Startup grants closing soon in United Kingdom — 2026

Defra / Innovate UK (UKRI)

£5,000,000

Innovate UK (UKRI)

Amount not published

Innovate UK (UK Research and Innovation)

Amount not published

Invest Northern Ireland

£10,000

Scottish Enterprise

£400,000

Ofgem / Innovate UK

£15,000,000

Innovate UK (UK Research and Innovation)

£35,000

UK Defence Innovation, Ministry of Defence

£5,000,000

Department for Business and Trade / Advanced Propulsion Centre / Innovate UK

£20,000,000

UnLtd

£18,000

Innovate UK (UKRI)

£2,000,000

Conception X

Amount not published

Innovate UK (UKRI) / Enterprise Singapore

£900,000

Cambridge Judge Business School Entrepreneurship Centre, University of Cambridge

Amount not published

The last published deadline was 2026-10-09. Check the funder's page for a new round.

Suspended for now. Reopening projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Annual cohort call, historically opening in the first half of the year

Deployment period for the GBP 375 million programme has concluded; the Bank continues to manage the existing portfolio.

Individual schemes have their own deadlines; the Early Detection and Diagnosis Innovation Award has historically had annual or biannual cut-offs.

Eurostars runs two cut-offs a year, typically in the spring (around March) and the autumn (around September).

LEAP will not reopen. Its functions transferred to the Greater London Authority. London business support now runs through the GLA, Grow London / London and Partners, and the borough-level growth hub successor arrangements.

Periodic competition calls, usually one or two per year.

Two-stage process; outline applications currently being accepted for the October 2026 PDA opportunity.

Will not reopen under this name. Entrepreneurship support for Oxford founders now runs through the Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre (contact entrepreneurship@sbs.ox.ac.uk) and, for spin-outs, through Oxford University Innovation and Oxford Science Enterprises. Founders looking for the old Foundry programmes should approach those bodies instead.

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Short application form open on the Zinc site; no closing date stated. Venture builder runs 12 months in two six-month phases.