Funding competition from Innovate UK

Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1

Open. Closes 11 November 2026 at 11:00 (in 2 weeks)
  • Businesses can apply
  • UK-registered applicants
Funder
Innovate UK
Kind
Funding competition
Total funding
Share of up to £3.1 million
Each project
Up to £250,000
Closes
11 November 2026 at 11:00in 2 weeks

What it funds

UK registered SME’s can apply for a share of up to £3.1 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) technologies with a clear route to defensible scale-up.

From the Innovation Funding Service listing.

Who can apply

  • Applicants must be registered in the UK.

Key dates

  • Opens1 October 20263 weeks ago
  • Closes at 11:0011 November 2026in 2 weeks

Dates as the Innovation Funding Service listing gives them. Relative dates count from 26 October 2026.

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