Funding competitions and grants

UK funding competitions and grants open now

152 calls open and 11 opening soon, from Innovate UK, government departments, the research councils and the EU. One entry per call, with its closing date, the money as the funder publishes it, who can apply, and a link to the official page.

Open calls closing soonest first, then calls opening soon. Calls without a published closing date come last.

Open now (152)

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Opening soon (11)

Published before they open, which is the time to find a partner or read the guidance.

Relative dates (such as “closes in 6 days”) count from 26 October 2026. Money is shown as each funder publishes it and is never added up across calls.

Coverage

What this list reads

  • Innovation Funding Service: Innovate UK's competitions and others it hosts.
  • UK Defence Innovation: defence and security innovation competitions.
  • Sovereign AI Fund: R&D procurement challenges, outside Find a Tender.
  • GOV.UK: funding calls published by 13 government departments.
  • Find a Grant: the government's list of open grant schemes.
  • UKRI Funding Finder: research council and Innovate UK opportunities.
  • EU Funding & Tenders Portal: Horizon Europe and other EU calls.

Read every weekday. Public sector tenders are covered separately: see where the data comes from.

Not covered

What it does not cover

  • Grants a funder publishes only on its own website and not on Find a Grant, such as most council, lottery and charitable trust grants.
  • The devolved governments' own grant portals, beyond what they list on Find a Grant.
  • Loans, equity investment and tax reliefs such as R&D tax credits.
  • Private and corporate funding programmes.

Recently closed

Closed in the last 90 days

Funders often run the same competition again. Each page stays up after the call closes, with its dates and links.

Questions

About this list

Where do these funding calls come from?

From the funders' own listings, read every weekday: the Innovation Funding Service, UK Defence Innovation, the Sovereign AI Fund, funding calls on GOV.UK, Find a Grant, UKRI's Funding Finder and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. Each call links to its official page, where you apply.

Why is a call listed once when several sites show it?

An Innovate UK competition is often on the Innovation Funding Service, Find a Grant and the UKRI Funding Finder at once. Tender Radar matches them by title and shows one entry, with the facts from the fullest listing and links to the others under “also listed on”.

What does “businesses can apply” mean?

The source says a business can apply: the competition is for UK-registered businesses, or Find a Grant lists the private sector among its applicant types. Calls that a research organisation must lead, and calls that do not say, are left out of that filter rather than guessed in. Always check the eligibility on the official page.

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