| Sector | Grant Title | Grant Description: | Total Fund | Maximum award | Closing date | URL: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Industries | Aesthetica Creative Writing Award | The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is an international literary prize for new talent inPoetryandShort Fiction. The Prize supports both emerging and established writers. By entering, writers can showcase their work to key industry figures and organisations. | £5,000 | 31/08/2024 | https://aestheticamagazine.com/creative-writing-award/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Green Hall Foundation | Grants for UK registered charities to fund special projects or the purchase of equipment that will benefit their charitable purposes. | £10,000 | 02/09/2024 | https://greenhallfoundation.org/ | |
| Sustainability | Resource Efficiency of PV in Production, Use and Disposal | Funding awarded under this cluster will support Europe’s green transition based on competitive European industrial and service value chains, in particular in the energy and mobility sector which represent markets that are predicted to substantially grow globally. | Not listed | 05/09/2024 | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/horizon-cl5-2024-d3-02-07 | |
| Emerging Technology | Development of Next Generation Synthetic Renewable Fuel Technologies | Funding awarded under this cluster will support Europe’s green transition based on competitive European industrial and service value chains, in particular in the energy and mobility sector which represent markets that are predicted to substantially grow globally. | Not listed | 05/09/2024 | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/horizon-cl5-2024-d3-02-02 | |
| Sustainability | Bio-Based Value Chains for Valorisation of Sustainable Natural Fibre Feedstock | Funding available for projects developing innovative and sustainable bio-based solutions. | Not listed | 18/09/2024 | info@cbe.europa.eu | |
| Emerging Technology | COST Actions (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) | COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research. COST does not fund research itself, but funds the expenses of interdisciplinary research networks in any science and technology discipline over four years | Discretionary | 23/10/2024 | https://www.cost.eu/ | |
| Emerging Technology | Tracing of Cryptocurrencies Transactions Related to Criminal Purposes | Funding awarded under this cluster will support European research and innovation to enhance cybersecurity and contribute to the resilience of digital infrastructures and their ability to supply and provide services, as well as the security and safety of all producers and users. | Not listed | 20/11/2024 | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/horizon-cl3-2024-fct-01-08 | |
| Purpose – Led | Geographical Fieldwork Grants | Grants are available for UK based, student-led teams carrying out geographical field research and exploration overseas with the aim of making a significant contribution to existing geographical knowledge. | £3,500 | 15/02/2025 | https://www.rgs.org/in-the-field/in-the-field-grants/expedition-grants/geographical-fieldwork-grants/ | |
| Emerging Technology | Connectivity in Low-Earth Orbit (C-LEO) Programme | Funding for UK companies and researchers to develop innovative satellite communications technology. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/c-leo-programme | |
| Health and Med / Wellbeing | Sport England: Active Together (with Crowdfunding) | The funding is intended to help sport and physical activity organisations to move forward with priority projects and running costs that they might be struggling with due to the pandemic or the cost of living crisis or other local crisis situations such as adverse weather. | £10,000 | Open | https://www.sportengland.org/how-we-can-help/our-funds/return-play-active-together | |
| Creative Industries | Help Musicians – Record and Release Support | HMUK believes that musicians benefit from support which enables them to focus on three key areas of their career at the same time: their creative portfolio, their business development, and their health and wellbeing. This funding programme is intended to support them in each of these areas through the provision of grants and one-to-one advice sessions. | £3,000 | Open | https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/ | |
| Sustainability | Sustainability Seed Programme | The Sustainability Seed Programme is investing in startups solving the world’s most significant climate challenges. This is a remote first pre/seed investment programme for green-tech startups with global solutions to sustainability. The funder has identified five areas that will play a key role in driving change in towns and cities, people’s everyday lives and in what they consume. | Not listed | 250,000 EUR | Open | https://foundersfactory.com/sustainability-seed-program |
| Sustainability | HSBC Green Lending | HSBC has launched a range of green finance initiatives, aimed at helping businesses of all sizes strengthen their sustainability. This is part of HSBC’s global commitment to provide $100 billion in sustainable financing and investment by 2025. | Not listed | Discretionary | Open | https://www.business.hsbc.uk/en-gb/campaigns/sustainability-hub (HSBC Green Lending), https://www.business.hsbc.uk/ |
| Sustainability | Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) | The Fisheries and Seafood Scheme provides financial assistance for projects that support the development of the catching, processing and aquaculture sectors, and for projects that enhance the marine environment. | Not listed | Discretionary | Open | https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fisheries-and-seafood-scheme |
| Sustainability | W F Southall Trust | The scheme is intended to support registered charities in the UK that are undertaking charitable projects in at least one of the following fields: Quaker Work and Witness. Environmental Action and Sustainability. Peace and Reconciliation. Social Action. | Not listed | Discretionary | Open | https://southalltrust.org/ |
| Sustainability | East Sussex Community Wellbeing Fund (with Crowdfunding) | The funding is intended to support not-for-profit organisations in East Sussex with projects that benefit local communities and the environment. | Not listed | £5,000 | Open | https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/funds/east-sussex-community-wellbeing |
| Sustainability | Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund | Equity investment is available to enterprises based in the UK and worldwide to support business development and the scaling up of emerging climate technology solutions. | Not listed | Discretionary | Open | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/sustainability/climate-innovation-fund |
| Sustainability | Sport England – Small Grants Programme | Grants are available for a wide range of not-for-profit organisations in England with projects that bring communities together and provide sport and physical activities for people who may be less physically active, with particular interest in projects focusing on environmental sustainability. | Not listed | £15,000 | Open | https://www.sportengland.org/funds-and-campaigns/our-funds/small-grants-programme |
| Sustainability | Woodbourne Ventures | Woodbourne Ventures is an early-capital and pre-seed accelerator fund enabling entrepreneurs to build breakthrough businesses. The programme aims to giver founders a platform to grow through the first stage of business development and then raise the necessary later-stage capital. | Not listed | £100,000 | Open | https://woodbournegroup.com/ventures/ |
| Sustainability | Cobb Charity | The funding is for educational projects that encourage the awareness and application of environmental care and sustainability. | Not listed | Discretionary | Open | info@cobbcharity.org |
| Sustainability | Seven Friends Foundation | The funding is for charitable organisations and causes that are unpopular or do not receive widespread public attention. This could be due to negative focus within the media; due to difficulty in accessing statutory, voluntary and institutional funding; due to the cause being seen as politically controversial; or because the issue is not typically seen as a charitable cause. | Not listed | £3,000 | Open | https://sevenfriends.org/ |
| Sustainability | DWF Foundation | The Foundation has been set up to help with initiatives that develop and improve local communities by: Tackling a specific community issue. Helping voluntary and community groups become more effective and efficient. Encouraging the involvement in the community of those too often excluded. Enabling young people to develop skills for the benefit of the community. | Not listed | Discretionary | Open | https://dwfgroup.com/en/about-us/dwf-foundation |
