Department for Business Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) Grants

Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Winter

Department for Business Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST)

The Department for Business Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) funds the Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Winter round, run by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) and administered by Innovate UK. UK registered government research organisations can apply for £50,000 to £250,000 per project to move a public sector knowledge asset towards commercial readiness. Eligible project costs are funded at 100%. The competition is open to applicants across the UK and closes at 11am on 1 December 2026. Projects run for 6, 12 or 18 months and must start between 1 March 2027 and 1 April 2027. A knowledge asset is an intangible asset your organisation holds, such as know how, intellectual property, design rights, research and development outputs, source code or creative outputs. You must own the asset and describe a plausible commercial market for it. Lead applicants are Public Sector Research Establishments, UKRI wholly owned institutes, or other public bodies such as arm's length bodies that do research as a primary function. Universities, local government and NHS trusts cannot apply.