Funding competition from Innovate UK
CfI: Battery innovation for dual use & defence Phase 1
- Businesses can apply
- Funder
- Innovate UK
- Kind
- Funding competition
- Each project
- Up to £50,000
- Closes
- 4 November 2026in 9 days
What it funds
Organisations can apply for a share of £2 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop industrial research solutions to strengthen supply chain resilience and onshore critical dual use capabilities.
From the Innovation Funding Service listing.
Who can apply
The listing does not say. Check the eligibility on the official page before you apply.
Key dates
- Closes4 November 2026in 9 days
Dates as the Innovation Funding Service listing gives them. Relative dates count from 26 October 2026.
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