Innovate UK - grant funding, innovation loans and expert support

Supports innovative UK businesses to realise the potential of new technologies, develop ideas and make them a commercial success.

Type of support:: Finance, Grant, Loan and Expertise and advice
Business stage:: Start-ups (1-2 years trading) and Established
Industry:: Agriculture and food, Construction, Health, IT, digital and creative and Life Sciences
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Manufacturing, Science and technology, Service industries, and Transport and distribution
Number of employees:: 0 to 9 employees, 10 to 249 employees, 250 to 500 employees and More than 500 employees
Region:: East Midlands, Eastern, London, North East and North West
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Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber

How much you can get

Offers grants of between £25,000 and £10 million.

Offers innovation loans of between £100,000 and £1 million.

Grant funding is available for all sizes of business, from new companies to large multi-nationals.

Opportunities may be:

Themed, to fit with one of the Industrial Strategy’s grand challenge areas:

Or open to any type of innovation or technology project.

Innovation loans are for UK-based SMEs only to carry out late-stage research and development projects.

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Published 13 December 2017
Last updated 7 September 2018 + show all updates

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