Technology & Digital Business Grants
The UK offers extensive grant funding for technology and digital businesses. From Innovate UK's smart grants to regional digital transformation programmes, there are opportunities for tech startups, scale-ups, and established technology companies.
Innovation & R&D Grants
Innovate UK runs competitive grant programmes for innovative technology projects. Smart Grants fund game-changing innovations, while sector-specific competitions target areas like AI, quantum computing, and advanced manufacturing technology.
Digital Transformation Support
Grants are available to help businesses adopt digital technologies. Made Smarter supports manufacturers, while regional programmes help SMEs implement new software, e-commerce platforms, and digital processes.
Cybersecurity & Data
Dedicated funding exists for cybersecurity innovation and businesses working with data. DCMS and NCSC-backed programmes support the UK's cyber sector growth.
UK Technology Grants
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Future computing paradigms Network Plus
Opportunity to build a multidisciplinary Network Plus that will initiate UK collaboration in future computing paradigms and provide evidence-based recommendations for UKRI and government, shaping national research priorities. Project can last up to 60 months, comprising 18 months to map, benchmark and horizon scan, incorporating sociotechnical and socioeconomic analysis followed by a 42-month network phase.
Investor Partnerships – ACT and Semiconductors
UK registered SMEs can apply for grant funding alongside private investment from selected investor partners.
CELTIC-NEXT Autumn 2026 Call
Funding to support international, industry-led R&D projects in next-generation communications and the digital society, including technologies around next-generation networks, AI-enabled communications, cybersecurity, IoT, cloud/edge technologies, and advanced ICT applications.
Funding opportunity: High performance compute resources for EPSRC communities
Apply for funding to provide high-performance compute resource for engineering and physical sciences research communities. EPSRC will invest in compute resources that deliver either CPU resources that meet an identified need of EPSRC compute user communities or enable the EPSRC community to fully exploit GPU architectures.
UKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantum computing
Apply for funding to expose and overcome critical bottlenecks associated with the implementation of quantum computing within classical computational workflows. This investment will strengthen the UK’s capability to achieve accessible, UK-based quantum computers that deliver benefits beyond classical supercomputers across key sectors of the economy.
UK-Singapore CRD 2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 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.
Workplace Charging Scheme
The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) is a government grant providing support for eligible organisations—including businesses, charities, public sector bodies, and small accommodation businesses—to install Electric Vehicle (EV) chargepoints. The scheme is available in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. It covers up to 75% of the total purchase and installation costs, capped at a maximum of £350 per socket, for a total limit of 40 sockets across all sites per applicant. The objective is to support the development of EV infrastructure in the workplace.
Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for renters and flat owners
The grant provides electric vehicle (EV) drivers who are renters or own a flat with support towards the costs of the purchase and installation of EV charge points.
Innovation Loans Expression of Interest
This is an Expression of Interest (EOI) for an Innovation Loan. If an applicant's EOI is approved, they will receive an invitation to submit a full application. The initiative offers financial support to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to fund highly innovative, late-stage research and development (R&D) projects. These projects must possess strong commercial potential, a clear route to market commercialisation, and the ability to significantly improve the UK economy while driving societal benefit. Recent changes to the programme provide businesses with greater flexibility to deliver both R&D and pre-commercial activities, alongside an increased maximum loan amount. Projects must lead to innovative new products, processes, or services that are significantly ahead of others currently available, propose an innovative use of existing offerings, or introduce an innovative business model. To qualify, projects must focus on at least one of the following six Industrial Strategy Sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Creative Industries, Defence, Digital and Technologies, or Life Sciences. Financial Services, and Professional and Business Services sectors are explicitly excluded from this scope. Applicants are also required to demonstrate that they need public funding, can cover the interest payments, and have the capability to repay the loan on time.
NMIP sandpit: Digital materials for accelerated innovation
Apply to attend a three to five-day sandpit to develop high-impact projects that address the challenges and opportunities of integrating digital approaches to accelerate the translation of materials research.
EPSRC Strategic Infrastructure outlines: September 2026
Apply for funding to purchase strategic infrastructure (equipment, resources or both). The funding seeks to improve UK scientific capability and enable cutting-edge research that aligns with national priorities, including those within the UKRI strategy and EPSRC Strategic Delivery Plan.
Pre-announcement: Open-source semiconductor security platform development
Funding to support the development of an open-source hardware security research platform to strengthen the UK’s capability to design, test and assure secure hardware.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about UK technology grants