About
Find a Grant is a UK government service that allows individuals and organizations to search for government grants. The service provides access to government grant funding across various categories, enabling users to search, filter, and identify grants that match their needs. Users can determine eligibility requirements and find information on how to apply for grants. The service is operated by the UK Government and continues to expand its grant listings and functionality.
Funding Opportunities
UK-Ireland collaboration in the creative economy: research networking awards
This funding opportunity supports the growth of networks of researchers, practitioners and industry partners across the UK and Ireland focused on the development of creative economy research, skills and innovation. The programme aims to deliver transformational impact on creative economy research between the UK and Ireland, exploiting complementary strengths in the creative economy between centres of excellence in both countries. The networks will build and consolidate new partnerships between creative industries researchers, industry experts and policymakers in Ireland and the UK, capitalizing on wider momentum towards UK-Irish creative industries collaboration through bringing mutual ambitions around policy, evidence and infrastructure into contact with existing capabilities. Each network must be joint led by eligible research organisations from the UK and Ireland, with both entities having a project lead. The funding will support innovative research networking activities including workshops, seminars, outreach, mobility, engagement, skills and knowledge exchange activities that are appropriately tailored to the creative economy themes and areas being addressed.
Nucleus Public Engagement Awards 2026 (Grant)
Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science and/or raise engagement capacity in STFC communities. STFC Nucleus grant holders undertake high quality programmes of public engagement that inspire and involve target audiences with stories of STFC science, technology and facilities. Grant holders may also use Nucleus awards to increase capacity for STFC focused public engagement in the applying institution or appropriate communities of practice. Proposed engagement programmes must clearly focus on the remit of the STFC-funded science programme or clearly and demonstrably align to the science and technology work of STFC's national and international laboratories and facilities. The Wonder Initiative is particularly encouraged, which focuses on audience-driven public engagement with under-served communities in the most socio-economically deprived areas of the UK, especially those aged eight to 14 years old and their families and carers.
International Placement Scheme 2026 (Other)
The International Placement Scheme (IPS) provides early career researchers (ECRs), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded doctoral students and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded doctoral students with inclusive and dedicated access to internationally renowned collections, programmes and expertise held at IPS host institutions. The scheme aims to enhance the depth, range, diversity, and quality of research activities conducted by scholars, including research exploring under-represented and under-researched cultures and histories. IPS provides unique opportunities for networking with other international scholars based at these world-renowned institutions and can have a transformational impact on personal development and career progression. Placements are available at seven institutions: Harry Ransom Center, Huntington Library, and Library of Congress in the United States; National Institutes for the Humanities in Japan; Shanghai Theatre Academy in China; Smithsonian Institution in the US; and Yale Centre for British Art. Recipients receive £1,000 for travel and visa costs (£1,200 for travel to Japan and China) and £2,500 for each month of the placement, with placements lasting between two to six months.
DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Demonstrate 2
DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a Department for Business and Trade led programme aimed at transforming the UK's automotive industry by supporting R&D and the commercial scale up of innovative zero emission vehicle technologies. UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £33 million for late stage demonstration research and development projects. Projects will support the UK's transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry. The aim of strand 2 is to develop a product or process demonstrator to show increased capability and commercial exploitation opportunity. Projects must achieve TRL 5-6 or MRL 4-5 by completion, last between 9 and 12 months, and have total eligible grant funding requests between £500,000 and £1.5 million with a minimum of 50% match funding.
DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate 2
DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a Department for Business and Trade led programme aimed at transforming the UK's automotive industry by supporting R&D and the commercial scale up of innovative zero emission vehicle technologies. The DRIVE35 Innovation Fund supports late-stage collaborative R&D projects that design, develop and manufacture strategically important technologies in the automotive sector. This strand supports collaborative R&D projects that design, develop and enable manufacture of technologies which target post project commercialisation. Projects must support the UK's transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry, targeting TRL 7-8 or MRL 6-7 by completion. The funding aims to support growth, transition and security of the UK's automotive supply chain, increasing capability whilst improving productivity, efficiency and competitiveness.
Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) Spring
The Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) is run by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) and funded by the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Innovate UK is administering this competition on behalf of GOTT, which will provide funding ranging from £50,000 to £250,000 per project. The aim of this competition is to support organisations to move viable public sector Knowledge Assets with identified potential markets towards commercialisation. A Knowledge Asset is an intangible asset that your organisation holds. Examples of Knowledge Assets include know how, expertise, intellectual property, rights for designs, research and development outputs, source code and creative outputs. The fund is technology agnostic and encourages applications from across all sectors. Your proposal must be based on a pre-existing identified Knowledge Asset and describe a plausible potential commercial market for the KA.
Music Export Growth Scheme
MEGS provides match-funding grant support to representatives of UK-based music acts (normally music management companies or record labels who meet SME criteria) to help deliver high-quality marketing and promotion campaigns normally linked to international tours to enable these acts to grow their international business. The scheme is targeted at artists that have achieved reasonable levels of commercial success in the UK and are now looking to break internationally. Successful recipients can claim no more than 50 per cent of eligible expenditure for their projects. No UK activity can be funded. The scheme enables UK-based music SMEs and their artists, through using government match-funding, to deliver higher-quality marketing and promotional campaigns to grow their international business. This includes meeting key music industry contacts such as record labels, publishers, agents, managers, promoters and sync agents which will lead to new business being secured and enhanced media coverage in the countries the artists tour. Funding will be tied to the ambition of the project, measured by financial commitment, sales targets and business outputs. Expenditure to be taken into account will be external costs to the label or management, not normal running costs. Outputs will be key performance indicators such as leads generated and pursued, deals done, and media coverage. Applicants must provide evidence of SME criteria, domestic sales and success levels, experience of the domestic repertoire owner or management team, proven interest from the target market, and a full marketing plan for the targeted territory.
