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Technology and digital grants from Innovate UK and DSIT support software development, cybersecurity, AI adoption, and broadband expansion. Most competitions are for collaborative R&D projects. Sole developers can access smaller programmes through the Smart Grants scheme.

There are currently 62 live grants available for technology & digital businesses in the UK, with deadlines ranging from 26 August 2026 to 1 July 2029.

Checked daily. Last updated 18 August 2026.

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Ongoing

WCIT Charity

National (UK-wide)

This fund supports IT projects and activities for charities and not-for-profit organisations in North West England. You must be a registered charity or have a formal not-for-profit constitution to app

Ongoing

Contracts for innovation: ProQure, scaling UK quantum computing

Innovate UK

England

This grant offers up to £14 million in phase one funding for quantum computing projects. You can use the money to develop, build and test quantum computing hardware and software. The goal is to show y

Ongoing

Contracts for Innovation: Enabling Commercial Quantum Networking

Innovate UK

National (UK-wide), England

Innovate UK is offering funding for projects that develop commercial quantum networking technology. This grant supports businesses working on quantum communication systems and networks. The funding am

See all 9 rounds of Contracts for Innovation

Ongoing

BT's Small Business Support Scheme

England, South West England

BT's Small Business Support Scheme helps small businesses improve their digital setup and cash flow. It is open to eligible small businesses across the UK. The scheme focuses on connectivity, business

Ongoing

2523: Scaling performance of quantum computing hardware: CR&D

Innovate UK

National (UK-wide), England

Innovate UK is offering up to £33 million for businesses developing quantum computing hardware. The funding covers device-level hardware and related software. Your work must address the scale, program

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Lawtech Grant Competition Phase III

Ministry of Justice

£3,619,999 – £3,620,000England

This grant funds technology that improves or transforms legal services in England and Wales. Lawtech includes AI tools, automated legal software, and digital dispute resolution platforms. The Ministry

Closing in 11 days

European Space Agency: Digitalisation of The Water Sector

Innovate UK Business Connect

England

The European Space Agency wants space-enabled products and services to improve water resilience and sustainability. You can apply for funding to develop proofs of concept and pilot projects. The fundi

Closing in 29 days

Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D

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

£300,000 – £4,000,000England

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £13 million. The funding is for building quantum computing software applications. Your project must show clear value and high impact on near-term quantum c

Closing in 31 days

Scaling performance of quantum computing hardware: CR&D

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

£1,000,000 – £3,500,000England

Innovate UK is offering up to £33 million for quantum computing hardware research. You can apply for between £1 million and £3.5 million per project. The funding is for developing device-level hardwar

Closing in 56 days

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): 2026 – 2027 Round 1

Innovate UK

National (UK-wide), England

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help businesses work with universities on innovation projects. A graduate works in your business for 1-3 years to complete a specific project. The government pays most

See all 3 rounds of Knowledge Transfer Partnership

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Closing in 63 days

Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI

UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Up to £602,500England

This grant funds speculative and high-risk fundamental research into explainable AI. The goal is to make future AI systems more understandable and transparent. Projects must have the potential to deli

+1 related call in this programme

Closing in 1047 days

Ambition North Wales 4G+ Public Sector Asset Improvement Grant Scheme - EOI

Ambition North Wales

Up to £132,500Wales

This grant helps public sector bodies in Wales upgrade assets to support 4G and 5G mobile networks. It can fund improvements to lighting columns, power supplies, structures, fibre, and ducting. Grants

Closing in 1047 days

Cynllun Grant Gwella Asedau Sector Cyhoeddus 4G+ Uchelgais Gogledd Cymru - MoD

Uchelgais Gogledd Cymru

Up to £132,500Wales

This grant helps public sector organisations in North Wales upgrade assets to support 4G and 5G mobile networks. It can fund improvements to lighting columns, power supplies, access points, structures

Ongoing

Contracts for Innovation: ProQure - Scaling UK Quantum Computing

Innovate UK

National (UK-wide), England

This grant supports projects to scale UK quantum computing through the ProQure programme. You can lead a quantum computing project that helps grow this emerging technology sector. The funding amount i

Ongoing

HMCTS Digital Support Service Fund

National (UK-wide)

This fund is run by Action Together and supports digital services related to HMCTS (His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service) in North West England. The funding aims and eligibility details are not

Ongoing

VocTech Together Support Programme

National (UK-wide)

The VocTech Together Support Programme helps organisations use digital technology to improve adult education and skills development. It focuses on helping underserved learners access better training a

Ongoing

Metascience research grants: round two

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Medical Research Council (MRC)

Up to £6,000,000England

This grant funds research into how to make research and development more effective. You can get up to £6 million to study topics like artificial intelligence's impact on research or how to measure res

