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 provider | Active | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HM Government | 25 | 12.8% |
| 2 | Growth Platform | 21 | 10.7% |
| 3 | Crown Commercial Service | 15 | 7.7% |
| 4 | Community Foundation for Merseyside | 13 | 6.6% |
| 5 | Arts Council England | 7 | 3.6% |
| 6 | Cheshire Community Foundation | 6 | 3.1% |
| 7 | Innovate UK | 6 | 3.1% |
| 8 | Wolfson Foundation | 6 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Connected Places Catapult | 5 | 2.6% |
| 10 | Paul Hamlyn Foundation | 5 | 2.6% |
| 11 | UK Research and Innovation | 5 | 2.6% |
| 12 | Department for Business and Trade (DBT) | 4 | 2% |
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