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Horizon Europe is an EU research and innovation programme. It has a budget of €95.5 billion and runs until 2027.
The UK agreed a deal to associate to Horizon Europe on 7 September 2023.
UK researchers can now apply for Horizon Europe funding, certain that all successful UK applicants will be covered through the UK’s association (or through the guarantee) for the remainder of the programme.
The Thematic Call for proposals aims at supporting new space-based services for the digital transformation and sustainability of the sport sector, specifically in the organisation, management, and further exploitation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Apply for funding for a UK future internet NetworkPlus which brings together the research community, policymakers and wider stakeholders to make the UK an active leader in the development of the internet and an intelligent customer of internet technologies in the 2030s and 2040s.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.
Awards will start by 1 July 2025 for three years and nine months.
Note: This is a pre-announcement and the information may change. The funding opportunity will open in late June 2024. More information will be available on this page then.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million in grant funding to deliver AI demonstrator projects. These projects are intended to benefit efficiency in supply chains and increase firm level productivity.
ESA’s OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR KICK-STARTS (BASS ARTES 4.0) is always open. This means that businesses from any sector can apply for Kick-Starts throughout the year.
This funding opportunity through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) programme will support the development of one Knowledge Exchange and Communication (KEC) NetworkPlus.
The NetworkPlus will co-ordinate and enhance knowledge exchange of computational research. It will set good practice for dissemination of software developments in UK science across the UKRI remit.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of the grant can be up to £1,875,000. UKRI will fund 80% of the FEC at £1,500,000, including indexation. The award will have a duration of three years.
UK registered organisations based in Wales, can apply for a grant funding request between £100,000 and £250,000. The organisations must develop innovative products, services or experiences for the media sector.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million to enhance UK and German collaborations in emerging fields of technology. You must collaborate with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme.
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profits.
This competition is on behalf of UK MOD, managed by DASA and funded through AWE plc. AWE is an arm’s length Non-Departmental Public Body wholly owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), working in close collaboration with the Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO).
12 weeks full-time programme with up to £35,000 funding available to help research teams get out of the lab and explore the commercial potential of their research/technology.