Business Grants in South West England
The South West provides diverse business funding from urban Bristol to rural Cornwall and Devon. The region has strengths in aerospace, marine, agritech, and creative industries.
West of England Combined Authority
The West of England CA covering Bristol, Bath, and South Gloucestershire runs business support programmes. Their schemes focus on innovation, clean growth, and skills development.
Cornwall and Devon
Cornwall and Devon have historically accessed significant funding for rural and coastal business development. While funding structures have changed, support continues through local councils and new programmes.
Heart of the South West
The Heart of the South West LEP covers a large area including Devon, Somerset, and parts of Dorset. They support businesses across various sectors with a focus on rural and coastal economies.
South West Business Grants
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Pre-announcement: ESRC applicant-led: explore awards
Apply for funding to advance knowledge through ambitious, curiosity-driven social science. The opportunity seeks creative, innovative, and bold proposals within ESRC’s remit that advance knowledge by pushing disciplinary, methodological, or conceptual boundaries.
ESRC applicant-led: grow awards
Apply for funding to build the skills, experience and confidence to make a step-change in your research career. Grow awards support individuals at key career points to develop new capabilities or pivot in a new direction, strengthening the long-term capacity, adaptability and resilience of the UK’s social science research base.
Music Creators Growth Fund (MCGF)
A new investment programme designed to provide direct grant support for living, UK-based artists, artist collectives, bands, composers, DJs, groups, producers, and songwriters to grow their careers, strengthen skills, develop sustainable careers, create high-quality work, and innovate income streams.
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.
The LoveReading4Kids Funding for Schools Scheme
A grant scheme providing credit for state-funded UK schools to purchase books aimed at promoting reading for pleasure and boosting school libraries.
Connecting Communities Grant Funding
Offers funding to support capital projects that upgrade local spaces, reduce social isolation, bring communities together, and ensure vital local services remain accessible.
UK Games Fund (Content Fund)
Commercial games-for-entertainment content grants designed to support UK-based games development studios, drive growth, build talent, and develop skills across the creative sectors.
Ultra-Long Duration Energy Storage (Ultra-LDES) Challenge
A challenge providing grants to support the development of next-generation energy storage technologies, including advanced batteries and underground hydrogen storage, capable of supplying clean electricity for 100 hours or more.
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.
Addington Fund Emergency Forage and Bedding Support
Emergency support providing forage and bedding to help farmers whose livestock are suffering the effects of extreme weather events or emergency situations beyond their control.
Capital Grants 2026
Capital Grants are 3-year agreements offering capital items to achieve specific environmental benefits across six groups: boundaries, trees and orchards; improved water quality; improved air quality; improved natural flood management; assessments; and improvements.
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 business grants in South West