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Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG)

Status

Usually opens in April and May and June and July

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

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
£45,000

Up to GBP 45,000 grant funding per project (up to GBP 2,385,000 across 53 projects); no matching funding required.

You must co-fund 0%.

Funder

Department for Transport / Connected Places Catapult

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — TRIG 2026 (Cohort 19) is closed: pre-qualification closed 5 June 2026, full applications 13 July-7 August 2026, awards announced January 2027. Next call not announced.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

UK registered public, private or third sector organisations of any size; project at TRL 2-4 at application, delivered in the UK; large organisations must justify use of public funds.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The Companies House number, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://cp.catapult.org.uk/opportunity/trig-2026-competition-cohort-19/

"Up to £45,000 grant funding per project – No matching fund required, but possible"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: cp.catapult.org.uk

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