Insights

The UK funding landscape at a glance

Live intelligence on the UK funding landscape: open opportunities, deadlines, eligible organisation types, sectors, award sizes, leading funders and regional coverage. Every figure is recalculated from the live opportunity set, so new imports appear here immediately.

Total live opportunities

196

68 funding providers

New this week

28

+21 vs last week

Closing within 30 days

16

Requires immediate attention

Total funding available

£1.3bn

82 records with stated values

Average grant award

£1.4m

Based on 77 stated maximum awards

Open to charities

20

Charities, voluntary and non-profit bodies

Open to SMEs

31

Small and medium-sized businesses

Top region

UK Wide

87 active opportunities

Opportunities by organisation type

Who is eligible to apply, from structured eligibility fields

  • SMEs31
  • Other27
  • Public Sector26
  • Charities20
  • Universities12
  • Start-ups11
  • Social Enterprises3
  • Local Authorities3
  • CICs2
  • Micro Businesses1

Opportunities by sector

Highest to lowest across sector and technology focus

What “Other” covers (22 niche sector labels)

Sector labels used by funders that do not fit the main categories above.

  • Humanities3
  • Behavioural Interventions2
  • Forestry2
  • Libraries2
  • Real estate and property2
  • Automation1
  • Battery Storage1
  • Conservation1
  • Electric Vehicles1
  • Frontier technologies1
  • Heat Pumps1
  • History1
  • Imaging1
  • Infectious Disease1
  • Languages1
  • Literature1
  • Migration1
  • Mining1
  • Palliative Care1
  • Sensing technologies1
  • Service Improvements1
  • Subsea1

Top funding providers

Ranked by active opportunities

#Funding providerActiveShare
1HM Government2512.8%
2Growth Platform2110.7%
3Crown Commercial Service157.7%
4Community Foundation for Merseyside136.6%
5Arts Council England73.6%
6Cheshire Community Foundation63.1%
7Innovate UK63.1%
8Wolfson Foundation63.1%
9Connected Places Catapult52.6%
10Paul Hamlyn Foundation52.6%
11UK Research and Innovation52.6%
12Department for Business and Trade (DBT)42%

Funding amount distribution

By maximum individual award

Upcoming deadlines

How urgently each opportunity needs attention

Geographic coverage

Where funding can be claimed

Closing soonest

Next deadlines across the live set

  • ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 11

    Innovate UK

    30 Aug 2026

    up to £2.5k

  • Geovation Accelerator Programme

    Ordnance Survey (OS)

    31 Aug 2026

  • Researchers in Residence: Innovation Procurement

    Connected Places Catapult

    31 Aug 2026

    up to £50k

  • Innovation Development Fund

    ORE Catapult

    3 Sep 2026

    up to £300k

  • Creo

    Tech Nation

    6 Sep 2026

  • Digital Twin Adoption Accelerator 2026

    Digital Catapult

    6 Sep 2026

  • Diesel-Free Sites Adoption Programme

    Connected Places Catapult

    7 Sep 2026

  • NERC-Innovate UK ICURe Engage programme

    Innovate UK, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

    7 Sep 2026

  • Scale-Up Support Programme

    Connected Places Catapult

    11 Sep 2026

  • Christal Foundation

    Lancashire Community Foundation

    11 Sep 2026

    up to £3.5k