| Health and Med / Wellbeing | Jordan Sinnott Foundation Trust | Grants are available to clubs, community groups or teams in the UK to encourage vulnerable and underprivileged children and young adults to get active and enjoy taking part in sport. | Not listed | £5,000 | Open | https://www.js25.co.uk/ApplyForFunding |
| Sustainability | National Composites Centre – SME Boost Programme | Funding is available to small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK to help them develop composites products. | Not listed | £25,000 | Open | https://www.nccuk.com/sectors/supporting-smes/sme-boost-programme |
| Health and Med / Wellbeing | Peter Harrison Foundation – Opportunities through Sport Programme | Grants are available to UK charities running sports projects which provide opportunities for people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged to fulfil their potential and develop personal and life skills. | Not listed | £30,000 | Open | https://peterharrisonfoundation.org/grant-programmes/grant-programmes |
| Sustainability | John Coates Charitable Trust | Grants are available for UK registered charities and general charitable projects that address the categories supported by the Trust and take place in London, Cambridge or surrounding area, Hampshire, North West Norfolk, North Devon, Surrey and West Sussex. | Not listed | £10,000 | Open | https://johncoatescharitabletrust.org.uk/ |
| Purpose – Led | FareShare Surplus with Purpose Fund | The FareShare Surplus with Purpose Fund is aimed at offsetting the costs faced by food producing companies seeking to redistribute their edible surplus comestibles to charities and community groups helping vulnerable people. The fund can also be used to unlock harder to reach surplus food, or surplus food that’s further up the supply chain. | Not listed | £50,000 | Open | https://fareshare.cymru/surplus-with-purpose |
| Creative Industries | Help Musicians – Music-led Creative Collaboration | Grants are available for professional musicians in the UK to undertake a UK-based collaboration with other non-music artists. | £5,000 | Open | https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/creative-programme/current-opportunities/music-led-creative-collaboration | |
| Purpose – Led | Downing Property Finance | Downing has been investing in property development since it formed in 1986. The programme focuses on making secured loans to property developers delivering residential-led schemes across the country. It also offer loans to trading businesses looking to build new or alter existing premises. | £25,000,000 | Open | https://www.downing.co.uk/strategies/property-finance | |
| Purpose – Led | West One Property Development Finance | Loans are available for experienced property developers looking to finance residential-led schemes in England and Wales. | £20,000,000 | Open | https://www.westoneloans.co.uk/development-finance | |
| Purpose – Led | Fearless Adventures | Providing support from a combination of marketers, talent, and finance teams, Fearless Adventures seeks to drive business growth across its network of partners with the goal of a successful eventual exit. | Discretionary | Open | https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/ | |
| Sustainability | Energy Efficiency Grants for East Sussex Businesses | Grants are available for SMEs in East Sussex to install energy saving measures. Example projects may include upgrading to LED lighting, installing heating controls, fitting insulation. | £1,000 | Open | https://sustainablebusiness.org.uk/energy-efficiency-grants-east-sussex/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) | Grants to support the preparation of plans to design multi-purpose woodlands in England with a significant productive component. | £30,000 | Open | https://www.gov.uk/guidance/woodland-creation-planning-grant | |
| Purpose – Led | Noel Buxton Trust | Grants are available to registered charities in Great Britain which are concerned with the welfare of both families and prisoners. Funding is also available to community-led organisations working to build sustainable livelihoods for local people in Africa. | £5,000 | Open | https://noelbuxtontrust.org.uk/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Youth Fund | Grants are available for organisations whose main purpose is working with and for young people (aged 14-25) who face complex transitions to adulthood. | £150,000 | Open | https://www.phf.org.uk/funds/youth-fund/ | |
| Health and Med / Wellbeing | Community Investment Fund | Loans and equity investments are available to community based, locally led charities and social enterprises in England that are providing essential health, social care, education and training services to improve the quality of life of local individuals, especially those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged. | £2,000,000 | Open | https://www.socialandsustainable.com/ | |
| Sustainability | Village Halls Small Grants Fund | Capital grants are available to support the modernisation and improvement of village halls in rural England so that they are fit for purpose and can provide activities that bring communities together. | £5,000 | Open | https://acre.org.uk/village-halls-small-grants-fund/ | |
| Emerging Technology | Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) | An investor-led global investment fund made up of members of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, guided by scientific and technological expertise and committed to investing patiently in developing new ways to live, eat, travel, and build, offering flexible capital to make risk-tolerant investments in next generation technologies to provide reliable, affordable, zero-carbon energy, food, and products to the world. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/investing-in-innovation/investing-in-innovation | |
| Purpose – Led | British Design Fund | The British Design Fund supports, mentors and invests in exclusively well-designed purpose-led product businesses. Supporting enterprise and innovation in the UK, the Fund works with entrepreneurs to scale their products, accelerate growth and build long term value – both for investors and business owners. | £200,000 | Open | https://www.britishdesignfund.co.uk/ | |
| Purpose – Led | NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator | NatWest is supporting entrepreneurs through a comprehensive programme of free mentoring, insight and bespoke coaching, developed for entrepreneurs who want to grow and scale their business. The NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator is the UK’s largest free business accelerator network, capable of supporting entrepreneurs simultaneously in its hubs based throughout the country. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.natwest.com/business/business-services/entrepreneur-accelerator.html | |
| Purpose – Led | Housing Accelerator Fund | The Government’s housing delivery agency, Homes England, together with United Trust Bank, an established specialist lender, have announced a £250 million fund to support small and medium-sized builders. | £10,000,000 | Open | https://www.utbank.co.uk/lending/Housing-Accelerator-Fund/ | |
| Sustainability | Energy Efficiency Grants for East Sussex Businesses | The Energy Efficiency Grants for East Sussex are designed to help businesses in the county (excluding Brighton & Hove) improve the energy efficiency of their premises and reduce costs. | £1,000 | Open | https://sustainablebusiness.org.uk/energy-efficiency-grants-east-sussex/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Barbara Ward Children’s Foundation | Grants for charitable organisations undertaking projects for severely disadvantaged children and young people anywhere in the world. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.bwcf.org.uk/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Cash For Kids – UK (Hits Radio) | Grants are available to charities and voluntary and community groups to help disadvantaged and disabled children up to and including the age of 18 years in Hits Radio broadcast area. | Discretionary | Open | https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/charity/info/grants-hits/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Cayo Foundation | Grants are available to registered charities for projects taking place in England and Wales that are charitable in nature. | Discretionary | Open | Application is by letter to the Cayo Foundation stating the purpose for which the funding is needed. | |
| Purpose – Led | Worshipful Company of Cooks Cooks Charity | Funding for general charitable activities in the City of London, and for education and welfare of persons associated with the catering trade in England and Wales | Discretionary | Open | https://www.cooks.org.uk/charity/?/page/charitable_activities | |
