New UK Grants This Week - 10 August 2026
This week we found 20 new grants across 13 sectors.
This week we found 20 new grants across 13 sectors. Here's what opened.
Administrative & Support Services
- NatWest Accelerator (NatWest) - Rolling
- The Amazon Innovation Accelerator (Amazon) - Rolling
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
- Farmer Welfare Grant (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) - £1,000 - £600,000 - Closes 9 Sept
- Farming Futures R&D fund: Automation and Robotics Round 2 (Defra and Innovate UK) - £1,000 - £1,225,000 - Closes 30 Sept
- Capital Grants 2026 (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) - Up to £35,000 - Closes 1 Jan
Charities & Non-Profit
- Farmer Welfare Grant (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) - £1,000 - £600,000 - Closes 9 Sept
- AI Growth Lab (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) - Closes 28 Sept
- Ilford Community Fund (London Community Foundation) - Closes 30 Sept
- Farming Futures R&D fund: Automation and Robotics Round 2 (Defra and Innovate UK) - £1,000 - £1,225,000 - Closes 30 Sept
- Capital Grants 2026 (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) - Up to £35,000 - Closes 1 Jan
Energy & Utilities
- Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage Project Development Studies (Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)) - £350,000 - £700,000 - Closes 30 Sept
Environment & Conservation
- UKRI Translation: BBSRC Proof of Concept 2026 (UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)) - £100,000 - £800,000 - Closes 14 Oct
- UKRI Translation: BBSRC Proof of Concept 2026 (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)) - Up to £3,000,000 - Rolling
- Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomy (Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)) - Up to £4,000,000 - Rolling
Health & Social Work
- Children's Social Care Improvement Teams (CIT) (Department for Education) - £45,000 - £480,000 - Closes 8 Sept
- Farmer Welfare Grant (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) - £1,000 - £600,000 - Closes 9 Sept
Information & Communication
- Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D (Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)) - £300,000 - £4,000,000 - Closes 16 Sept
- BT's Small Business Support Scheme (BT) - Rolling
Manufacturing
- The Amazon Innovation Accelerator (Amazon) - Rolling
Professional & Scientific Services
- Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT (Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)) - £1,000,000 - £3,000,000 - Closes 16 Sept
- Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D (Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)) - £300,000 - £4,000,000 - Closes 16 Sept
- AI Growth Lab (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) - Closes 28 Sept
- Farming Futures R&D fund: Automation and Robotics Round 2 (Defra and Innovate UK) - £1,000 - £1,225,000 - Closes 30 Sept
- Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage Project Development Studies (Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)) - £350,000 - £700,000 - Closes 30 Sept
- Critical Minerals Accelerator (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) - £150,000 - £3,000,000 - Closes 1 Oct
- UKRI Translation: BBSRC Proof of Concept 2026 (UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)) - £100,000 - £800,000 - Closes 14 Oct
- EPSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)) - Rolling
- Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Medical Research Council (MRC)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)) - Up to £25,000,000 - Rolling
- NatWest Accelerator (NatWest) - Rolling
- The Amazon Innovation Accelerator (Amazon) - Rolling
- BT's Small Business Support Scheme (BT) - Rolling
- Resilient economy and security through ecosystem transitions grants (Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)) - Up to £15,000,000 - Rolling
- UKRI Translation: BBSRC Proof of Concept 2026 (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)) - Up to £3,000,000 - Rolling
- Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomy (Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)) - Up to £4,000,000 - Rolling
- Pre-announcement: Experimental medicine to define mechanisms of gambling disorder (Medical Research Council (MRC)Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)) - Up to £10,000,000 - Rolling
Public Administration & Defence
- Children's Social Care Improvement Teams (CIT) (Department for Education) - £45,000 - £480,000 - Closes 8 Sept
- Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D (Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)) - £300,000 - £4,000,000 - Closes 16 Sept
Social Enterprise
- Ilford Community Fund (London Community Foundation) - Closes 30 Sept
Water & Waste Management
- Critical Minerals Accelerator (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) - £150,000 - £3,000,000 - Closes 1 Oct
- Capital Grants 2026 (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) - Up to £35,000 - Closes 1 Jan
Wholesale & Retail Trade
- The Amazon Innovation Accelerator (Amazon) - Rolling
- BT's Small Business Support Scheme (BT) - Rolling