Gap Fund: single-step support for medical product development (Grant)
Apply to the MRC 'Gap Fund' for single-step support in developing a new or repurposed medicine, medical device, diagnostic, or other medical product. Projects must target a high-risk development step backed by prior funding, generating critical data to de-risk onward progression or determine failure. The 'Gap Fund' strategically bridges the smaller Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) and the larger Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme (DPFS). This funding opportunity provides small scale funding to generate critical data needed prior to seeking more substantive funding. Examples of supported projects include high-risk elements of therapeutic discovery, quantification and validation, high-risk stages of prototype development, early prototype testing, initial biomarker validation, vector identification or optimisation, and hit expansion medicinal chemistry. Applicants must be based at a Medical Research Council (MRC) eligible research organisation.
Increasing EV charging capacity on the strategic road network
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £10 million from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) to test novel whole systems concepts in a real world setting, which address electric vehicle (EV) charging power challenges along the Strategic Road Network (SRN) in England. The competition aims to develop and demonstrate innovative solutions addressing short to medium term grid and operational constraints to EV charging provision, faced at all purpose trunk road (APTR) cold spots and Motorway Service Areas (MSAs) along the SRN in England. Projects must enable at least 12 EVs (primarily cars and vans) to access ultra rapid (150kW or more) charging at SRN sites on motorways and APTR in England. The funded projects will build sector capability and foster a shared focus on improving EV charging infrastructure on the SRN in England, while widely disseminating learning to enable industry to address power, grid and operational challenges.
Experimental Medicine Stage One Grant
The Medical Research Council (MRC) offers funding for experimental medicine research to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease. Applications must include an experimental intervention or challenge in humans with established safety profiles, designed to validate a mechanistic hypothesis. The project should be based around a clearly articulated gap in understanding of human pathophysiology and have a clear path to clinical impact. Successful projects will generate new mechanistic insights that may identify opportunities to modify disease pathways or enable the future development of novel therapeutic or diagnostic approaches. This is an ongoing funding opportunity with application rounds closing every April and October. There is no limit to the amount of funding applicants can request or the length of the project, with MRC funding 80% of the project's full economic cost.
Life Sciences Transformational R&D Investment Fund (TRIF) Pilot
The Life Sciences Transformational R&D Investment Fund Pilot offers capital grants to support large-scale R&D projects in the UK life sciences sector. This newly established £50 million fund aims to boost research and development within the UK's Life Sciences sector by supporting large-scale investments focused on innovation and strengthening health resilience. Projects must exceed £100 million in total costs to be eligible. The fund prioritises projects with the potential to generate economic benefits, including substantial contributions to Gross Value Added (GVA), creation of high-wage, high-skilled jobs, and generating R&D spillover benefits. This fund complements the separate Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) and supports projects in human medicines, medical diagnostics, and MedTech products. The grant is set at the minimum level necessary to ensure projects proceed while adhering to UK subsidy regulations, typically ranging from 10-20% of total project costs.
Community Hub Bursaries
Skills Bursaries provide grants of up to £1,000 for people seeking to grow their expertise in community heritage work. Open to applicants at any stage of their personal or professional journey, these bursaries can be used for training, mentoring, attending workshops, or other professional development activities related to heritage and community engagement. The Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub is led by The National Archives in partnership with Leeds Museums & Galleries, the National Library of Wales, and the Community Archives & Heritage Group. The programme aims to respond to the long-standing challenge of how to make innovation and learning from community-facing projects more sustainable, transferable, and accessible in the UK's GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) and heritage sectors. Offered on a rolling basis, Skills Bursaries are designed to be accessible and responsive, helping to build confidence and capacity across the sector—particularly among those who may not have had access to such opportunities before. Eligible costs include course or workshop fees, travel and accommodation costs related to training, mentoring or coaching sessions, attendance at conferences or sector events, materials or resources needed for learning, and costs associated with shadowing or placements in GLAM organizations.
UK international ocean drilling programme site survey (Grant)
This funding opportunity supports ship-borne and virtual site survey investigations (SSI) to enable development of applications for scientific ocean drilling expeditions under the International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3). The programme aims to maximize development of excellent and innovative UK-led science applications for drilling expeditions by enabling detailed geophysical characterization of proposed drilling sites. Applicants must have submitted a proposal or pre-proposal for a drilling expedition to the IODP3 science office via the IODP3 Gateway system. The research outcomes will be driven by the 2050 Science Framework which presents seven strategic objectives covering habitability and life on Earth, oceanic life cycle of tectonic plates, Earth's climate system, feedbacks in the Earth system, tipping points in Earth history, global cycles of energy and matter, and natural hazards. Applications can involve ship-borne geophysical site surveys requiring ship time to collect new data or virtual site surveys where support is requested for processing existing geophysical data to meet IODP3 site characterization and safety requirements. The programme strongly encourages inclusion of early career researchers and applications supporting lower-cost Mission Specific Platform (MSP) expeditions with shallow drilling depth or coring investigations.
BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA)
The BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA) is a joint funding opportunity between the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) designed to support early-stage collaborative research between UK and Brazilian scientists. This award enables BBSRC-funded research groups to establish and strengthen partnerships with FAPESP-supported researchers in São Paulo, Brazil. The program provides funding for travel, subsistence, collaborative activities such as workshops or exchanges, and a modest level of direct research costs to generate preliminary data that can support future joint applications under the UKRI-FAPESP agreement. The award aims to promote international collaboration, facilitate knowledge exchange, provide opportunities for early career scientist exchanges, and foster the development of research skills between the two countries. UK applicants must be current holders of BBSRC research grants or researchers in BBSRC strategically supported institutes, while Brazilian partners must hold FAPESP grants. Both parties submit proposals to their respective funding agencies, and a joint funding decision is made collaboratively by BBSRC and FAPESP.
