Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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Funding

£500,000 – £750,000

Location

England

Applications

Open until 27 May 2026

Overview

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of £4.5 million to create AI datasets and benchmarks. Individual grants range from £500,000 to £750,000. The programme focuses on creating, organising and using data that will help the AI industry grow. You need to be a UK registered organisation to apply. The deadline is 27 May 2026. This is funding from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation. The programme aims to fuel AI industry growth through better data and benchmarks.

Eligibility

Key requirements:

  • Must be UK registered organisation
Who is this for?

This grant is for UK registered organisations working on artificial intelligence datasets and benchmarks. You could be a tech company, research organisation, or data specialist. You need to be registered in the UK and working on AI data projects.

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Full details from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million. This programme focuses on the creation, curation, annotation and exploitation of FAIR-data and benchmarks which will fuel AI industry growth. This funding is from Innovate UK.

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Last updated: 19 May 2026