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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Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition – Round 4
Opens 09/06/2022
Closes: 13/07/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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Identifying Solutions to Crop Damage Caused by Birds
Opens 27/05/2022
Closes: 08/07/2022
This Innovation Exchange challenge, delivered by Innovate UK KTN through the Global Alliance Africa project, is supporting a large Agri-based Manufacturing Company with operations across Africa, which is looking for innovative solutions to prevent crop damage caused by migrating birds.
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Affordable and Easy to Maintain Solutions for Sorghum Grain Threshing (and Other Grains)
Opens 27/05/2022
Closes: 08/07/2022
This Innovation Exchange challenge, delivered by Innovate UK KTN through the Global Alliance Africa project, is supporting a large Agri-based Manufacturing Company with operations across Africa, looking for innovative solutions for grain threshing to reduce post-harvest wastage. Solutions need to be lightweight, affordable, and easy to maintain.
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Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 – Collaborative R&D
Opens 25/05/2022
Closes: 13/07/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12 million for innovative clean maritime projects. Strand 2, Collaborative R&D, is for agile development and pre-deployment testing of clean maritime technologies, with project costs £100k-£3m.
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Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 - Feasibility
Opens 25/05/2022
Closes: 13/07/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12 million for innovative clean maritime technologies. Strand 1 is for feasibility studies for pre-deployment testing for innovative clean maritime technology demonstrations, with project costs £100k-£1m.
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Faraday Battery Challenge Round 5 Innovation: CR&D
Opens 23/05/2022
Closes: 17/08/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million across two strands, for innovation in propulsion battery technologies for electric vehicles. This fund is for CR&D projects with total costs from £500,000 to £12 million.
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Faraday Battery Challenge Round 5 Innovation: Feasibility Studies
Opens 23/05/2022
Closes: 17/08/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million across two strands, for innovation in propulsion battery technologies for electric vehicles. This strand is for feasibility studies of less than 12 months with project costs between £100,000 and £750,000.
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Commercialising Connected and Automated Mobility: Deployments
Opens 23/05/2022
Closes: 20/07/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million of CCAV competition funding, supporting new automated transport service projects.
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Commercialising Connected and Automated Mobility: Mass transit
Opens 23/05/2022
Closes: 20/07/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million for feasibility studies into the use of connected and automated mobility as a mass transit solution. Your proposed automated vehicle services must be on physically segregated infrastructure.
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Automotive Transformation Fund Expression of Interest: Round 22
Opens 23/05/2022
Closes: 15/06/2022
UK 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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Transforming Foundation Industries – Success through innovation
Opens 20/05/2022
Closes: 30/05/2022
Are you a Foundation Industry Small or Medium-sized Enterprise (SME)? Apply now to receive support to enhance your capability to innovate by accessing the rich array of support, tools and grant funding available to UK companies. Apply by 30th May to secure your place.
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Horizon Europe Guarantee - EIT KICs 2022
Opens 23/05/2022
Closes: 31/12/2022
This funding route is to deliver the UK Government’s Horizon Europe guarantee for UK partners involved in EIT-KIC activities in the 2022 calendar year.
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Horizon Europe Guarantee 2022
Opens 16/05/2022
Closes: 31/12/2022
The UK government has announced a new scheme that guarantees funding for successful applicants to the first and second wave of Horizon Europe grant awards regardless of the outcome of the UK’s efforts to associate to Horizon Europe.
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Farming Innovation Programme: research starter pilot, EoI Round 2
Opens 23/05/2022
Closes: 06/07/2022
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £1 million for feasibility projects.
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iX Challenge: overhead conductor line sag measurement
Opens 10/05/2022
Closes: 22/06/2022
The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN-T), the owner of north Scotland’s high voltage electricity assets. SSEN-T is looking to engage innovators that can help them solve the challenge of accurately detecting sagging overhead conductor cables in remote locations.
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Design Exchange Partnerships: designing net zero
Opens 01/09/2022
Closes: 30/11/2022
Apply for funding to develop design-based solutions for specific net zero and climate crisis challenges facing UK coastal and island communities.
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Energy Catalyst Round 9
Opens 18/05/2022
Closes: 10/08/2022
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £20 million to create new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions.
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Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition: Round Three
Opens 12/05/2022
Closes: 08/06/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative late-stage research and development projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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Photonics21 Innovation Award
Opens 01/05/2022
Closes: 27/05/2022
Photonics21 established this dedicated Innovation Challenge to push for more entrepreneurship in photonics. Any person active in the field of optics and photonics may apply.
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Design and pilot digital skills training programmes to embed digital skills in arts and humanities research
Opens 03/05/2022
Closes: 28/07/2022
Apply for funding to design and pilot digital skills training programmes for the use of digital tools and methods in arts and humanities research. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
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SBRI: Fusion Industry Challenges - phase 1
Opens 09/05/2022
Closes: 22/06/2022
Organisations can apply for a share of £2 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop solutions to encourage innovation in the fusion industry, through the use of novel and innovative heating and cooling systems, materials, manufacturing and technologies.