| Emerging Technology | Research and Development Enabling Fund | Assistance provided to organisations and individual civil engineers in the UK, to encourage them tomake greater use of research and development inthe advancementof their work. All branches of the profession, including young members and those not traditionally involved in R&D are eligible to apply. | £25,000 | Open | https://www.ice.org.uk/engineering-resources/our-services/research-and-development-enabling-fund/ | |
| Purpose – Led | CITB ConstructionSkills Grants | Grant aid is available to registered employers in Great Britain for the training of employees in construction and craft industries. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.citb.co.uk/levy-grants-and-funding/grants-funding/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Growth Impact Fund | Funding is available to early stage growing social enterprises and charitable organisations in the UK to address the structural barriers that diverse organisations face. | £1,500,000 | Open | https://growthimpactfund.org.uk/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Cuthbert Horn Trust | The scheme is intended to support charitable organisations undertaking general charitable purposes. Previous grants have been for a range of activities such as conservation, education, environmental protection, help for disadvantaged children, music, research and transport. | £4,000 | Open | ian.woodhouse@arnoldhill.co.uk | |
| Purpose – Led | Dixie Rose Findlay Charitable Trust | Grants for charitable organisations in the UK for general charitable purposes | £4,000 | Open | Applications may be submitted at any time and must be made in writing. The Trust does not maintain a website or an email address. | |
| Purpose – Led | Lord Barnby’s Charitable Foundation | Lord Barnby’s Foundation offers grants to charitable organisations for general charitable purposes. | £12,000 | Open | lordbarnbyfoundation@gmail.com | |
| Purpose – Led | Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust | The funding is intended to support projects relating to young people, people with disabilities, the environment and the arts. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.gfct.org.uk/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Ofenheim Charitable Trust | Grants for UK registered charities in East Sussex for general charitable purposes. | £14,000 | Open | Tel: 01908 687800 | |
| Purpose – Led | G F Eyre Charitable Trust | Funding is available for general charitable purposes. Previously the Trust has supported a wide range of different local, national and international causes, including charities working for human medical research, the relief of suffering and respite, and religious and heritage charities | Discretionary | Open | andrew.richards@pkf-francisclark.co.uk | |
| Purpose – Led | The Thompson Family Charitable Trust | The Thompson Family Charitable Trust provides grants to registered charities for general charitable purposes. | Discretionary | Open | roycopus@btinternet.com | |
| Purpose – Led | UK Community Foundations | Grants for projects in all sectors of the local community. Each foundation has its own character appropriate to the location and grants may be made to a wide range of activities including: health; children and young people; arts and culture; the environment; services. | Discretionary | Open | http://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/ | |
| Purpose – Led | G S Plaut Charitable Trust Limited | Grants are available to charities registered in the UK that are established for charitable purposes. | Discretionary | Open | GSPCTrust@gmail.com | |
| Purpose – Led | P F Charitable Trust | Founded in 1951 by banker Philip Fleming, the PF Charitable Trust supports a whole range of charities from across Great Britain. | £30,000 | Open | charities@rftrustee.com | |
| Creative Industries | Creative Growth Finance II | Creative Growth Finance has been established to provide scale-up finance to the UK’s most promising creative businesses. It will target post-revenue SMEs that have reached a point of scale that requires supporting finance for continued growth. | £500,000 | Open | https://www.wearecreative.uk/support/creative-enterprise/investment/creativegrowthfinance/ | |
| Purpose – Led | Homes England – Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land Fund | Homes England want to support a diverse range of partners, both public and private sector, to unlock strategic housing sites including housing-led, mixed-use opportunities where brownfield, infrastructure or land projects face delivery and/or viability challenges. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.gov.uk/guidance/brownfield-infrastructure-and-land-fund | |
| Purpose – Led | FareShare Surplus with Purpose Fund | FareShare is the UK’s longest running food redistribution charity. It works to save good food from going to waste and redistribute it to frontline charities that turn it into meals. | £50,000 | Open | https://fareshare.cymru/surplus-with-purpose/ | |
| Creative Industries | Help Musicians – Music-led Creative Collaboration | This programme is provided by Help Musicians UK (HMUK). HMUK is an independent charity providing help, support and opportunities to empower musicians at all stages of their lives. | £5,000 | Open | https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/creative-programme/current-opportunities/music-led-creative-collaboration | |
| Emerging Technology | Founders Factory Accelerator | By providing capital, expert operational support and access to a global network of corporates, investors and entrepreneurs, Founders Factory aims to help startups in the healthcare, finance and emerging Web3 technology sectors to build and scale faster. | Discretionary | Open | https://foundersfactory.com/accelerator/ | |
| Emerging Technology | The Firstminute Capital Fund | The Firstminute Capital Fund has been established invest in early stage technology companies. It will make seed stage investments in businesses across Europe. | Discretionary | Open | https://firstminute.capital/ | |
| Emerging Technology | MVM International Life Sciences | Financial assistance, in the form of venture capital, is available to emerging biotechnology companies to transform fundamental biomedical research into products. | £77,907,064 | Open | http://www.mvm.com/ | |
| Health and Med / Wellbeing | NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme | Financial assistance is available to conduct research in the UK that assess the effectiveness of different healthcare treatments and tests for those who plan, provide or receive care from NHS and social care services. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/funding-programmes/health-technology-assessment.htm | |
| Emerging Technology | Aviva Ventures | A venture capital programme investing in a range of digital and new technology companies operating in the UK, providing early stage investment for entrepreneurs with high growth firms. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.aviva.com/about-us/innovation/ | |
| Emerging Technology | Notion | Investment funding for high-growth potential SMEs in the UK, targeting emerging cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, helping them to grow and create jobs; thereby boosting the country’s economy. | Discretionary | Open | https://notion.vc/ | |
| Creative Industries | Unlimited Arts Commissioning Programme | The Unlimited Arts Programme supports disabled artists to develop their practice and form new relationships and collaborations with producers, venues and promoters. | Discretionary | Open | https://weareunlimited.org.uk/opportunities/apply/ | |
| General | Lines of Credit | A UK Export Finance supported line of credit can provide UK exporters of capital goods with a quick way to access finance made available by a UK bank to assist an overseas buyer to purchase UK exports. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.gov.uk/guidance/lines-of-credit | |
| Emerging Technology | Dow Schofield Watts (DSW) Ventures | The aim of the scheme is to support promising early-stage technology companies with equity finance to overcome the challenges of growing their business. | £1,000,000 | Open | https://dswcapital.com/dswvc/ | |
| Emerging Technology | Mouro Capital | The aim of the fund is to provide venture capital to fund financial technology start-up businesses. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.mourocapital.com/ | |
| Emerging Technology | BGF Business Growth Funding | BGF is an investor dedicated to supporting growth and value creation in entrepreneurial companies. It exists to inspire business leaders, innovators and value-creators to build strong, sustainable businesses. | £20,000,000 | Open | https://www.bgf.co.uk/what-we-do/ | |
| Emerging Technology | Enterprise Capital Fund – Episode 1 | The Episode 1 Fund has been set up to invest in the most promising early-stage software companies and technology entrepreneurs in the UK. Firms that have a fully-functioning minimum viable product and some evidence of commercial traction will be targeted. | £2,000,000 | Open | https://episode1.com/about-us/ | |
