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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Community and Environment Fund (CEF) and Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF)
This funding programme provides grants to local communities and economies that are disrupted by the construction of Phase One and Phase 2a of HS2 between London and Crewe.
International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences
Funding to visit international partners, initiate collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, visit overseas facilities, or attend European consortia-building events for stays of up to one month.
Engineering Biology Programme: mission hubs
Apply for funding to pursue a flagship applied research and innovation programme aimed at harnessing engineering biology to address major industrial and societal challenges through a mission focus. Your programme must be co-developed and co-delivered with industry and demonstrate significant potential to deliver the expected outcomes.
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.
Vinehill Trust Health Applications Guidelines
Funding for healthcare delivery projects directly benefiting UK residents, covering permanent focus areas like acute conditions as well as annual temporary focus areas across physical and mental health.
Rapid Response Fund
Supports new research and urgent opportunities to tackle emerging infections and future pandemic threats requiring rapid activation and commissioning.
Funding opportunity: AHRC UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency: applicant-led mode
Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the United States and submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and US National Science Foundation, Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences Directorate (NSF-SBE). Note that the opportunity is currently paused and will not consider expressions of interest or applications until further notice.
GBE Community Fund
Grant funding to help community organisations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland develop and build community-owned clean energy projects. The fund provides staged grants to test project viability, turn viable ideas into investment-ready projects, or bridge capital funding gaps for construction-ready clean energy projects.
Festive Connections Grant Programme
Grants provided by the McCarthy Stone Foundation for grassroots charitable organisations supporting people over 65 with core cost funding or project funding.
Fruit & Veg Grants
Grant funding aimed at supporting schools, registered charities, and not-for-profit organisations to improve access to free fruit and veg for children, supporting a healthy and nutritious diet.
The Content Fund
Commercial games-for-entertainment content grants funded by DCMS and managed by UKGTF/UK Games Fund as part of the UK Government's Growth for Games strategy to drive growth, build talent, and develop skills across the games sector.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about business grants in South West