Grants for charities to develop websites and Facebook advertising
Transform Foundation aims to encourage investment in digital technologies, skills and marketing in the charity sector. Offering grants to charities (with annual revenue between £350,000 and £30million) to develop websites and advertise through Facebook. Find out more, click here
DEADLINE: On going
Horizon 2020: EU Research Programme
EU funding for large-scale, international collaborative research projects. New work programme for 2018-2020: UK businesses, universities, public bodies, charities and healthcare providers can still participate. Find out more, click here
DEADLINE: On going
Horizon 2020 Live longer, better, healthier: new innovation funding
£300 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund will support our ageing population, with opportunities for businesses and researchers to work together. Find out more, click here
DEADLINE ongoing
VOOM PITCH 2018 Opens to Entries with £1 Million in Prizes for the Best UK & Ireland
Start-ups
Virgin Media Business is looking for entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to Sir Richard
Branson, giving them the chance to win various prizes from an overall pot of £1 million, coupled with valuable PR. Find out more, click here
DEADLINE 8 May 2018
£15m New fund to develop innovative ideas
Innovate UK has announced a new fund to support small and medium-sized businesses to
develop innovative ideas. To compete for a share of the £15 million fund, applicants must
demonstrate that their project is innovative and will lead to new products, processes or services. Projects must last from six months to three years and have total eligible costs of between £25,000 and £1 million. Innovate UK has also announced a £10 million fund for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, which connect UK businesses with an academic or research organisation and a suitably qualified graduate to work on innovation projects. To find out more, click here
DEADLINE 9 May 2018.
Innovate UK Launches Second Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Fund Call
Innovate UK (IUK) is now accepting applications for the second round of the Medicines
Manufacturing Challenge Fund; a £10 million competition funded through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) that will support innovative projects in medicines manufacturing solutions. Find out more, click here
DEADLINE 9 May 2018
Sustainable travel grants
Organisations in Plymouth can now apply for up to £5,000 for schemes to make it easier for their staff to travel to work either by bike, on foot, or by bus. Match funding of up to £5,000 is being made available through Plymouth City Council’s Plymotion at Your Workplace programme, to provide facilities or initiatives to encourage employees to leave their car at home, and make the switch to greener modes of transport. Find out more, click here
DEADLINE: Friday 29 June 2018
Up to £150k grant for local community capital projects
One off grants scheme in 2018 to support Capital projects that will benefit local communities
across the UK. Grants range from £30,000 – £150,000. Find out more, click here
DEADLINE 30 June 2018
Government Promotes Agri-tech Revolution with £90m for Transforming Food Production
UK businesses can make connections and find out about £90 million of investment to improve
food and farming, as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Find out more, click here
€2.7 Billion in H2020 Research Funding for Information and Communication Technologies
The 2018-2020 Industrial Leadership Information and Communication Technologies (LEIT) Work Programme covers ICT technology in a comprehensive way, covering technologies for Digitising European Industry, HPC, Big Data and Cloud, 5G and Next Generation Internet. Find out more, click here
£21m to boost UK’s world-class tech sector and spread the benefits across the country
The UK’s world-leading tech sector will go from strength-to-strength after plans unveiled today set out a £21 million investment to create a new national network of regional tech hubs in areas across the country, including Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Birmingham. Find out more, click here