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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.
This is a targeted call for expressions of interest in delivering future satellite services under the Competitiveness and Growth call of the ESA ARTES Programme in support of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) Very Hard to Reach 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.
Drive innovation and economic growth by developing groundbreaking space-based technology.
Supporting early-stage companies is vital to ensuring the continued growth of the space industry. Whether that’s through downstream applications, in-orbit servicing and manufacturing or spacecraft technologies…
We invest in innovations emerging from the UK’s publicly funded science and knowledge base. We specialise in engineering biology, defence & security, fusion energy, and space to facilitate sustainable growth, enhance the health and security of society, improve productivity, and deliver economic gains emerging from UK’s public funding portfolio.
Our investment decisions are based on both the potential societal impact of technologies and the potential for financial return.
Innovate UK’s Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) helps innovative SMEs to collaborate and explore global markets, accelerating business growth.
Each GBIP, focused on a specific market and technology or sector area, involves a cohort of up to 15 ambitious innovative UK businesses looking to grow and scale globally. The programme aims to help businesses explore future opportunities and to better understand what is needed to be successful on the global stage.
The GBIP provides detailed market knowledge, cultural insight, and introductions and connections, opening doors that SMEs might find difficult to do themselves. Each business is supported by an Innovate UK Business Growth innovation and growth specialist to help maximise the potential of being part of the programme and beyond.
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.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for collaboration with Canadian SMEs on joint R&D projects.
The T Challenge is our stage to recognize pioneering solutions and award outstanding innovators with a broad network full of opportunities. This year, our focus is on harnessing artificial intelligence to transform telecommunications networks and revolutionize the customer experience. We invite researchers, developers, and startups to share their visions for intelligent networks and enhanced customer experiences, elevated by the power of AI.
This third and final wave of 6G-XR Open Call “Vertical Replicability Enablers” invites innovators to participate in the Vertical Replicability Enablers Open Call (6G-XR-OC3), providing access to advanced 6G-XR infrastructure, testbeds, and enablers. This initiative allows external teams to deploy, replicate, and validate their own XR use cases, from real-time holographic communications to immersive technologies and energy measurement framework for energy sustainability, as part of shaping the 6G era.
Engineering disruptive spinouts and graduate startups since 2011
Enterprise Fellowships is a twelve-month accelerator programme designed to support talented researchers and graduates to transform breakthrough engineering innovations into disruptive spinouts and graduate startups.
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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.