| Emerging Technology | JLL Spark Proptech Global Venture Fund | The JLL Spark Global Venture Fund plans to invest up to in companies focused on leveraging technology to transform the real estate industry. The fund will direct its efforts to technology start-ups with products that can help JLL investor and occupier clients, or that can be used by JLL businesses to better deliver their services. | Discretionary | Open | https://spark.jllt.com/ | |
| Emerging Technology | Molten Ventures – Venture Capital | Molten Ventures seeks to identify promising high growth technology companies in Europe with global potential and finds a way to invest and bring their skills to the company to help execute on its potential. | Discretionary | Open | https://www.moltenventures.com/ | |
| Creative Industries | Help Musicians – Develop Your Skills | The programme is designed to help professional musicians build their careers by providing grants opportunities, allowing them to focus on developing their artistic practice and furthering their professional development at a crucial point in their career. | £1,500 | Open | https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/creative-programme/current-opportunities/develop-your-skills | |
| Emerging Technology | CITB Industry Impact Fund | The Industry Impact Fund is provided by CITB. The fund is aimed at construction employers looking to make a positive difference to the construction industry by developing solutions to key challenges faced by the workforce across the UK. | £500,000 | Open | https://www.citb.co.uk/levy-grants-and-funding/grants-and-funding/industry-impact-fund/ | |
| Creative Industries | Harper-Wood Creative Writing and Travel Award | The aim of the award is to encourage a project of creative writing by enabling the recipient to partake in relevant, project-related travel and study. | £18,600 | Open | https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/early-career-writers-invited-apply-2024-2025-harper-wood-award | |
| Creative Industries | Create South East | The programme of support offers resources, mentoring and funding all designed to enable creative companies to access investment and grow their business. | Discretionary | Open | https://createsoutheast.org.uk/ | |
| Creative Industries | Awards for Young Musicians | The funding is intended to help musically talented young people from lower-income families overcome the barriers they face to progressing in their music-making and fulfilling their potential. | £2,000 | Open | https://www.a-y-m.org.uk/who-we-are/ | |
| Gaming | Game Changers Innovation Programme | Game Changers is the UK’s leading nuclear innovation programme, finding solutions and developing technologies to overcome some of the most complex challenges facing the nuclear industry. The programme is open to anyone from any sector who can offer a viable solution including SMEs, universities, research organisations and large companies | £60,000 | Open | https://www.gamechangers.technology/content/GameChangersFunding | |
| Emerging Technology | Horizon Europe: Innovative Europe – European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator | The EIC Accelerator is open to innovations in any field of technology or application, excluding military applications and those that harm the environment. It supports the later stages of technology development as well as scale-up. The technology component of the innovation must therefore have been tested and validated in a laboratory or other relevant environment (it at least Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5/6 or higher). | £12,775,200 | Open | https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_en | |
| Creative Industries | UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF) | The UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF) will support content made by independent UK film and screen industries to export to markets around the world. While the fund will focus on independent film, it will also support a range of other screen content, including animation, documentary, television and interactive narrative games -promoting the best stories and content from every corner of the UK. | £60,000 | Open | https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund | |
| General | Ofenheim Charitable Trust | The Ofenheim Charitable Trust provides grants for charitable organisations active in East Sussex for general charitable purposes. | £14,000 | Open | Tel: 01908 687800 | |
| Purpose-Led | Brighton and Hove Legacy Fund. | Grants of up to £5,000 are available to community groups and charities that support children and young people (up to age 25). Grants will be given to projects that: Support children and young people to improve their educational attainment Support young people to maximise their employability including developing entrepreneurship Encourage participation by children and young people in positive activities that support physical and emotional health, social, learning or personal development Support young people to volunteer and engage in community and social action Support for children and young people who face barriers to achieving their full potential. | £5,000 | Open | https://sussexcommunityfoundation.org/grants/how-to-apply/main-grants/brighton-and-hove-legacy-fund/ | |
| Purpose-Led | Climate Action Fund – Energy and Climate | This funding aims to inspire and support communities across the UK to address the energy and climate crisis. We’re looking for projects that show how communities can address climate change while tackling the energy challenges through community-led climate action. We want to fund projects that: encourage communities to use energy in an environmentally friendly way bring communities together so that they can explore ways to promote energy efficiency enable communities to understand and engage with opportunities for clean energy generation, which do not use fossil fuels. We want to fund projects that aim for long-term change. And projects that have the potential to have a positive impact beyond the communities they’re directly working with. | £8,500,000 | £1,500,000 | Open | https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/climate-action-fund-energy#section-2 |
| Purpose-Led | The UK Fund | We want to fund projects that: strengthen relationships between people whose experiences of life have not been the same. For example, relationships between people of different ethnic backgrounds, generations, occupations or geographies create connections between online and offline worlds help make sure people from all backgrounds can shape the future of their communities. | £5,000,000 | Open | https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/the-uk-fund#section-1 | |
| Purpose-Led | Improving Lives | The Improving Lives grant programme provides grants to charitable organisations that help people when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available. We support established organisations delivering services directly to beneficiaries. We are looking for services which can demonstrate a track record of success, and evidence the effectiveness of the work. This is our largest grants programme, through which the majority of our funds are distributed. | £70,000 | Open | https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/explore-our-grants-and-apply/improving-lives-grants-programme/improving-lives-grants-programme-overview/ | |
| Purpose-Led | National Lottery Awards for All England | Social connections and community activities are at the heart of creating healthier, happier lives and a flourishing society. That’s why we support amazing community-led projects. We offer funding from £300 to £20,000. And can support your project for up to two years. | £20,000 | Open | https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-england | |
| Sustainability | Energy Efficiency Grants for East Sussex Businesses | An SME may apply for a grant between £200- £1000 to cover a maximum 40% of the total value of their energy efficiency project through the Sustainable Business Partnership CIC. | £1,000 | Open | https://sustainablebusiness.org.uk/energy-efficiency-grants-east-sussex/ | |
| Sustainability | Sainsbury’s Innovation Investments | Sainsbury’s Innovation Investments (S2I) will invest in early-stage companies who are developing new and disruptive technologies that can support Sainsbury’s net zero goals. | £5,000,000 | £500,000 | Open | https://wae.com/sainsburys-innovation-investments/ |
| General | Gigabit Voucher Scheme | The Government is providing up to £210m worth of voucher funding as immediate help for people experiencing slow broadband speeds in rural areas. Vouchers worth up to £4,500 for homes and businesses help to cover the costs of installing gigabit broadband to people’s doorsteps. | £210.000,000 | £4,500 | Open | https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/ |
