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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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.
ECCC AI-Based Cybersecurity Tools and Services Funding Call
Supports projects that leverage AI, including generative AI, for threat detection, vulnerability identification, threat mitigation, incident recovery, data analysis, and secure data sharing to strengthen Europe's cybersecurity technologies and preparedness beyond R&D into real-world deployment.
Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of £2 million for collaborative industrial research and development (R&D) projects with partners from Japan and select Eureka countries.
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.
Funding opportunity: Pre-announcement: Engineering Biology Programme: foundational technology hubs
Apply for funding to deliver a flagship interdisciplinary research programme that develops foundational engineering biology technologies, platforms and capabilities. Projects must tackle key bottlenecks in the design-build-test-learn cycle, to make engineering biology faster, more predictable and scalable, accelerating innovation and adoption across sectors.
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.
SPRIND Challenge: Next Frontier Robotics
Funding opportunity offering support for groundbreaking developments in robotic platforms and hardware components across two tracks: integrated platforms to build full-stack robot platforms for complex physical tasks in real-world environments, or hardware components to create novel robotic hardware with revolutionary capabilities.
EPSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode
Apply for funding to support your transition to research independence by presenting and developing a strong independent research vision and leading a project team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about UK technology grants