Funding of up to £2 million for UK‑registered micro, small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs) to support pre-commercialisation projects.
This competition opens on 18 March 2026 and closes at 11am on 22 April 2026.
Who it is for
This competition is open to single applicants.
To work alone, your organisation must be a UK-registered SME.
Your project must
- focus on one or more of the supply chains in the Advanced Manufacturing Sector Plan frontier industries
- have a grant funding request of between £50,000 and £100,000
- last between three months and nine months
- start by 1 August 2026
- end by 30 April 2027
You must have built a basic version of the product or service, for example, a prototype or Minimum Viable Product (MVP) at TRL 6 or higher. Your prototype or MVP must focus on delivering an improvement in the resource efficiency or resilience of the supply chain.
Support you can get
This competition aims to enable SMEs to unlock barriers to commercialisation and scaling in the UK.
You can get funding for your eligible project costs of up to
- 70% if you are a micro or small organisation
- 60% if you are a medium-sized organisation
Support organisers
Contact
Innovate UK
Phone
0300 321 4357
Next Steps
on the Innovation Funding Service website
Published
19 March 2026
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