Funding of up to £18.5 million for UK-registered organisations to integrate UK-anchored advanced connectivity components at a system level into technically assured, end-to-end architectures ready for early market evaluation.
This competition opens on 3 March 2026 and closes at 11am on 1 April 2026.
Who it is for
This competition is open to collaborations only.
To lead a collaborative project, your organisation must be one of the following UK-registered
- small, medium or large business
- research and technology organisation (RTO)
- academic institution
- charity
- not-for-profit
- public sector organisation
To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK-registered
- small, medium or large business
- academic institution
- charity
- not-for-profit
- public sector organisation
- RTO
Your project must
- have a grant funding request of between £2 million and £4 million
- last 18 months
- start on 1 August 2026
- end on 31 January 2028
- include a Systems Integrator with clear accountability for overall system design, multi-vendor interoperability, and for achieving security and resilience assurance
- include a small, medium or large business
Support you can get
This competition aims to overcome the system-level integration gap that prevents high-value UK advanced connectivity components from forming complete, procurable solutions.
For industrial research, you can get funding for your eligible project costs of up to
- 70% if you are a small organisation
- 60% if you are a medium-sized organisation
- 50% if you are a large organisation
Support organisers
Contact
Innovate UK
Phone
0300 321 4357
Next Steps
on the Innovation Funding Service website
Published
05 March 2026
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