Electric Car Grant
The Electric Car Grant is a £650 million government initiative designed to support the electric vehicle industry and drivers by reducing the upfront costs of new, eligible electric vehicles (EVs) priced at or under £37,000. The grant provides automatic discounts applied by dealerships at the point of purchase, with no additional paperwork required from buyers. The grant offers two discount tiers: Band 1 cars receive a maximum discount of £3,750, while Band 2 cars receive a maximum discount of £1,500. Eligible vehicles must be M1 passenger vehicles producing 0gCO2/km at the tailpipe, have a minimum battery range of 100 miles (160km), and meet specific warranty and sustainability criteria. This grant is available from July 15, 2025 through March 31, 2030, and aims to make low-cost, sustainably manufactured EVs more widely available. Consumers do not apply for the grant directly; instead, the seller automatically includes it as a discount in the purchase price. Vehicle dealerships and manufacturers apply for the grant through an online portal to pass the discount to consumers.
Connect Fund
The Connect Fund awards up to £1m to strengthen civic East-West collaboration on matters of shared interest, including mutual challenges and opportunities across a range of sectors that directly affect communities in Northern Ireland. The Government supports an inclusive United Kingdom and acknowledges the importance of bringing together community groups across the United Kingdom to better improve the lives of all communities in Northern Ireland. The Connect Fund will connect the great ideas, people and solutions in Northern Ireland with those across the United Kingdom to address mutual challenges and grasp shared opportunities. Applications must have a clear East-West lens and deliver on one or more objectives including strengthening East-West connections by developing long lasting civic relationships, proposing an original approach to developing East-West connections, supporting the development of cultural, sports and people-to-people links, building leadership capability opportunities for community leaders on an East-West basis, or facilitating positive and constructive dialogue on shared opportunities and challenges facing communities in the UK. The fund operates on a rolling basis with two rounds of funding available.
Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) School Improvement Grant
The Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) initiative is a programme by the Department for Education (DfE) that is central to the goal of raising standards for all children in all schools across the country. RISE forms part of the government's Opportunity Mission which focuses on breaking down the barriers to opportunity and ending the link between background and success. The RISE grant will provide mandatory targeted intervention to schools that Ofsted have identified as needing to improve which will act as a catalyst for collaboration and improvement. Where appropriate, RISE teams will arrange for a high-quality organisation to work with a school, via its responsible body, with grants available to fund supporting activity. At the core of RISE are the RISE advisers, who are educational experts with direct experience improving schools. RISE advisers work as part of a wider RISE team within the Department for Education. RISE grants will be issued as a part of targeted intervention, where RISE advisers will engage with the eligible school and its responsible body to consider the school's specific improvement needs, as identified through Ofsted inspections. Ofsted will monitor the school's improvement progress, with RISE teams regularly reviewing implementation progress and engagement with the targeted intervention.
Plug-in Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant
The Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) grant is available into financial year 2025/26 with an increased price cap of £50,000. Grant rates remain the same at up to £2,500 for an eligible vehicle. The price cap increase will bring more vehicles into scope, widening customer choice and removing barriers for disabled passengers by ensuring they can get around more easily and with peace of mind. The plug-in wheelchair accessible vehicle grant (PiWG) can only be claimed by new WAVs at first registration. Preregistration conversions are eligible to apply for the grant scheme. Post-registration conversions are not eligible for the grant. Some wheelchair accessible vehicles can be sold at a 35% discount up to a maximum of £2,500, and the seller will include the discount in the purchase price.
Heritage Revival Fund
The Heritage Revival Fund has been created to help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings. It will do this by supporting community organisations to take ownership of, adapt and reuse the local heritage assets that matter to them, transforming them into thriving spaces that meet their needs. This new programme is being delivered by the Architectural Heritage Fund in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Historic England, and forms part of the government's wider £270 million investment in arts and culture. The Heritage Revival Fund will run from 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026. It is open to charities and social enterprises in England seeking to take ownership of and/or adapt historic buildings for community uses. The programme will focus on regenerating historic buildings in town centre locations. Funding is available to support projects from the earliest stages through to capital works, including feasibility studies, development of business plans, design, surveys, and the costs of acquiring and renovating buildings.
Heritage Protection Commissions Programme
The Heritage Protection Commissions and Capacity Building Scheme was re-launched on 4th November 2025 as People and Research. It continues to provide funding for strategic research and to build skills and capacity in the historic environment. Historic England wants to work with others to develop a strategic understanding of our shared historic environment, to develop innovative ways to protect it from harm and to enrich skills and expertise to help care for it. The program focuses on activities and projects that strengthen the ability of the sector to research, reduce or avoid risk to the historic environment by improving understanding, managing and conserving heritage assets.
Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)
The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) provides funding to public, private and third sector applicants, to support improvements to existing district heating or communal heating projects in England and Wales that are operating sub-optimally and resulting in poor outcomes for customers and operators. Projects can apply to HNES for either revenue or capital grant funding. Revenue grants fund procurement or mobilisation of external third-party support to carry out Optimisation Studies that assess heat network projects to identify causes of sub-optimal performance and recommend costed intervention or improvement measures. Capital grants part-fund the delivery (installation) of eligible intervention/improvement measures. HNES is a multiple-funding-round grant support programme with funding expected to be deployed across FY23/24 to FY27/28. The scheme aims to improve heat network performance in existing/operational projects where customers and/or operators are experiencing sub-optimal outcomes, particularly addressing customer detriment for consumers impacted by increasing costs of living and energy. Applicants will be required to fulfil monthly/quarterly monitoring and reporting requirements and consent to publicise grant value and details of funded activities.
Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
Historic England provides grants towards the repair and conservation of listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered parks and gardens in England. This includes project development actions which enable repair or improved future management. The grants under this scheme are intended to reduce the risk faced by some of the most significant historic sites in England. The focus is on sites which are most in need of repair and where, without the grant, a project would not be able to go ahead. This is a rolling opportunity open indefinitely throughout the year.
Partnership Schemes in Conservation Areas
Partnership Schemes in Conservation Areas are designed to target funding for the preservation and enhancement of conservation areas in England. These schemes are run on a day-to-day basis by local authorities and are based on a partnership between Historic England, the Local Authority and other funding bodies. They are designed to ensure the long term sustainable future of conservation areas, particularly through supporting heritage-based regeneration initiatives. In many deprived areas, conservation of the built heritage can act as a catalyst for wider regeneration, helping to improve the quality of run-down towns and cities, encourage inward investment and wider economic and community regeneration, and create new opportunities for local people. Partnership schemes make grants available to the owners of individual properties within a conservation area who want to carry out repairs or other appropriate work which will enhance the area. The schemes aim to provide a framework for identifying problems and opportunities, channel resources to encourage remedial work, and provide appropriate management and development controls. Historic England looks at the wider benefits that projects can achieve in addition to improvements to the historic environment, focusing on boosting social and economic resurgence, reinforcing historic character and significance, repairing and bringing back into use historic buildings, and ensuring appropriate standards and subsequent maintenance.
Regional Capacity Building
Regional Capacity Building is now part of Historic England's grants for People activities. This programme offers funding for activities and projects which are local or regional in coverage and which promote the understanding, management and conservation of the historic environment. The support focuses on building and maintaining sector capacity for the sustainable management and development of the historic environment. Historic England prioritizes eligible activities and projects for which there is a lack of alternative sources of funding, ensuring the programme addresses critical gaps in heritage sector capacity building and professional development.
Section 17 Management Agreements
Historic England offers funding to improve the management of ancient monuments or access to them through agreements with the owner or occupier of the land. These Management Agreements are offered for the preservation, maintenance, management and presentation of ancient monuments under Section 17 (1-9) of the 1979 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act. The agreements usually run for a term of three or five years and can include payment for one-off repairs which would typically be carried out at the start of the term. Historic England concentrates these management agreements on sites where Environmental Stewardship funding is not available or appropriate, working closely with Natural England to coordinate landscape management funding.
Urgent Capital Support
Urgent Capital Support is intended for academy trusts and Voluntary Aided (VA) schools, not in receipt of school condition allocation, and sixth-form colleges that want to apply for funding assistance to address urgent building condition issues that threaten the closure of the whole, or a significant part of the school. Applications can only be considered from eligible institutions where there is a genuine need for urgent support that cannot wait until the next CIF main round. The application will need to provide evidence of a significant health and safety risk in relation to the building condition, that the condition issue has already resulted in or represents an imminent threat of school closure, and that the urgent works cannot be funded by the academy trust, VA school or sixth-form college independently or through a CIF loan. Most successful applications will be funded through loan arrangements, where these are deemed affordable for the recipient. The urgent works must aim to improve a capital asset currently used for educational provision for pupils between the ages of 2 and 19 years.
International Showcase Fund
The International Showcase Fund (ISF) offers grants of up to £5,500 for international export opportunities for UK-based artists, bands, songwriters and producers who have been formally invited to perform or create new music at international industry-facing showcasing festivals, songwriting camps or conferences. The fund enables UK-based music creators to grow their international business through meeting key music industry contacts including label representatives, publishers, promoters and agents at eligible international events. The fund supports independent creators, including DIY artists, those with team members and those signed to independent labels. Applicants must demonstrate export-readiness through metrics such as a strong UK following, evidence of overseas demand, an existing team around the artist, a good touring track record, recognition from the music industry and media, and audience engagement metrics. The fund prioritizes those who have not previously received ISF support to ensure broad support for first export steps. ISF runs rolling deadlines allowing artists to apply as soon as they receive an official invite from an eligible event, with applications encouraged 10-12 weeks before the event. Advisors consider musical examples, the case for support, and the submitted budget to determine suitable support levels based on eligible costs and funding need. The fund aims to support a broad range of music creators considering genre, regionality, and diversity, equity and inclusion factors.
AHRC Responsive Mode: Catalyst Awards
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Catalyst Awards support researchers without prior experience of leading a significant research project to accelerate their trajectory as independent researchers. The scheme is designed to unlock potential and build leadership and convenor experience through the delivery of ambitious or complex projects. Development is at the core of this scheme, with funding available to support researchers and their research ideas in a flexible manner. Applications are welcomed from teams, networks, and solo researchers. Projects must clearly articulate how funding will contribute to the development of all involved through project design and management with appropriate support structures. Projects can be single discipline, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, or transdisciplinary, with the majority of disciplinary focus falling within AHRC's subject remit in arts and humanities. Partnerships and collaboration are supported, with applicants expected to outline how collaboration contributes to career development and team member development.
AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award (Grant)
Flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas. Curiosity awards support early-stage ambitious and novel fundamental research which has the potential to act as a springboard towards new and exciting research agendas. The funding opportunity celebrates the full diversity of the arts and humanities. It is flexible, and applications are welcomed from teams, networks, and solo researchers. Projects can be single discipline, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary. Practice-based and practice-led research is supported by this funding opportunity. Partnerships and collaboration are supported. The funding opportunity is intentionally flexible and may include idea generation, seed corn funding, high risk and high potential concepts, novel research, networking activity, partnership building, knowledge exchange, public engagement, international collaboration, scoping and piloting, pivots in research focus at any career stage, and mentoring for members of the research team.