| Gaming | THE CONTENT FUND | DCMS has announced an additional £5 million for the UK Games Fund as part of the Creative Industries Sector Vision – a joint plan between Government and industry to drive growth, build talent and develop skills across the creative sectors. | £5,000,000 | £150,000 | Open | https://contentfund.ukgamesfund.com/ |
| Emerging Technology | Founders Factory Venture Studio | Capital investment and a programme of business support are available to UK entrepreneurs seeking to launch a new business in an emerging technology sector. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://foundersfactory.com/studio/ |
| Emerging Technology | The Firstminute Capital Fund | The Firstminute Capital Fund has been established invest in early stage technology companies. It will make seed stage investments in businesses across Europe. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://firstminute.capital/ |
| Emerging Technology | MVM International Life Sciences | The purpose of the fund is to make equity finance available to the emerging biotechnology companies to which large life science companies are increasingly turning to for their ability to take the discoveries of fundamental biomedical research and translate them into products. | £77,907,064 | Discretionary | None specified | http://www.mvm.com/ |
| Health & Med / Wellbeing | NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme | Financial assistance is available to conduct research in the UK that assess the effectiveness of different healthcare treatments and tests for those who plan, provide or receive care from NHS and social care services. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/funding-programmes/health-technology-assessment.htm |
| Emerging Technology | Notion | Investment funding for high-growth potential SMEs in the UK, targeting emerging cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, helping them to grow and create jobs; thereby boosting the country’s economy. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://notion.vc/ |
| Creative Industries | Unlimited Arts Commissioning Programme | An arts commissioning programme that enables new work by emerging disabled artists to reach UK and international audiences. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://weareunlimited.org.uk/opportunities/apply/ |
| Creative Industries | Aesthetica Creative Writing Award | An international literary prize for new talent inpoetryandshort fiction supporting emerging and established writers | Open | £5,000 | 31/08/2024 | https://aestheticamagazine.com/creative-writing-award/ |
| Creative Industries | PRS Foundation – PPL Momentum Music Fund | The funding is intended to help artists break through to the next level of their careers. The fund covers a broad range of contemporary popular genres, including innovative and emerging genres. | Open | £15,000 | 05/08/2024 | https://prsfoundation.com/funding-support/funding-music-creators/next-steps/ppl-momentum-music-fund/ |
| Health & Med / Wellbeing | Sport England: Active Together (with Crowdfunding) | The funding is intended to help sport and physical activity organisations to move forward with priority projects and running costs that they might be struggling with due to the pandemic or the cost of living crisis or other local crisis situations such as adverse weather. | £7.5 million | £10,000 | None specified | https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/funds/active-together |
| Emerging Technology | Dow Schofield Watts (DSW) Ventures | The aim of the scheme is to support promising early-stage technology companies with equity finance to overcome the challenges of growing their business. | Open | £1,000,000 | None specified | https://dswcapital.com/dswvc/ |
| Emerging Technology | BGF Business Growth Funding | BGF is an investor dedicated to supporting growth and value creation in entrepreneurial companies. It exists to inspire business leaders, innovators and value-creators to build strong, sustainable businesses. Earlier stage UK technology companies will be eligible to apply. | £20,000,000 | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.bgf.co.uk/what-we-do/ |
| Emerging Technology | Enterprise Capital Fund – Episode 1 | The Episode 1 Fund has been set up to invest in the most promising early-stage software companies and technology entrepreneurs in the UK. Firms that have a fully-functioning minimum viable product and some evidence of commercial traction will be targeted. | £2,000,000 | Discretionary | None specified | https://episode1.com/about-us/ |
| Emerging Technology | Atempo Growth | This investment initiative assists European technology companies by providing growth lending solutions to support them during their growth phases. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.atempogrowth.com/about/ |
| Emerging Technology | JLL Spark Proptech Global Venture Fund | The JLL Spark Global Venture Fund plans to invest up to in companies focused on leveraging technology to transform the real estate industry. The fund will direct its efforts to technology start-ups with products that can help JLL investor and occupier clients, or that can be used by JLL businesses to better deliver their services. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://spark.jllt.com/ |
| Emerging Technology | Molten Ventures – Venture Capital | Molten Ventures seeks to identify promising high growth technology companies in Europe with global potential and finds a way to invest and bring their skills to the company to help execute on its potential. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.moltenventures.com/ |
| Health & Med / Wellbeing | NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme | The NIHR Invention 4 Innovation (i4i) Programme supports research and development of digital health technologies, medical devices, active implantable devices and in vitro diagnostic devices to a point where they are de-risked for follow-on investment | Open | £150,000 | None specified | https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/funding-programmes/invention-for-innovation.htm |
| Purpose – Led | Inman Charity | The scheme aims to fund projects with a social welfare focus and those working with disadvantaged people. | Open | £5,000 | 31/08/2024 | http://www.inmancharity.org/ |
| Purpose – Led | Eranda Rothschild Foundation | The Eranda Rothschild Foundation is a UK registered charitable trust that provides grants to a wide range of charities working in the fields of medical research, education and the arts within the UK. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.erandarothschild.org/ |
| Purpose – Led | Felicity Wilde Charitable Trust | The Trust’s funding aims to assist organisations undertaking projects to benefit children and charities which undertake medical research, particularly research into the cause and cure of asthma. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | charities@zedra.com |
| Purpose – Led | Andor Charitable Trust | The scheme aims to fund a wide range of charitable projects, including those focusing on medical and ancillary services, education, helping disabled, helping the aged providing sheltered accommodation, relieving poverty and developing the arts | Open | £3,000 | None specified | robin@blickrothenberg.com |
| Purpose – Led | Frognal Trust | Grants are available for registered charities who are working with people with disabilities, old people, youth, medical research and environmental heritage | Open | Discretionary | None specified | joyce.salkeld@wilsonsllp.com |
| Purpose – Led | Robert McAlpine Foundation | Grants for registered charities in the UK undertaking projects for the benefit of children, youth, the elderly, social and medical research | Open | £10,000 | None specified | https://www.robertmcalpinefoundation.org/ |
| Purpose – Led | Oak Trust | Funding is available for registered UK charities that are supporting people who are disadvantaged. Additionally, medical and environmental charities are funded. | Open | £4,000 | None specified | https://www.oaktrust.org.uk/ |
| Purpose – Led | Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust | Grants for charities in Southern England to assist with medical causes; churches; children; older people; special needs; education; the environment; and animal welfare. | Open | £5,000 | None specified | rowanbentallcharitabletrust@hotmail.co.uk |
| Purpose – Led | Hodge Foundation (Jane Hodge Foundation) | Grants are available to UK registered or exempt charities for projects that address the objectives of the Foundation which are welfare, education, medical treatment and research, and religion. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.hodgefoundation.org.uk/ |
