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With the increased RDEC rate, UK R&D tax relief has become more lucrative for companies that are awarded innovation grants. Why? From April 2023, the RDEC rate increased from 13% to 20%, and companies that win innovation grants are typically eligible for the RDEC scheme.

If you’re an innovative business looking for grants, your search stops here! Below is a curated list of some of the most exciting grant funding opportunities currently available.

LATEST INNOVATION GRANTS

UK-US Offshore Wind Collaborative R&D

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for offshore wind R&D projects. UK projects must work in collaboration with separately funded US projects. This funding is from Innovate UK and for UK projects only.

 

Eligibility

This competition is open to UK organisations working in collaboration with US projects.

To lead a project your organisation must:
  • be a UK registered business of any size or a research and technology organisation (RTO)
  • be or involve at least one grant claiming UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
  • work with a US project which intends to apply or has already applied for funding from the US National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC)

Opening soon

Opens: 16 October 2023
Closes: 10 January 2024

Creative Catalyst: AI in the Music Industry

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million for projects that develop new innovative products and services for the UK music industry. This funding is part of Innovate UK’s Creative Catalyst.

 

Eligibility

This competition is open to collaborations only.
To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.
You must involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
 

Open now

Opened: 10 October 2023
Closes: 22 November 2023

Mindset: Extended reality for digital mental health – Strand 2

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million across two strands of the competition. This is for industrial research projects that provide immersive digital mental health therapeutic solutions.

 

Eligibility

This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations. To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.

Open now

Opened: 9 October 2023
Closes: 6 December 2023

Mindset: Extended Reality for digital mental health – strand 1

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million across the two strands of the competition. In this strand we will support R&D feasibility studies that provide immersive digital mental health therapeutic solutions.

 

Eligibility

This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.
To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.

 

Open now

Opened: 9 October 2023
Closes: 6 December 2023

African Innovation Collaborations for Net Zero Places

UK registered businesses, in collaboration with African partners, can apply for a share of up to £2 million for collaborative, urban innovation projects. This will support the transition to net zero, both within the UK and Africa.

 

Eligibility

This competition is open to collaborations between eligible UK organisations and partners based in Kenya, South Africa, or Nigeria. To lead a project, your organisation must be a UK-registered business. Your project must involve at least one grant-claiming SME.

Open now

Opened: 9 October 2023
Closes: 22 November 2023

Innovate UK Smart Grants September 2023

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.

Eligibility

This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.

To lead a project your organisation must:

  • be a UK registered business of any size
  • be a UK registered research and technology organisation (RTO)
  • carry out all your research and development (R&D) project activity in the UK
  • intend to commercially exploit the project results from the UK

You must be or involve at least one grant claiming micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).

Open now

Opened: 28 September 2023
Closes: 17 January 2024
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