AHRC responsive mode: standard research grant
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) standard research grant provides funding to support well-defined collaborative research projects across the arts and humanities. The funding is designed to enable researchers to establish or enhance effective working relationships with fellow researchers both within and beyond the arts and humanities, provide opportunities for less experienced researchers to develop their expertise by working collaboratively with senior researchers, and maximize the value of research outcomes by promoting their communication and dissemination. Applications must include a project lead and at least one project co-lead who are jointly involved in the development and management of the project and co-authored research outputs. Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. The full economic cost (FEC) of projects can range between £300,000 and £1.5 million, with AHRC funding 80% of the FEC. Projects can last up to five years and must start at least nine months after the application submission date.
AHRC responsive mode: collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg (Grant)
This funding opportunity enables UK-based arts and humanities researchers to work with researchers in Luxembourg through a collaborative grant mechanism. The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) have established a lead agency agreement whereby UKRI receives and assesses joint applications on behalf of both organizations. The program supports well-defined collaborative research projects that aim to establish or enhance effective working relationships between researchers within and beyond the arts and humanities, provide opportunities for less experienced researchers to develop expertise, and maximize the value of research outcomes through communication and dissemination. Projects can involve single or multiple institutions, different research areas, and interdisciplinary collaborations. The UK element of the project must have a full economic cost (FEC) between £300,000 and £1.5 million, with AHRC funding 80% of the FEC. FNR separately funds all justified costs for Luxembourg-based researchers through their own system. Projects can run for up to five years and must start at least nine months after submission. This is a responsive mode opportunity with no closing date, allowing applications to be submitted at any time with regular decision points throughout the year.
AHRC responsive mode: working with Brazilian researchers (Grant)
This funding opportunity supports collaborative research between UK-based researchers and Brazilian researchers from the State of São Paulo. Applications must fall within the remit of both the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). The program aims to enable arts and humanities researchers to establish or enhance effective working relationships with fellow researchers both within and beyond the UK, provide opportunities for less experienced researchers to develop their expertise and careers by working collaboratively, and maximize the value of research outcomes by promoting their communication and dissemination. Projects should be well-defined collaborative research initiatives that may involve single or multiple institutions, researchers from different disciplines within arts and humanities or between arts and humanities and other subject areas, and international collaboration. The full economic cost of the UK hosted element must be between £300,000 and £1.5 million, with AHRC funding 80% of FEC. FAPESP will separately fund all justified costs for Brazilian-based researchers. Projects may run for up to five years and must start at least nine months after application submission.
AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency grant
This funding opportunity supports collaborative research between UK-based researchers and US-based researchers through a lead agency agreement between the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the US National Science Foundation, Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences Directorate (NSF-SBE). The program enables arts and humanities researchers to establish or enhance effective working relationships with fellow researchers across disciplines and sectors. Projects should aim to maximize the value of research outcomes by promoting their communication and dissemination with individuals and organizations outside academia. The collaborative work is governed by an agreement between UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and NSF-SBE, allowing joint applications to be submitted to a single lead agency for streamlined assessment. Projects can include elements of individual research if they add value to the collaborative effort and may involve researchers working across different research areas, disciplines, and sectors.
The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF)
The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) is a capital grants fund which aims to build resilience for future health emergencies and capitalise on the UK's world-leading research and development capabilities. The fund will enhance and accelerate affordable access to mature, new and emerging Life Sciences products for both pandemic and non-pandemic scenarios. LSIMF will provide up to £520 million in capital grants for investment in the manufacture of human medicines and medical technology (including diagnostics, and MedTech products). Projects with a total cost of at least £8 million are eligible to apply. The maximum intervention rate is 25%, with the typical intervention rate being 10-20% of total project costs. The fund is open to UK registered businesses for manufacturing projects that increase UK health resilience and create economic opportunity through high-wage, high-skilled jobs.
Waking Watch Replacement Fund 2023
The Waking Watch Replacement Fund 2023 provides up to £41.71 million in financial support for the installation of common alarm systems to replace waking watch measures in residential buildings across England. The fund was extended to March 2026 and covers buildings of any height that have a waking watch in place due to fire safety defects, regardless of where the costs of the waking watch fall. The fund builds on previous initiatives including the Waking Watch Relief Fund and the Waking Watch Replacement Fund 2022, which together provided £62 million in funding. This funding is designed to protect residents and leaseholders who may face high costs or delays in implementing interim safety measures by supporting the installation of better, long-term fire safety systems in their buildings. The common fire alarm system should generally be designed in accordance with BS 5839-1 for a Category L5 system, aligned with the National Fire Chief's Council guidance on buildings transitioning from a 'Stay Put' to a 'Simultaneous Evacuation' fire safety strategy. The fund covers the upfront capital costs of installing alarm systems and will consider retrospective costs for installations that commenced on or after 25 May 2023. Applicants must demonstrate that the building has a waking watch in place that has been identified by a Competent Person or Fire and Rescue Service intervention, and that the alarm installation will remove the need for the waking watch. Applications require three quotes from different alarm installation companies to ensure costs are reasonable.
Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Households with On-Street Parking
The Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Households with On-Street Parking provides electric vehicle (EV) drivers with financial support towards the costs of the purchase and installation of EV chargepoints at residential properties when also installing a cross-pavement charging solution (e.g. a cable channel). The grant covers 75% off the cost to buy and install a socket, up to a maximum of £350. This grant is designed for residents who do not have private and exclusive access to off-street parking such as a driveway, garage or residential car park, but have adequate on-street parking available. Applicants must obtain permission from their local highways authority for the installation of the cross-pavement charging solution and declare that they will obtain planning permissions as required by their local planning authority. The cross-pavement solution must not be a temporary solution, such as cable covers or mats which can be placed on top of a cable. The grant cannot be backdated, so the chargepoint must not already be installed at the time of application. The scheme aims to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicle chargepoints for users with accessible on-street parking. Applicants must own or rent a residential property in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, and own or be responsible for an eligible vehicle from the OZEV-approved electric vehicles list. Installation must be completed by an OZEV approved installer using grant-eligible chargepoint models. The grant is paid directly to the installer, who deducts the grant amount from the customer's invoice.
Workplace Charging Scheme for state-funded education institutions
This grant is for state-funded schools and education institutions to install electric vehicle chargepoint sockets at their site(s). The scheme provides 75% off the cost to buy and install chargepoints up to a maximum of £2,500 per socket and 40 sockets across all sites. Successful applicants will receive a voucher that is valid for 180 days from the date of issue, and the installation must be completed within this time. Applicants must use an authorised installer to install eligible commercial chargepoints. The aim of the scheme is to accelerate the uptake of electric chargepoints for state-funded education institutions. If chargepoints are planned to be used by the public, this should be considered as part of a package of measures to encourage sustainable school travel, including active travel and public transport.
Spruce Site Assessment
The Spruce Site Assessment (SSA) grant is for landowners and land managers in England with spruce trees on land inside the Ips typographus proactive spruce removal area. The SSA grant offers a fixed payment of £2,000 to assess woodland to understand the amount and condition of spruce present and plan for potential felling and restocking. The grant aims to reduce the risks of Ips typographus (eight-toothed spruce bark beetle) and outbreaks occurring by encouraging the removal of material that might be susceptible to the beetle. Landowners or their agents can use this funding to evaluate costs involved in felling spruce in the proactive spruce removal area and identify funding available to help with the cost. If outbreaks are found, Statutory Plant Health Notices (SPHNs) are issued requiring the owner to take specific urgent forestry actions. Surveys must be completed and the funding claimed by 31st March 2026.
Cladding Safety Scheme
The Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) will meet the cost of addressing life safety fire risks associated with cladding on residential buildings over 11m in height (11-18m in London). The scheme was formally announced under the previous name - Medium Rise Scheme (MRS) in November 2022. The CSS will support applications for buildings where the applicant is unable to afford to carry out the work themselves or feel that it is not their responsibility to do so. Applications can be submitted by the person or organisation legally responsible for the building's external repairs or their representative. The scheme is part of the wider Building Remediation Portfolio whose objectives include ensuring that residents are safe from risks associated with fire safety. Funding is available towards eligible costs that would be borne by residential or commercial leaseholders. The key objective is to ensure that any life safety fire risks associated with cladding are addressed as quickly as possible to ensure that residents are safe, and feel safe, in their homes. The GLA will continue to operate the Building Safety Fund for buildings over 18m in height in the Greater London Area.
UK Global Screen Fund International Distribution Festival Launch Support
Festival Launch Support funding aims to help UK sales agents or UK producers to maximise the festival selection of a UK film through supporting enhanced publicity and/or marketing activity, as well as assisting with the technical and logistical costs involved with a high profile festival appearance. This funding offers support to applicants who can clearly demonstrate how they will utilise a festival premiere to enhance the promotion, reach and value of a UK film internationally. The program supports the festival launch of UK films in order to enhance their promotion, reach and value internationally. The funding is available through the UK Global Screen Fund, which is part of the British Film Institute's international activity support programs.
Plug-in Motorcycle Grant
The plug-in motorcycle grant (PiMG) was launched in 2016 to help bridge the price gap between the cost of zero emission motorcycles and petrol motorcycles. Some types of zero emission motorcycles are eligible for a grant from the government, so that you can buy them more cheaply. The grant provides a 35% discount, up to a maximum of £500, on eligible motorcycles. The seller includes the grant as a discount in the purchase price, so customers do not need to apply for it directly. To be eligible, motorcycles must have no CO2 emissions, be able to travel at least 50km (31 miles) between charges, and have a recommended retail price of less than £10,000 including VAT and delivery fees. The scheme is available to both private consumers and businesses purchasing a qualifying ultra-low emission vehicle and registering it to a UK address.
Plug-in Van and Truck Grant
The plug-in van grant (PIVG) was launched in 2012 to help bridge the price gap between the cost of ultra-low emission vans and diesel vans. It was extended to trucks, also referred to as heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in 2016. The scheme operates by having manufacturers or third parties apply to OZEV to have their vehicles included in the program. The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) checks applications to ensure vehicles meet minimum technical criteria. The grant is available to customers at the point of purchase directly from the dealer or manufacturer's representative, meaning consumers do not have to go through a grant application process themselves. Small vans can receive up to £2,500 discount, large vans up to £5,000 discount, small trucks up to £16,000 discount, and large trucks up to £25,000 discount. The seller includes the discount in the purchase price. Government is going further and faster to decarbonise transport by phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. Between 2030 and 2035, any new cars and vans sold that emit from the tailpipe must have significant zero emission capability. Both the level of grant and the criteria for each category is liable to change at the discretion of the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV). The grant can only be claimed for new vans and trucks at first registration. Pre-registration conversions are eligible to be submitted for the scheme, but post-registration conversions are not. Annual caps on total large and small truck grants and grants available per end customer currently apply, with end customers limited to 1500 orders across the Plug in Van and Truck Grants per financial year.