| Purpose – Led | Constance Travis Charitable Trust | Grants are available for local, national and international charities for activities in medical care and research, environment protection, international aid, animal welfare, community projects, social mobility enhancement, educational projects and outreach in the arts. | Open | £50,000 | None specified | travistrust86@yahoo.co.uk |
| Purpose – Led | Gerald Palmer Eling Trust Company | Grants are available for charities whose work advances medical research and medicine, relieves sickness and/or poverty, or advances the Christian religon, specifically the teaching and usage of the Orthodox Churches of the East. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | charities@elingestate.co.uk |
| Purpose – Led | Simone Prendergast Charitable Trust | A small number of grants are available for charitable organisations in the UK that are working in the areas of education, medical care and welfare and religious and communal activities related to the Jewish faith. | Open | £5,000 | None specified | michaelwood@dixonwilson.co.uk |
| Purpose – Led | Sir Halley Stewart Trust | Grants are available to UK based charitable organisations for UK and/or international research projects that address the themes of medical, social, or religious with the aim of assisting and promoting innovative activities or developments. | Open | £60,000 | None specified | https://www.sirhalleystewart.org.uk/ |
| Emerging Technology | Game Changers Innovation Programme | Feasibility grants are available for industry and academia to help them find solutions and develop technologies that will overcome some of the most complex challenges facing the nuclear industry. | Open | £60,000 | None specified | https://www.gamechangers.technology/content/GameChangersFunding |
| Emerging Technology | Innovative Europe – European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator | Funding from the European Innovation Council to support SMEs and start-ups with high-impact innovations considered too financially risky for the market to invest in independently, with a particular focus on deep-tech and game-changing innovations. | Open | £12,775,200 | 24/12/2024 | https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_en |
| Emerging Technology | Sure Valley Ventures (SVV) | Sure Valley Ventures is a seed stage fund that helps founders of early stage software companies to achieve rapid scale up. It focuses on areas of large growth and works with companies to provide them with funding, focus and insight to help them achieve their ambitions | Open | The Future Fund: Breakthrough scheme has been created to drive investment in high growth, innovative, and research and development (R&D) intensive UK firms bringing game-changing technologies to market. The aim is to create new jobs and boost the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery. | None specified | https://surevalleyventures.com/ |
| Creative Industries | Help Musicians – Music-led Creative Collaboration | Grants are available for professional musicians in the UK to undertake a UK-based collaboration with other non-music artists | Open | £5,000 | None specified | https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/creative-programme/current-opportunities/music-led-creative-collaboration |
| Creative Industries | UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF) | The UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF) will support content made by independent UK film and screen industries to export to markets around the world. While the fund will focus on independent film, it will also support a range of other screen content, including animation, documentary, television and interactive narrative games -promoting the best stories and content from every corner of the UK. | Open | £60,000 | None specified | https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund |
| Emerging Technology | Future Fund: Breakthrough | The Future Fund: Breakthrough scheme has been created to drive investment in high growth, innovative, and research and development (R&D) intensive UK firms bringing game-changing technologies to market. The aim is to create new jobs and boost the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk/future-fund-breakthrough/ |
| Health & Med / Wellbeing | Sir Halley Stewart Trust | Grants are available to UK based charitable organisations for UK and/or international research projects that address the themes of medical, social, or religious with the aim of assisting and promoting innovative activities or developments. | Open | £60,000 | None specified | https://www.sirhalleystewart.org.uk/ |
| Emerging Technology | Connectivity in Low-Earth Orbit (C-LEO) Programme | The Connectivity in Low-Earth Orbit (C-LEO) programme will provide funding to UK companies and researchers to develop innovative satellite communications technology. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/c-leo-programme |
| Purpose – Led | Transforming Newhaven Investment Fund | Loans and grants are available to local businesses and public sector agencies for economic growth and regeneration projects in Newhaven, East Sussex. | Open | £200,000 | None specified | https://newhavenenterprisezone.com/newhaven-unleashed/transforming-newhaven-investment-fund/ |
| Purpose – Led | Sussex Community Foundation | Grants are available for local charities and community groups in East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove to support activities which tackle deprivation and disadvantage | Open | Discretionary | None specified | http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/ |
| Purpose – Led | Lawson Trust | Grants are available for local charities active in the areas of arts and heritage, education, environment, health, social and economic disadvantage and community engagement in Sussex and Kent. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://lawsontrust.org/ |
| Emerging Technology | BridgeAI Supply Chain Demonstrator | UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million in grant funding to deliver AI demonstrator projects. These projects are intended to benefit efficiency in supply chains and increase firm level productivity | Open | £2,000,000 | 21/08/2024 | https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1960/overview/962585f0-8c73-4b57-8ffd-f029952f5722 |
| Emerging Technology | Eureka Disaster Resilience Programme Collaborative R&D 2024 | UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million to develop technologies in the field of Disaster Resilience, Response and Recovery, in partnership with organisations from participating Eureka countries. | Open | £1,000,000 | 31/10/2024 | https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1967/overview/0325158a-447c-4bb5-bd9e-fa586c8f6539#summary |
| Emerging Technology | UK-Singapore Collaborative R&D 2024 | UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore. You must collaborate with at least one Singapore business applying under the equivalent Enterprise Singapore programme. | Open | £5,000,000 | 28/08/2024 | https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1916/overview/7e6fa736-20ec-43bc-add0-58dc6f1817e6 |
| Emerging Technology | Europe Quantum Technology CR&D 2024 | UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for quantum research and innovation activities. You must collaborate with at least one organisation from a European Union Member State and may include other international organisations. | Open | £3,000,000 | 28/08/2024 | https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1935/overview/b398b6e3-9eef-4e8b-b150-cda5ee26a4ee |
| Purpose – Led | Blagrave Trust – Regional Grants Programme | Grants are available for local and regional youth organisations that are making lasting impact in the lives of young people aged 16 and over, in the poorest parts of South East England with priority given to Berkshire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex, and Wiltshire | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.blagravetrust.org/ |
| Purpose – Led | Sussex Community Foundation | Grants are available for local charities and community groups in East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove to support activities which tackle deprivation and disadvantage. | Open | £5,000 | None specified | http://www.sussexgiving.org.uk/ |
| Sustainability | Bridges Sustainable Growth Funds | Equity investment is available for growth companies in the United Kingdom that are helping to create a more inclusive and sustainable future. | £20,000,000 | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.bridgesfundmanagement.com/growth-business/ |
| Purpose – Led | Motability Foundation – Active Travel Grants | Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which expand access to quality and affordable travel equipment and journeys, and ensure disabled people have the same opportunities to make decisions about how they travel in the UK. | £4,000,000 | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.motability.org.uk/charitable-grants/grants-to-charities-and-organisations/active-travel-grant-programme/ |
