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Ore's database of 300+ UK funding opportunities is checked and updated daily. Closed schemes are removed. New competitions are added as they open. Deadlines refreshed automatically.

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  • Innovate UK Smart Grants - Round 16 opens
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  • DASA Competition 58 - deadline updated
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  • NZIP Hydrogen Stream - new round announced
    2 days ago
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£4.2B
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300+
UK funding opportunities tracked
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Every opportunity your business qualifies for, ranked.

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Total funding potential

£2,415,000

18 matches
Innovate UK Smart Grants£500KMedRolling91%
NPL Measurement for Business£80KLowRolling78%
NHS Innovation AcceleratorIn-kindLowAnnual71%
ARIA Programme Funding£1.2MHighFixed68%
Catapult Network Access£75KLowRolling54%

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18 matches · £2.4M
Innovate UK Smart91%
NPL M4B78%
NHS IA71%
Catapult54%

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GRANT · ROLLING

Innovate UK Smart Grants

Up to £500,000

Funding for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.

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Direct links to applications. Effort and deadlines upfront.

300+ funding opportunities across these bodies

Innovate UK£1B+/year available
NIHR£1.4B+/year available
NHS EnglandInnovation pathways
MRC£800M+/year available
Wellcome Trust£1B+ research funding
BBSRC£500M+/year available
DASA£50M+/year competitions
ARIA£800M over 10 years
ORE CatapultOffshore energy support
Digital CatapultIn-kind tech support
CPIProcess innovation support
HVM Catapult7 specialist centres
Energy Systems CatapultNet zero support
NPLMeasurement & testing support
Faraday Institution£65M battery research
Alan Turing InstituteAI collaboration
UK Space Agency£50M+ space grants
Satellite Applications CatapultSpace tech support
NQCCQuantum computing access
FCA SandboxFintech test authorisation
Advanced Propulsion Centre£1B+ automotive
CCAVAutonomous vehicle funding
Nesta£50M+ challenge prizes
UK Games FundUp to £150K grants
Arts Council EnglandCreative R&D
Innovate UK£1B+/year available
NIHR£1.4B+/year available
NHS EnglandInnovation pathways
MRC£800M+/year available
Wellcome Trust£1B+ research funding
BBSRC£500M+/year available
DASA£50M+/year competitions
ARIA£800M over 10 years
ORE CatapultOffshore energy support
Digital CatapultIn-kind tech support
CPIProcess innovation support
HVM Catapult7 specialist centres
Energy Systems CatapultNet zero support
NPLMeasurement & testing support
Faraday Institution£65M battery research
Alan Turing InstituteAI collaboration
UK Space Agency£50M+ space grants
Satellite Applications CatapultSpace tech support
NQCCQuantum computing access
FCA SandboxFintech test authorisation
Advanced Propulsion Centre£1B+ automotive
CCAVAutonomous vehicle funding
Nesta£50M+ challenge prizes
UK Games FundUp to £150K grants
Arts Council EnglandCreative R&D
HOW ORE WORKS

Five layers. One scan. Every route to UK funding.

Over 300 UK funding opportunities tracked and updated daily, grants, in-kind support, R&D tax relief, KTPs, and innovation programmes that most founders never find.

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