Plug-in Taxi Grant
The Plug-in Taxi Grant (PiTG) is an incentive scheme designed to support the uptake of purpose-built ultra-low emission vehicle (ULEV) taxis in the United Kingdom. It provides taxi drivers and businesses with a discount on the upfront cost of new zero emission capable taxis, making them more affordable compared to traditional internal combustion engine vehicles. The grant is designed to bridge the cost gap between conventional taxis and new ultra-low emission technologies. The scheme offers discounts of up to £4,000 or £3,000 depending on the vehicle's zero-emission range, emissions levels, and design. Vehicles are allocated into two categories: Category 1 offers up to £4,000 for taxis with a zero-emission range of 70 miles or more and emissions of less than 50gCO2/km, while Category 2 offers up to £3,000 for taxis with a zero-emission range of 10 to 69 miles and emissions of less than 50gCO2/km. One key requirement is that the vehicle must be wheelchair accessible. Taxi drivers and businesses do not need to apply directly for the grant. Instead, vehicle manufacturers apply for their models to be approved for the scheme, and approved dealerships and manufacturers claim the grant on behalf of customers. The discount is automatically deducted from the purchase price at the point of sale, making the process seamless for buyers. The grant is only available for newly purchased purpose-built taxis, not for second-hand vehicles or conversions. The scheme operates from April 1, 2023, through April 5, 2026.
UK Global Screen Fund: International Distribution (P&A Support)
The UK Global Screen Fund: International Distribution (P&A Support) helps secure wider and higher profile cinema releases of British films in international markets. The program supports live action and animated, fiction and documentary feature films that are capable of qualifying as 'British' films under current definitions, including UK co-productions. Eligible films can be in any language, including English, and must have clear appeal to identified international audiences with strong potential for commercial success. P&A (Prints and Advertising) Costs cover all marketing and technical costs associated with the theatrical release of a UK independent film in a given international territory, incurred by the local distributor. The fund provides support for eligible P&A costs to help UK films reach international audiences and achieve commercial success in overseas markets. This is a rolling application program administered by the British Film Institute (BFI), running from April 2023 through March 2028. The program aims to strengthen the international distribution of British films and increase their visibility and commercial performance in global cinema markets.
UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development
The International Business Development strand of the UK Global Screen Fund aims to support the development of UK screen content businesses that focus on revenue generation through export and international expansion. This funding provides grants for growth strategies spanning three to five years to support companies that have identified opportunities to develop and expand in terms of turnover and scale of Intellectual Property (IP) creation, exploitation and acquisition. The express aim is to enhance the company's international revenue, activities and profile across film, TV, animation and interactive narrative video games sectors. The fund is designed to help UK screen content businesses enhance their international activities and competitive position in global markets.
National Highways Lorry Parking Facilities Improvements Scheme
National Highways is promoting a funding scheme of up to £20m to improve lorry parking facilities used by heavy goods vehicle drivers who rely upon good quality, safe and secure rest areas. The Scheme is part of the National Highways Users and Communities Designated Fund. This grant provides lorry parking operators with support to improve HGV driver facilities through the provision of welfare facilities, parking and improved security. Motorway service area operators and operators of service areas that provide facilities for professional drivers at rest areas operated by the private sector on major trunk roads close to the strategic road network (up to radius of 5km) can apply for funds to improve their facility providing it offers benefits to professional drivers. Applicants must provide match-funding of at least 50% of the cost of the projects for which funding is sought. National Highways will fund up to 50% of the capital cost of an improvement project. Funding opportunities are to support improving facilities and increasing the number of parking spaces at existing sites which include a lorry park. The cost of resourcing and staffing future improvements is not included in the funding issued to a facility. Neither are normal running costs, general business overheads and direct or agency/contractor labour costs. Funds can be used to fund construction and refurbishment works, security equipment and installation, engineering and architecture and design, and fixtures and fittings. Proposals must improve HGV driver facilities or welfare in three areas: welfare facilities for drivers (including driver lounges, facilities recognising gender, disability and other protected characteristics, Wi-Fi, amenities), driver and site security (lighting systems, CCTV, monitoring equipment, secure fencing), and HGV parking capacity (increased parking spaces, improved configuration, electric charging infrastructure, dedicated areas for noisy vehicles).
Commissioned Rehabilitative Services General Grant Scheme
The Commissioned Rehabilitative Services General Grant Scheme provides support for people with shared protected characteristics or shared experiences, or to promote rehabilitation and desistance to support the aims of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) to protect the public and reduce reoffending. England and Wales are divided into 12 probation regions, each with access to a budget per financial year that can be used to commission rehabilitative services through grant awards. The scheme aims to improve people's engagement in, and experience of, probation and other rehabilitative activities; to support an individual's rehabilitation and desistance journey; and to improve HMPPS' knowledge of which activities work to support people and to encourage rehabilitation and desistance. The grant scheme enables HMPPS to award multiple competed general grants across the probation regions. Organizations can register their interest through the Probation Grants Applications Portal.
Workplace Charging Scheme
The Workplace Charging Scheme provides support for organisations towards the cost of installing up to 40 electric vehicle chargepoint sockets at their sites. The scheme covers up to 75% of the total costs of the purchase and installation of EV chargepoints (including VAT), capped at a maximum of £350 per socket and 40 sockets across all sites per applicant. The scheme is open to eligible businesses, charities, public sector organisations, and small accommodation businesses in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. All chargepoints must be installed by an OZEV authorised installer. The aim of the scheme is to help the transition to electric vehicles through accelerating the provision of chargepoints in workplaces. The grant is available for sites with dedicated off-road parking that is clearly associated with the premises, and parking must be for staff or fleet use (with some exceptions for charities, public authorities, and small accommodation businesses).