| Creative Industries | Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Arts-based Learning Fund | Grants to support work which enables pupils in formal education settings, particularly those experiencing systemic inequality or disadvantage, to thrive through engagement with high quality, arts-based learning. | £400,000 | None specified | https://www.phf.org.uk/funds/arts-based-learning-fund/ | |
| Creative Industries | Arts Council England National Lottery Projects Grants | Grants are available for individual artists, community and cultural organisations to support arts, museums and libraries projects that engage people in England with arts and culture. | £100,000 | None specified | http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/projectgrants | |
| Emerging Technology | Founders Factory Accelerator | Capital investment and a programme of startup business support are available to UK enterprises operating in a range of emerging technology sectors | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://foundersfactory.com/accelerator/ |
| Sustainability | Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund | Equity investment is available to enterprises based in the UK and worldwide to support business development and the scaling up of emerging climate technology solutions. | $1 billion | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/sustainability/climate-innovation-fund |
| Emerging Technology | Fearless Adventures | Investment funding and support services are available to UK entrepreneur-led ecommerce businesses to boost their growth and development. Fearless Adventures offers a programme of investment and development support to entrepreneur-led ecommerce companies who are pushing innovation and have the ability to build and create something unique. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/ |
| Purpose – Led | Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund | Grants are available to museums and galleries in the UK to improve their inclusive collections and participatory practice with, and sometimes led by, community partners. | Open | £100,000 | 16/09/2024 | https://www.museumsassociation.org/funding/esmee-fairbairn-collections-fund/ |
| Purpose – Led | Geographical Fieldwork Grants | Grants are available for UK based, student-led teams carrying out geographical field research and exploration overseas with the aim of makinga significant contribution to existing geographical knowledge. | Open | £3,500 | 15/02/2025 | https://www.rgs.org/in-the-field/in-the-field-grants/expedition-grants/geographical-fieldwork-grants/ |
| Creative Industries | BFI Doc Society RAD (Research and Development) Fund | Grants are available for UK filmmakers, supporting independent non-fiction films and immersive projects, prioritising expansive, director-led storytelling and aiming to be transformative and representative of all UK society. | Open | £10,000 | None specified | https://bfi.docsociety.org/bfi-doc-rad/ |
| Purpose – Led | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales – Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations | Unrestricted grants are available for registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, and community interest companies which are led by and working for Deaf and Disabled people in England and Wales or the Isle of Man. | Open | £75,000 | 28/08/2024 | https://www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/funding/deaf-and-disabled-people-s-organisations-programme |
| Purpose – Led | Do it Now Now – Innovate Now with City Bridge Foundation | Grants are available for Black-led charities and social enterprises across Greater London to deliver enterprise projects that support local Black and Global Majority communities and help build organisational readiness and financial resilience. | Open | £12,000 | 04/12/2024 | https://www.doitnownow.com/innovate-now-with-city-bridge-foundation |
| Creative Industries | Creative Catalyst Challenge Fund | Grants are available for businesses in the creative industries to fund the research and development of an innovative new product, system or process that decarbonises or reduces waste within the creative industries. | Open | £100,000 | 22/07/2024 | https://www.wearecreative.uk/support/creative-catalyst-challenge-fund/ |
| Emerging Technology | BridgeAI Innovation Vouchers | Vouchers are available for organisations in the agriculture, construction, creative industries and transport sectors seeking expert technical support in data science and AI, enabling them to explore the benefits of integrating AI into their operations. | Open | £15,000 | 26/07/2024 | https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/opportunities/bridgeai-innovation-vouchers-science-and-technology-facilities-council-hartree-centre/ |
| Creative Industries | Creative Enterprise Business Builder | Through the Business Builder Fund, Creative UK is able to offer grants to registered SMEs working in ‘moving image’ for storytelling. The fund aims to support businesses to maximise their ability and create opportunities for business growth. | Open | £2,500 | None specified | https://www.wearecreative.uk/support/creative-enterprise/business-builder-grants/ |
| Creative Industries | Creative Growth Finance II | Business loans for established small and medium-sized creative industryfirms from across the UK that are showing potential for growth and scaling, in addition torevenue and intellectual property. | Open | £500,000 | None specified | https://www.wearecreative.uk/support/creative-enterprise/investment/creativegrowthfinance/ |
| Gaming | UK Games Fund (UKGF) – Content Fund | Creative developers and start-up games studios in the UK can bid for grants to turn their new video game ideas into market leaders. | Open | £150,000 | None specified | https://contentfund.ukgamesfund.com/ |
| Sustainability | Green Industries Growth Accelerator (GIGA) | The Green Industries Growth Accelerator (GIGA) is a £1.1 billion fund to support the expansion of strong and sustainable clean energy supply chains across the UK | £1.1 billion | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/green-industries-growth-accelerator-hydrogen-and-ccus-supply-chains |
| Gaming | The Clutch | A live pitch competition for start ups in esports, video games and the creator economy industries. | Open | £3,000 | None specified | https://esportsinsider.com/events/the-clutch |
| Creative Industries | Aesthetica Creative Writing Award | An international literary prize for new talent in poetry and short fiction supporting emerging and established writers. | Open | £5,000 | 31/08/2024 | https://aestheticamagazine.com/creative-writing-award/ |
| Creative Industries | Developing your Creative Practice (DYCP) | A development fund designed to support independent creative practitioners and ensure excellence is thriving in England’s arts and culture sector. | Open | £10,000 | 22/08/2024 | https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp |
| Creative Industries | Create South East | Create South East is a programme of support for creative businesses who want to become investment ready. This programme is funded by Create South East through the Create Growth Programme. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://createsoutheast.org.uk/ |
| Purpose – Led | Material Focus – Electricals Recycling Fund | Grants are available to support recycling, reuse or repair organisations that test creative and practical methods for collecting unwanted electricals within the UK. | Open | £100,000 | None specified | https://www.materialfocus.org.uk/partnerships-with-material-focus/electricals-recycling-fund/ |
| Creative Industries | Emerging Maker Grants | Grants are available for the training and education of UK-based early-career craftspeople who wish to develop their skills and expertise. | Open | £10,000 | 12/08/2024 | https://www.qest.org.uk/apply/emerging-maker-grants/ |
| Emerging Technology | Green Technology Innovation Vouchers | Funding and support is available to assist UK businesses develop a product or service to help solvean agriculture, aquaculture, or environmental monitoring problem. UK-based businesses can apply, but the focus is on building Southwest capabilities. | Open | £10,000 | 11/10/2024 | https://sa.catapult.org.uk/environmental-space-living-lab/green-technology-innovation-vouchers/ |
| Emerging Technology | Europe Quantum Technology CR&D Competition 2024 | UK registered organisations, collaborating with at least one organisation from a European Union Member State, can apply for grants for quantum research and innovation activities | Open | £600,000 | 28/08/2024 | https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1935/overview/b398b6e3-9eef-4e8b-b150-cda5ee26a4ee |
| Emerging Technology | Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Non-CO2 Programme | Funding for research and technology development to maintain and grow UK’s competitive positions in civil aerospace. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-funding-through-the-aerospace-technology-institute-ati-non-co2-programme |
