243 live UK funding schemes, tracked weekly

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Phased competition funding (typically up to £1m per project) for innovative low-carbon energy technologies in power, heat, storage and efficiency.

UK Government departments (via Innovate UK)

100%-funded development contracts (not grants requiring match) where public bodies pay businesses to solve specific challenges — typically £50k-£100k Phase 1, up to £1m Phase 2.

DCMS / Innovate UK

Business support plus periodic grant competitions (typically £10k-£30k) for high-growth creative businesses in participating English regions outside London.

BFI / DCMS

Funding strands (international distribution typically up to £50k-£150k, co-production up to £300k) boosting international commercialisation of UK screen content.

Greater Manchester Combined Authority / Growth Company

Fully funded advice plus periodic match-funded grants (commonly £1k-£10k waves) for Greater Manchester SMEs covering growth, digital, net-zero and manufacturing improvement.

West Midlands Combined Authority

Regional business-support service for West Midlands SMEs with funded advice and periodic capital/revenue grant programmes (historically £2.5k-£100k waves) for growth, decarbonisation and digital projects.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Funded advice and periodic grants for West Yorkshire SMEs spanning productivity, digital and decarbonisation themes.

DESNZ / Ofgem

£7,500 towards an air- or ground-source heat pump replacing fossil-fuel heating in eligible properties in England and Wales, including small non-domestic premises.

Department for Education

For non-levy employers, government pays 95% of apprenticeship training costs — and 100% for small employers taking on eligible young apprentices — plus £1,000 incentive payments in some cases.

Innovate UK

Periodic programme giving businesses funded access to national measurement laboratories (NPL, LGC, NEL) to solve productivity, quality and measurement problems no commercial lab can crack.

Advanced Research and Invention Agency

Here’s the corrected version in British English:We empower scientists and engineers to pursue research that is too speculative, too hard, or too interdisciplinary to pursue elsewhere. ARIA’s programmes are shaped and led by our Programme Directors. ARIA’s Programme Directors are tasked with developing a concrete vision for how technology could enable a better future, and they then direct funding into research that can make it a reality. ARIA Programme Directors retain creative control over the d

Arts and Humanities Research Council

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Arts and Humanities Research Council

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Arts and Humanities Research Council

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Arts and Humanities Research Council

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Arts and Humanities Research Council

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Arts and Humanities Research Council

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Arts and Humanities Research Council

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Arts and Humanities Research Council

Word limit: 550 In plain English, provide a summary we can use to identify the most suitable experts to assess your application. We usually make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, therefore do not include any confidential or sensitive information. Make it suitable for a variety of readers, for example: opinion-formers policymakers the public the wider research community Guidance for writing a summary As this will be the first information in your application use it as yo

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