Funding opportunity

Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund: autumn 2025

• Opportunity status: Open
• Funders: Innovate UK
• Co-funders: Department for Science Innovation and Technology, Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT)
• Funding type: Grant
• Award range: £50,000 - £250,000
• Publication date: 5 June 2025
• Opening date: 2 June 2025 9:30am UK time
• Closing date: 4 September 2025 11:00am UK time

UK registered government research organisations can apply for grants between £50,000 and £250,000 to move viable public sector knowledge assets towards commercial readiness. This funding is provided by the GOTT.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.

Eligibility summary

This competition is open to single applicants.

To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered:

• Public Sector Research Establishment
• a UK Research and Innovation wholly owned institute
• other public sector bodies that meet GOTT standard eligibility criteria, for example, arm’s length bodies, that undertake research as a primary function