| Sustainability | Farming Futures: Nutrient Management Phase 1 – Industrial Research | UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £15 million across the two strands of this competition, to develop innovative solutions for nutrient management. This funding is from the Farming Futures R&D Fund. | £15,000,000 | Discretionary | 24/07/2024 | https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1924/overview/e20c4be8-9ff7-47ed-9476-5bd3dc23dd81#summary |
| Purpose – Led | Women in Innovation Award 2024/25 | Women within UK registered micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £4 million to develop their exciting and innovative ideas. The £75,000 grant also includes bespoke business support. | £4,000,000 | Discretionary | 10/07/2024 | https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1894/overview/68cc8452-3251-4a92-9019-006cc790ccf7 |
| Emerging Technology | Innovate UK Smart grants: April 2024 | UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation. | £25,000,000 | Discretionary | 24/07/2024 | https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1907/overview/d1149c8e-51ce-4b4e-b0b7-d780d32aa634 |
| Creative Industries | Art for Change Prize | An international art initiative open to emerging artists to celebrate talent and encourage dialogue around visual arts as a medium for positive global and social change. | Open | £10,000 | 17/07/2024 | https://mcsaatchi.com/artforchangeprize |
| Emerging Technology | Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge | Support for deeptech start-ups or new technology projects from across the world that use advanced technology, with an opportunity to pitch in front of audience to compete for funding. | Open | £85,120 | 31/07/2024 | https://hello-tomorrow.org/global-challenge/ |
| Emerging Technology | Mouro Capital | A fund for financial technology (FinTech) small start-up companies in the UK. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.mourocapital.com/ |
| Emerging Technology | The Firstminute Capital Fund | The Firstminute Capital Fund has been established invest in early stage technology companies. It will make seed stage investments in businesses across Europe. | £3,000,000 | Discretionary | None specified | https://firstminute.capital/ |
| Emerging Technology | Connectivity in Low-Earth Orbit (C-LEO) Programme | Funding for UK companies and researchers to develop innovative satellite communications technology. | Open | Discretionary | None specified | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/c-leo-programme |
| Creative Industries | Mercuri (formerly GMG Ventures) | Seed stage funding for UK companies at the intersection of the media and entertainment technology sectors | Open | £1,500,000 | None specified | https://www.mercuri.vc/ |
| Emerging Technology | Horizon Europe: Innovative Europe – European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator | Funding from the European Innovation Council to support SMEs and start-ups with high-impact innovations considered too financially risky for the market to invest in independently, with a particular focus on deep-tech and game-changing innovations. | Open | £12,768,000 | 24/12/2024 | https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_en |
| Purpose – Led | Lord Barnby’s Charitable Foundation | Grant for charitable organisations undertaking general charitable purposes in the UK. | Open | £12,000 | None specified | lordbarnbyfoundation@gmail.com |
| Emerging Technology | Game Changers Innovation Programme | Feasibility grants are available for industry and academia to help them find solutions and develop technologies that will overcome some of the most complex challenges facing the nuclear industry. | Open | £60,000 | None specified | https://www.gamechangers.technology/content/GameChangersFunding |
| Gaming | UK Games Fund (UKGF) – Content Fund | Creative developers and start-up games studios in the UK can bid for grants to turn their new video game ideas into market leaders. | Open | £150,000 | None specified | https://contentfund.ukgamesfund.com/ |
| Purpose – Led | Stella Symons Charitable Trust | Grants are available to smaller registered charities in the UK for a wide range of activities that benefit local communities and those living in poverty, with particular interest in Warwickshire and West Sussex | Open | £10,000 | None specified | https://thestellasymonscharitabletrust.com/ |
| Emerging Technology | Sussex Place Ventures | Equity investments available to IT and digital sector SMEs in the UK that demonstrate high growth potential. | Open | £1,000,000 | None specified | http://www.spventures.com/ |
| Purpose – Led | East Sussex Invest (ESI) 8 | Funding is available for medium, small, micro and start-up businesses and social enterprises in East Sussex to invest in new capital projects. | Open | £25,000 | None specified | https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/business/support/grants/esi8 |
| Sustainability | Energy Efficiency Grants for East Sussex Businesses | Grants are available for SMEs in East Sussex to install energy saving measures. Example projects may include upgrading to LED lighting, installing heating controls, fitting insulation | Open | £1,000 | None specified | https://sustainablebusiness.org.uk/energy-efficiency-grants-east-sussex/ |
| Sustainability | East Sussex Stalled Sites Fund | A scheme in East Sussex to help finance feasibility studies and business case development to support schemes that are not viable without public support to enable them to apply for public funding. | Open | £25,000 | None specified | https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/business/support/grants/stalled-sites-fund |
| Purpose – Led | UK Community Foundations | Grants for projects in all sectors of the local community. Each foundation has its own character appropriate to the location and grants may be made to a wide range of activities including: health; children and young people; arts and culture; the environment; services | Open | Discretionary | None specified | http://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/ |
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Our community of innovators have been shaping the future since 1996 – join us, and let’s shape the next 25 years together. With our support, your business is 4x more likely to succeed.
Our Vision
WE BELIEVE BUSINESS CAN MAKE OUR WORLD BETTER
We want to live in a world where people question how things are and dedicate their working lives to changing them for the better.
Our Mission
POWERFUL PARTNERSHIPS
When you’re the one in control, it gives you confidence to have a trusted co-pilot along for the ride. We help start-up founders develop new skills and build experience to secure and grow their business.
“It’s about having people that are approachable. I know that if we had a massive business problem, we could just talk to somebody, without having to plan lots of stuff in advance; we could say what do you think – can we talk this through with you? And that’s massive.”
John Burton – co-founder, INSET Online
“It’s like having a team of non-exec directors on your board – to me that’s what it was. When you come to Sussex Innovation, they do everything that those non-exec directors are supposed to do.”
Mark Bailey – founder, Sciensus
“We went from two or three people working from this office, to 15 at the beginning of lockdown, to over 40 as we came back from Covid. The Innovation Centre has allowed us to grow and flex with their office space, the technology, the support they’ve offered.”
Sam Peters – COO, ISMS Online
CONSULTANCY & SUPPORT
We understand that trust is earned when it comes to looking after your interests and advising you about your business. No-one wants to pay to hear what they already know – that’s why we take the time to immerse ourselves in your situation and identify the right people, skills, expertise and tools to help. Our team of senior consultants have all been on their own entrepreneurial journeys and know exactly what it takes to nurture an idea into a successful business.
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INSPIRATIONAL STORIES FROM OUR MEMBERS
We work with businesses of all shapes and sizes, across all kinds of different industries. The one thing they all have in common? A great idea, and the ambition and determination to see that idea grow. Read our member stories to find out how these entrepreneurs made their ideas happen.
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In 2015 we opened our first off-campus hub, in the rapidly growing borough of Croydon, and a third site is opening soon in Brighton city centre. Our innovation network helps to create opportunities for knowledge transfer and investment between enterprises across the South East. Be part of our business community.