Ongoing

Digital Inclusion Fund

Suffolk Community Foundation

Up to £25,000England, East of England

The Digital Inclusion Fund provides up to £25,000 for charities and community groups in Suffolk. You can use the money for projects that reduce digital poverty. This includes helping people get online

Ongoing

Baltic Ventures Accelerator

Baltic Ventures

£30,000 – £30,000England, North West England

Baltic Ventures Accelerator is a 12-week programme for ambitious founders in Liverpool City Region. You get £30,000 funding to turn your business idea into reality. The programme includes hands-on wor

Ongoing

Baltic Ventures Launchpad

Baltic Ventures

England, North West England

Baltic Ventures Launchpad is a 12-week programme for ambitious founders in Liverpool City Region. You get hands-on workshops and expert one-to-one coaching. The programme helps you validate your produ

Ongoing

Gather Business Scale-up Programme

Growth Platform

England, North West England

This programme supports digital, creative, tech and tech-enabled businesses in the Liverpool City Region. It helps growing technology-focused businesses scale up their operations.

Ongoing

ESA Business Incubation Centre United Kingdom

ESA

England, North West England

The ESA Business Incubation Centre helps UK space companies turn their technology into commercial products. You get support and funding to develop your space-related business idea. Your company must b

Ongoing

AIRR compute opportunity: AI open access

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Innovate UKMedical Research Council (MRC)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

England

This grant provides free access to the Isambard-AI supercomputer for AI research projects. You can get between 50,000 and 1.4 million GPU hours for your artificial intelligence work. The grant is open

Ongoing

Frontier artificial intelligence discovery

Innovate UK

Up to £2,500,000England

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million from Innovate UK. The funding is for developing feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence and foundation models.

Ongoing

Digital / Technology Funding Opportunities for Adult Social Care

Digital Social Care

England, East Midlands

This funding supports adult social care providers in England to adopt and use technology. It aims to improve digital skills and capabilities across the sector. Details of available funding are listed

Ongoing

Apply for EuroHPC quantum technology funding

UKRI

England

This grant funds work in quantum technologies. It covers areas like machine learning, photonic computing, navigation, and standards. UKRI provides any UK match-funding on behalf of DSIT. You apply thr

Ongoing

Access EuroHPC quantum computers through the pilot call

UKRI

England

This call gives UK researchers access to quantum computers run by EuroHPC, Europe's high-performance computing network. You can use these systems to explore quantum computing or combine quantum and tr

Ongoing

Full ADOPT Grant: Round 7

Innovate UK

National (UK-wide), England

The Full ADOPT Grant Round 7 is run by Innovate UK. This competition is only open to collaborations between organisations. To lead a project, your organisation must meet specific requirements. However

See all 2 rounds of Full ADOPT Grant

Ongoing

Innovate UK Venture Builder Pilot Expression of Interest

Innovate UK

Up to £3,750,000England

Innovate UK is funding up to £150,000 for a pilot Venture Builder Programme. This programme will support new deep-tech spin-outs. It helps them raise their first significant investment. The total fund

Ongoing

Frontier AI Discovery

Innovate UK

National (UK-wide), England

Frontier AI Discovery is a grant programme from Innovate UK focused on artificial intelligence research and development. The funding amount has not been specified. This appears to be a rolling program

Ongoing

ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 8

Innovate UK

National (UK-wide), England

The ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant Round 8 is funded by Innovate UK. This grant supports facilitators who help businesses adopt new technologies and innovations. The funding amount is not specified i

See all 4 rounds of ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant

Ongoing

Centre for Quantum Commercialisation Skills

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

England

This grant funds the creation of a UK centre for quantum commercialisation skills. The centre will help researchers learn how to turn quantum research into commercial products. It will provide trainin

Ongoing

Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets

Innovate UK

National (UK-wide), England

This grant supports the development of benchmarking datasets for frontier AI technologies. Innovate UK is funding this initiative to help advance AI research and development. The funding amount has no

Ongoing

Expression of interest: sandpit: AI supported research using UKRI social science data

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Up to £875,000England

This is an expression of interest for a two-day workshop on 23-24 June. The workshop will develop ideas for using AI in social science research with UKRI data. You must attend the full workshop to app

Ongoing

BBSRC-STFC DeepTech Catalyst Bio 2026

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

England

The BBSRC-STFC DeepTech Catalyst Bio 2026 helps turn innovative biotechnology into commercial products. This grant supports businesses developing cutting-edge biological sciences technology. You can u

Ongoing

Contracts for Innovation: FOAK26

Innovate UK

Up to £4,300,000England

Innovate UK is offering £4.3 million for organisations to develop prototypes and test innovative solutions. The funding covers eight different themes. You can use the money to build prototypes, run fi

