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TechLocal: Connecting Local Talent to Local Tech Jobs

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £7.6 million to enable career and growth opportunities in the tech sector. This funding is from DSIT.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,600,000
Award range:
£100,000 - £225,000
Publication date:
28 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

TechLocal AI Professional Degree and Traineeship Accelerator

UK academic institutions and education providers can apply for funding to develop initiatives that build industry ready AI professionals aligned to local skills demand. Funding of £7.8 million is provided by DSIT.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,800,000
Award range:
£100,000 - £300,000
Publication date:
3 February 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

International Placement Scheme 2026

Apply to undertake a placement at an international cultural institution. You must either be:

  • a PhD student funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) or Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
  • an early career researcher based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Other
Total fund:
£250,000
Award range:
£6,000 - £16,200
Publication date:
7 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

UK-Ireland collaboration in the creative economy: research networking awards

Apply for funding to form creative economy focused networks between researchers and stakeholders in the UK and Ireland.

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will provide up to £35,000 full economic costs (FEC) and Research Ireland will provide up to €35,000 for the Irish costs of each funded network.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Taighde Éireann (Research Ireland)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£150,000
Maximum award:
£35,000
Publication date:
12 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Increasing EV charging capacity on the strategic road network

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million.

The funding is for the development and demonstration of solutions to increase public electric vehicle (EV) charging provision for longer journeys on the strategic road network.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Publication date:
4 November 2025
Opening date:
Closing date:

Energy Catalyst round 11, mid stage

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £7 million across the three strands of the competition.

This is for energy access in official development assistance eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, the Indo Pacific region and Latin America.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,000,000
Publication date:
6 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Energy catalyst round 11: early stage

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £7 million across the three strands of the competition. This is for energy access in Official Development Assistance-eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, the Indo-Pacific region and Latin America.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,000,000
Award range:
£50,000 - £300,000
Publication date:
12 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Energy catalyst round 11: late stage

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £7 million across the three strands of the competition. This is for energy access in ODA eligible countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, the Indo Pacific region and Latin America.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) and Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,000,000
Award range:
£50,000 - £5,000,000
Publication date:
12 January 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Robotics Adoption Programme skills development

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million for projects to develop vocational robotics skills courses.

This funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department of Science, Innovation and Technology
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Publication date:
3 February 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Green ERA-Hub: biomass production and utilisation (full proposal)

This international multilateral funding opportunity will fund research in sustainable production and utilisation of biomass.

Consortia must include at least three eligible partners requesting funding from three different funding countries.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Co-funders:
Belgium’s Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS), Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republic of Srpska (MAFWMRS), Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Regional Identity (BMELH), Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR), Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and Agriculture and Food Development Authority (TEAGASC), Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS), Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Uruguay’s Instituto Nacional de Investigación
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Award range:
£537,000 - £812,500
Publication date:
5 February 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

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