenge: Innovative ways to renew small bore underground lead water pipes
Opens 17/02/2022
Closes: 15/04/2022
iX is looking to engage with innovators to help develop methods to improve the replacement of lead water pipes between the water main in the street and customers’ properties. This will remove potential health issues for customers and reduce operational costs for water companies.