Funding of up to £150 million for UK organisations to create scale-up manufacturing facilities for zero-emission vehicle technologies.
The competition opens on Wednesday 17 September 2025.
Who it is for
To lead a collaborative project or work alone, your organisation must be a UK-registered business of any size.
Your project must
- have a total grant funding request of between £2.5 million and £20 million
- have total eligible costs of at least £5 million
- last between 12 and 46 months, including an initial period where you can raise the match funding before your project starts
- carry out its project work in the UK, with only minor elements overseas, with significant justification
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
- start from 1 June 2026
- end by 31 March 2030
Support you can get
This competition aims to support manufacturing facilities and process development at pilot scale or demonstration scale. These projects will help businesses validate manufacturing and commercial viability, enabling market entry at the targeted production volume.
Eligible project costs can be funded as follows
- up to 50% if you are a micro, small or medium-sized organisation
- up to 30% if you are a large organisation
Support organisers
Contact
Innovate UK
Phone
0300 321 4357
Next Steps
on the Innovation Funding Service website
Published
24 September 2025
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