Secure the funding you need to innovate and grow your business with our round-up of the best grant opportunities coming up this month. Our curated selection of the latest funding schemes includes grant opportunities for health sciences, sustainability, and digital innovation.

 

Social Impact and Sustainability:

 

Delamere Dairy Foundation

Grants to support charities and for-purpose organisations

What is it? The Delamere Dairy Foundation offers grants ranging from £1,000 to £5,000 to support projects aligned with its objectives, including the advancement of agriculture, environmental protection, youth development, education, and the relief of financial hardship and sickness.

Who is it for? Applications are welcome from charities and other organisations based in England, Scotland, and Wales whose work benefits local communities and aligns with the foundation’s core objectives. Charities and organisations can only apply once per calendar year.

Deadline: 28th February 2025

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Mobilise Accelerator

Empowering early-stage businesses to drive zero-emission and connected mobility innovations.

What is it? Mobilise is an 18-month accelerator programme offering up to £180,000 in grant funding across two phases, with the potential for an additional £75,000 booster fund. The programme provides business strategy guidance, technology development support, and mentoring to help companies develop robust strategies and accelerate their route to market.

Who is it for? UK-based micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups, and university spinouts developing innovative automotive-related early-stage, zero-emission, or Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) technologies, products, services, or solutions.

Deadline: 19th March 2025

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Opening up the Environment 2025

Enhancing diversity and partnerships in environmental science.

What is it? The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is offering grants to explore ways to increase diversity in environmental science by attracting a wider talent pool and generating partnerships that showcase a broad range of people and skillsets contributing to NERC science.

Who is it for? This opportunity is open to research groups and individuals based at UK research organisations eligible for NERC funding. Applications are encouraged from individuals with multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds at any career stage. Project co-leads may also be based at UK businesses, third sector, or government organisations.

Deadline: 1st April 2025

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Emerging Technology: 

 

BridgeAI Innovation Exchange – Call for challenge holders

Tackling Productivity Challenges with AI Solutions.

What is it? The BridgeAI Innovation Exchange (iX), led by Innovate UK Business Connect, offers UK enterprises the opportunity to address critical productivity challenges by collaborating with AI solution providers. Challenge holders can benefit from cutting-edge AI solutions, with selected providers receiving grant funding of up to £50,000 per project.

Who is it for? The program is aimed at medium to large UK-based enterprises in high-growth potential sectors, including creative industries, construction, agriculture and food processing, and transportation. Applicants should have a defined productivity challenge, high-quality relevant data, and a commitment to collaborating with AI solution providers.

Deadline: 14th February 2025

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QuantIC Industrial Partnership Fund: New Venture

Funding to Advance Quantum Imaging Technologies.

What is it? The fund aims to support the development of new business propositions that can accelerate the commercialization and application of innovative products and systems in the quantum imaging sector. Projects must concentrate on fostering the development of a new venture aimed at introducing quantum imaging technologies to the market.

Who is it for? These opportunities are open to collaborations between academic and non-academic partners, including businesses, focusing on advancing quantum imaging technologies. University spinout development teams across the UK are particularly encouraged to apply.

Deadline: Open

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Health and Wellbeing:

 

Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF)

Building resilience through investment in life sciences manufacturing.

What is it? The LSIMF is a capital grants fund providing up to £520 million to enhance the UK’s health resilience by supporting the manufacturing of human medicines and medical technologies, including diagnostics and MedTech products. The fund aims to improve and speed up affordable access to established, new, and emerging life sciences products for both pandemic and non-pandemic needs.

Who is it for? UK registered businesses can apply for funding for life science manufacturing capital investment projects which help increase UK health resilience.

Deadline: 28th February 2025

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Early Detection and Diagnosis Primer Award

Catalysing innovative research in early cancer detection and diagnosis.

What is it? The Early Detection and Diagnosis (ED&D) Primer Award, offered by Cancer Research UK, provides funding to stimulate research in the field of early cancer detection and diagnosis. The award supports pilot projects, development of novel technologies, and innovative models within ED&D. It also encourages the establishment of new collaborations and access to training to develop skills in this area.

Who is it for? The award is open to researchers from various disciplines, including biomedicine, engineering, physics, statistics, mathematics, chemistry, informatics, computer and data sciences, policy research, behavioural science, health systems research, and health economics. Applicants should demonstrate how their project will advance the field of early cancer detection and diagnosis.

Deadline: 27th March 2025

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Other:

 

Innovate UK Innovation Loans: Future Economy Round 19

Supporting SMEs to Drive Economic Growth through Innovation.

What is it? Innovate UK is offering up to £25 million in loans to micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The funding is aimed at supporting the development of innovative new products, processes, services, or business models with significant commercial potential to enhance the UK economy.

Who is it for? Open to UK-registered SMEs. Eligible businesses must carry out their project from or in the UK and intend to exploit the results in the UK

Deadline: 3rd March 2025

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Monzo Startup Idea of the Year

Financial support to accelerate innovative business ideas.

What is it? Enterprise Nation, in collaboration with Monzo, is offering grants totaling £25,000 to support small businesses and entrepreneurs in developing new products, services, or growth strategies. The grants are distributed as follows: £10,000 for first place, £8,000 for second place, and £7,000 for third place.

Who is it for? Open to UK-based businesses that have been trading for at least three months and no longer than six years. Applicants must have a UK business bank account (or be willing to open one), be registered as self-employed or as a business, and not be undergoing insolvency.

Deadline: 28th Febuary 2025

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