Current opportunities
The opportunities listed below are in order of closing date. If you are looking to apply for one of the opportunities listed below, we can assist with grant applications. Visit our grant writing page to find out more.
Horizon Europe Guarantee – EIT KICs 2023
Registration Closes: Tuesday 31st December 2024
Scope:
The ’Horizon Europe guarantee’ scheme provides funding to researchers and innovators unable to receive their Horizon Europe funding while the UK is in the process of associating to the programme. The guarantee is a short-term measure intended to address the delays in the formalisation of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe.
This guarantee covers the costs of EIT-eligible activities delivered by UK participants of the KICs in 2021, 2022, and 2023 that would otherwise have been covered by grant funding awarded by EIT.
Visit the Horizon Europe website to find out more about Horizon Europe Guarantee EIT KICs 2023
BridgeAI: Turing Commons | The Alan Turing Institute
Registration Closes: Tuesday 31st December 2024
Scope:
The ‘Turing Commons’ is for researchers, ethicists, sociologists, policymakers, or anyone with an interest in responsible data-driven technology. There are three skills tracks, each aimed at a different audience:
- Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) – primarily for researchers with an active interest in data science or AI research and innovation.
- Public Engagement of Data Science and AI (PED) – primarily for researchers with an active interest in public engagement, specifically in the context of data science and artificial intelligence.
- AI Ethics & Governance (AEG) – primarily for researchers with an active interest in the ethics and governance of data science and AI.
Visit the Innovate UK website to find out more about Turing Commons
Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: Round 18
Registration Closes: Wednesday 8th January 2025
Scope:
This competition offers loans to help businesses overcome barriers to their innovations becoming a successful, commercial reality. The aim is to make a considerable economic impact which results in significant, sustainable business growth.
Innovate UK is looking for businesses who can demonstrate that their projects have the best potential for the future.
Your idea must lead to innovative new products, processes or services that are significantly ahead of others currently available or propose an innovative use of existing products, processes or services. It can also involve a new or innovative business model.
£100 000 – £2 million funding available.
Visit the Innovation Funding Service website to find out more about this opportunity
Design Foundations Round 6
Registration Closes: Wednesday 15th January 2025
Scope:
The aim of this competition is to help businesses use people centred and systemic design methods. These will lay foundations for innovative ideas that can deliver significant benefits to people, the planet, and society as a whole. The ideas can be for new or significantly improved products, services, places or business models. Your proposal must be one or more of the following:
- Identify new opportunities to innovate, and plan how to respond to them
- Generate new ideas in response to a known need or opportunity
- Improve existing innovative ideas
£80 000 funding available
Visit the Innovation Funding Service website to find out more about this opportunity
Mindset extended reality (XR): Digital therapeutics for mental health
Registration Closes: Wednesday 15th January 2025
Scope:
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3.7 million for R&D projects that provide digital therapeutics for mental health solutions. This funding is from Innovate UK.
Visit the Innovation Funding Service website to find out more about this opportunity
Innovate UK Smart grants: November 2024
Registration Closes: Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Scope:
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £15 million for game changing and commercially viable R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.
Visit the Innovation Funding Service website to find out more about this opportunity
Canada-UK Collaborative R&D
Registration Closes: Wednesday 16th April 2025
Scope:
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for collaboration with Canadian SMEs on joint R&D projects.
Visit the Innovation Funding Service website to find out more about this opportunity
Longstanding opportunities:
EIC Accelerator (UK based organisations are eligible)
The EIC Accelerator supports individual small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to develop and scale game-changing innovations providing substantial financial support with:
- Grant funding (non-dilutive) of up to €2.5 million for innovation development costs, including demonstration of the technology in the relevant environment, prototyping and system level demonstration, R&D and testing required to meet regulatory and standardisation requirements, intellectual property management, and marketing approval (e.g. at least TRL 5/6 to 8).
- Investments (direct equity investments or quasi-equity such as convertible loans- for EU based organisations only) of up to €15 million managed by the EIC Fund for scale up and other relevant costs.
Visit the European Innovation Council website for more information about their accelerator.
TheHill is always open to collaborations and keen to partner with other organisations as consortium member on collaborative projects, if you are interested please complete our triage form.