See all 9 rounds of Contracts for Innovation

Ongoing

R&D MAP Creative Content Exchange pilot: Early Adopters fund

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

England

This fund helps early content providers join the Creative Content Exchange platform by May 2027. The Creative Content Exchange is building a trusted marketplace for buying, selling and licensing digit

Ongoing

Future Connectivity Hubs Evolution Programme: Invite only

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Up to £97,625,000England

This is an invite-only funding programme for advanced connectivity technologies. Only organisations that have been specifically invited by EPSRC can apply. The funding aims to make the UK a world lead

Ongoing

UKRI Translation: EPSRC ACT Proof of Concept

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Up to £5,500,000England

This grant provides up to £5.5 million for commercialising research in Advanced Connectivity Technologies. You must be based at a UK research organisation that can receive EPSRC funding. The funding s

Ongoing

The Investment Readiness Advisory Service

West of England Combined Authority

England, South West England

The West of England Combined Authority offers free expert consultancy to help businesses prepare for investment funding. This service provides guidance and support for businesses seeking to engage wit

Ongoing

UK Space Agency: Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP) - open calls

Innovate UK Business Connect

England

The Navigation Innovation and Support Programme provides funding for businesses working in Position, Navigation and Timing technology. The money comes from the European Space Agency with UK Space Agen

Ongoing

European Space Agency: Connectivity and Secure Communications (ARTES)

Innovate UK Business Connect

England

ARTES is the European Space Agency's main programme for developing satellite communications technology. It helps transform space investment into successful products and services. The programme focuses

Ongoing

CfI: Advanced Connectivity Technologies (ACT): Call 1

Innovate UK

Up to £15,000,000England

Innovate UK is offering £15 million for UK businesses to develop advanced connectivity technologies. You can get funding to create testable solutions that make UK networks more secure and sustainable.

See all 3 rounds of Advanced Connectivity Technologies

Ongoing

Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets

Innovate UK

England

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million from Innovate UK. This programme funds the creation, curation, annotation and exploitation of FAIR-data and benchmarks for AI in

Ongoing

Pre-announcement: Doctoral focal award plus: innovating in data-driven research

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Up to £5,750,000England

The Economic and Social Research Council will fund one doctoral award to train social scientists in data-driven research methods. The funding is up to £5.75 million. You must be based at a UK research

Ongoing

Future data services sandpit: transforming discovery and access

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Up to £21,600,000England

This is a sandpit event to develop projects that improve how people find and use social science data. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) runs this programme. You will work with others to

Ongoing

Innovation Loans Expression of Interest

Innovate UK Business Connect

National (UK-wide), England

Innovate UK Business Connect offers loans to UK registered micro, small and medium businesses for innovative projects close to market. Your project must have strong commercial potential and significan

Ongoing

UKRI Translation: EPSRC Prosperity Partnerships 2027

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Up to £40,000,000England

This grant supports ambitious research partnerships between businesses and universities. You can get up to £40 million for collaborative research programmes. Your business must already have a working

Ongoing

UKRI, EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

UKRI

England

This programme gives you access to supercomputer time in Europe. You can use it to train and develop AI models or work on data-intensive tasks. No money changes hands. Instead, you get computing power

Ongoing

Sandpit: market access acceleration in consumer led flexibility

Innovate UKNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Up to £1,000,000England

This is a sandpit event to develop new products for consumer energy flexibility markets. You submit an expression of interest to attend the event. At the sandpit, you will work with others to create p

Ongoing

Fundamental AI Research Lab

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Up to £40,000,000England

This grant offers up to £40 million over six years to create a new AI research lab. The money is paid in stages to support research and training. You must lead the formation of a strategic research la

Ongoing

Semiconductors and components for smart electronic platforms

Innovate UK

Up to £18,500,000England

Innovate UK is offering up to £18.5 million for businesses developing semiconductors and smart electronic components. You can apply for collaborative research and development projects or solo R&D proj

Ongoing

5G assured integration collaborative research and development

Innovate UK

Up to £18,500,000England

Innovate UK is offering up to £18.5 million for 5G technology research and development. UK registered organisations can apply for funding to integrate advanced connectivity components into complete sy

Ongoing

Gather

Growth Platform

England, North West England

Gather is a business scale-up programme for digital, creative and tech companies in the Liverpool City Region. The programme helps technology-focused businesses grow and develop. It is run by Growth P

Ongoing

European Space Agency Open Call For Proposals: Proof-of-concept Studies and Pilot Projects

Innovate UK Business Connect

England

This is an always-open funding opportunity for UK businesses to develop space-enabled applications or services. You can apply for any industry, market or topic that uses space technology. UK applicant

Ongoing

Cellnex Community Fund

National (UK-wide)

Cellnex UK Community Fund offers grants up to £5,000 to community organisations in North West England. The fund supports communities where Cellnex operates its telecommunications infrastructure. This

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