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Full ADOPT grant: round seven

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

This is an Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) grant.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Co-funders:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
14 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Future offshore wind technologies: feasibility studies

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million to support feasibility studies in offshore wind across the two strands of the competition.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Publication date:
17 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Dual-use aviation systems and autonomy

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million for the development of aviation technologies and systems that support both civil and military use cases. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Publication date:
5 May 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Counter UAS Technologies

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) dual use technologies that can be applied to both civil and military settings. This funding is from Innovate UK.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
11 May 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

NHS fit for the future dementia challenge

Submit an application if you have a clinical intervention or technological innovation that will:

  • shorten the time it takes to diagnosis dementia
  • enhance early detection of clinical change following diagnosis
  • be deployed in the NHS from 2029

Healthcare professionals, businesses and researchers can take part.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding type:
Other
Publication date:
22 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Frontier artificial intelligence discovery

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to develop feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence and foundation models.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Publication date:
9 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Advanced manufacturing supply chain innovation: CRD

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6.5 million for collaborative industrial research to make supply chains more productive, resource efficient and resilient.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£6,500,000
Publication date:
21 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

Contracts for Innovation: Cyber scale in critical sectors

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3.5 million inclusive of VAT, to develop, demonstrate and commercialise their cybersecurity solution in real end user environments within critical sector organisations.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,500,000
Publication date:
29 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

CfI: Boosting fathers’ engagement to improve child outcomes

Organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop innovative interventions, technologies, and frameworks that boost fathers’ engagement to improve children’s learning and development outcomes.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Innovate UK
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,000,000
Publication date:
11 May 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

ESRC Connect Awards (pilot)

Apply for funding to connect with other researchers to scope, seed and grow emerging research fields and new areas of inquiry.

You must be based at a UK organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Award range:
£50,000 - £150,000
Publication date:
7 April 2026
Opening date:
Closing date:

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