Current funding opportunities - open calls
IUK
UK Growth Catalyst
Investor Partnerships Round 2
Current call - Outlines stage closes 03.02.26
- Micro, Small or Medium sized businesses
- accelerate high-potential start-ups on their journey to becoming scale-ups
- From Seed to Series A
- Sectors align to UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy
- Projects: £50k to £300k for feasibility studies, £100k to £1M for industrial research, £250k to £2M for experimental development
- 60% - 70% funding
ATI
Aerospace Technology Institute
ATI SME Programme
Current call - Outlines stage closes 13.02.26
- Aerospace Technology
- Grants up to £1.5m
- 12 to 36 months in duration
- Lead must be SME
- 70% funding for Small organisations
- 60 % for Medium, 50% for large organisation
- 50% funding to be allocated to SME's
ATI
Aerospace Technology Institute
ATI Strategic Programme
Current funding call closes 16.01.26
- Enabling technology research and development for the benefit of the UK aerospace sector delivering clean growth.
- Funding ratio of 60:40
- Two stage application process
- A 2.5% industrial contribution to the ATI applies to successful applications
- Applications must align with Destination Zero
- Grants up to £18M
Recently closed calls
ATI
Aerospace Technology Institute
ATI SME Programme
Current funding call closes 01.10.25
- Aerospace Technology
- Grants up to £1.5m
- 12 to 36 months in duration
- Lead must be SME
- 50% funding for large organisation
- 50% funding to be allocated to SME's
APC
Automotive Propulsion Centre
DRIVE35’s innovative Scale-Up Fund.
Current funding call closes 01.10.25
- Designed to bridge the gap between innovation and transformation.
- Enabling rapid scale-up of essential zero-emission vehicle technologies..
- Grants of between £2.5m to £20m large or small, single entity or consortium, to enable rapid scale-up of essential zero-emission vehicle technologies..
CPC / HII
Connected places Catapult
Hydrogen Innovation Initiative (HII) Demonstrations 2025-26
Current funding call closes 06.10.25
- £100k for real‑world demonstration activity
- Learning and results to be shared publicly to help accelerate hydrogen technology and supply chain development
Focus areas -enabling technologies within these focus areas will also be considered.
- Hydrogen production or carrier conversion
- Hydrogen as a feedstock for industrial processes
- Hydrogen propulsion, power & fuel systems
- Hydrogen storage