Electric vehicle chargepoint and infrastructure grants for landlords
This UK government grant scheme provides financial support to landlords for installing electric vehicle chargepoints and supporting infrastructure in rental and leasehold properties. There are two types of grants available: the EV chargepoint grant which covers 75% of the cost to buy and install a chargepoint socket, up to £350 per socket, and the EV infrastructure grant which covers 75% of the cost of wider building and installation work needed to install multiple chargepoint sockets, up to £30,000. The grants are designed to accelerate the uptake of electric chargepoints for people living in flats, rental accommodation, apartment blocks, and commercially let properties. Residential landlords can receive up to 200 grants per year for residential properties and 100 for commercial properties for chargepoint installations, plus up to 30 infrastructure grants per year. The grant is administered by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and requires the use of approved installers and chargepoint models.
Electric vehicle infrastructure grant for staff and fleets
The grant provides small and medium-sized businesses money off the cost of installing electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints and supporting infrastructure for their staff and fleet vehicles. The EV infrastructure grant gives businesses money off the cost of wider building and installation work that's needed to install multiple chargepoint sockets, including work for sockets to be installed now and in the future, such as wiring and posts. The grant covers 75% of the cost of the work, up to a maximum of £15,000. Businesses can get up to £350 per chargepoint socket installed and up to £500 per parking space enabled with supporting infrastructure. Companies can receive up to 5 grants across 5 different sites.
Tree Health Pilot
The Tree Health Pilot (THP) scheme is testing different ways of slowing the spread of pests and diseases affecting trees in England. It expands on support available through the Countryside Stewardship Woodland Tree Health grant. The THP supports owners and managers of trees in woodland or trees outside woodland to deal with tree health issues. Funding from the pilot can go towards a range of measures including: felling and treating diseased or infested trees and necessary infrastructure improvements; restocking with new trees and capital items to assist this; maintenance of newly planted trees biosecurity items. The pilot was launched in August 2021 to test interventions and assumptions for a nationwide Tree Health grants scheme. It provides support for trees affected by specific pests and diseases including Phytophthora ramorum in larch, eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, sweet chestnut blight, oak processionary moth, and ash dieback. The scheme is designed to help bolster the health and sustainability of trees, woodlands and forests and support those who manage these important areas. By helping eradicate and manage pests and diseases, thriving treescapes can provide a range of environmental and economic benefits. The pilot is testing two main interventions: felling and treatment to slow the spread of pests and diseases, and restocking for resilience to enable treescape recovery.
England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO)
The England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) supports the establishment of new woodlands and is administered by the Forestry Commission. EWCO is funded through the Nature for Climate Fund and gives greater recognition of the public benefits and ecosystem services provided by woodland. The program provides financial support to create new woodlands that combat climate change by storing carbon, contribute to nature recovery by creating new woodland habitat, improve water quality, reduce flood risk, and provide climate change mitigation. Applicants can receive up to £10,200 per hectare to create the woodland. Additional payments of up to £12,700 are available if the woodland contributes to the local community, nature recovery or the environment. EWCO is one of a suite of Forestry Commission initiatives to support woodland creation and tree planting across England, encouraging the provision of public benefits and ecosystem services while supporting landowners with the capital costs of woodland creation. The program prioritizes combating climate change, contributing to nature recovery, improving water quality, reducing flood risk, creating woodlands close to people, increasing recreational access, and encouraging ammonia capture to protect sensitive sites. All landowners, land managers, and public bodies in England are eligible to apply for funding to create qualifying woodland areas.
Community and Environment Fund (CEF) and Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF)
High Speed Two (HS2) is a new high speed railway linking up London, the Midlands, the North and Scotland. In October 2014, the Government announced a funding programme to offset the disruption of Phase One of HS2 on local communities and economies. A combined total of £45 million has been made available for this fund, with £40m allocated for areas disrupted by the construction of Phase One and £5m allocated for areas disrupted by Phase 2a. The Community and Environment Fund (CEF) aims to add benefit over and above committed mitigation and statutory compensation to communities along the route that are demonstrably disrupted by the construction of HS2. CEF Local funds smaller projects up to £75,000, focusing on quality of life and environment in individual communities. CEF Strategic funds larger projects from £75,001 up to £250,000, addressing broader concerns across several communities. The Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF) supports local economies that are demonstrably disrupted by the construction of HS2. Applications are invited for capital or revenue grants from £10,000 up to £250,000. The fund aims to support interventions that have a positive impact on local economies, including promotional activities, events, tourism projects, public realm enhancements, and business support services. Both funds are open for the duration of the construction period and for the first year of operation of HS2 services, running from March 2017 through March 2035.
Trees, woodlands and forestry - Woodland Creation Planning Grant
The Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) offers funding for the production of a UK Forestry Standard (UKFS)-compliant woodland creation design plan. The grant supports landowners, land managers, and public bodies in gathering and analyzing information to ensure woodland creation proposals account for biodiversity, landscape, water, historic environment, and local stakeholder considerations. The grant operates in two stages: Stage 1 provides £1,500 for a desk-based exercise to identify constraints and opportunities for the proposed planting site. If potential for woodland creation is confirmed, Stage 2 funding is offered at £150 per hectare (minus the Stage 1 payment) to complete the full Woodland Creation Design Plan Template. Supplementary payments for specialist survey work may be available if identified as necessary during Stage 1. The scheme was re-launched in autumn 2020 to enable more applicants and help proposals move more quickly through the Environmental Impact Assessment process and future planting and establishment grant funding. Applications are accepted year-round with decisions typically provided within 15 working days.
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