Regional Grants

Business Grants in Yorkshire & Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber region offers business funding through West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire combined authorities, local councils, and the regional Growth Hub. Key sectors include advanced manufacturing, digital, and healthcare.

145grants available
From councils, growth hubs & national bodies

West Yorkshire Funding

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority runs business support programmes for Leeds, Bradford, and surrounding areas. The AD:VENTURE programme and other schemes support SME growth and innovation.

South Yorkshire Support

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority provides business grants and support across Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, and Barnsley. Programmes focus on growth, skills, and sector development.

Humber Region Grants

The Humber region including Hull and East Riding has its own business support through local councils and the LEP. Energy and offshore sectors receive particular attention given the region's strategic importance.

Yorkshire & Humber Business Grants

145 grants found

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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) / UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Doctoral focal awards in data-intensive sciences

Funding opportunity for doctoral focal awards in data-intensive sciences. Builds on STFC's previous investment to provide students with skills and training for careers in academia or industry. Harmonised under the UK Research and Innovation Doctoral Focal Awards scheme.

Up to £2,100,000UK Wide16 Sept 2026
AI & Data ScienceGrants & Funding
open
Medical Research Council (MRC)

Expression of interest: Precision prevention: biological mechanisms of response variation

Apply for funding to investigate why biomedical prevention interventions work differently across people. Projects must generate mechanistic evidence in humans by testing biomedical experimental interventions or challenges in pre-disease or early disease states, providing insight into how to improve the targeting and effectiveness of precision prevention strategies.

Up to £5,000,000UK Wide17 Sept 2026
Life Sciences & HealthGrants & Funding
open
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

computing resources on the STFC DiRAC HPC facility (RAC19)

Apply for computing resources on the STFC DiRAC High Performance Computing (HPC) facility: Resource Allocation Committee (RAC) 19th opportunity. DiRAC offers computing resources on four systems: Data Intensive Service at Cambridge, Data Intensive Service at Leicester, Extreme Scaling Service at Edinburgh, and Memory Intensive Service at Durham. Successful awards will begin on 1 April 2027. Short proposals can be for up to one year and thematic proposals can be for up to three years.

Up to 80% of available resourcesUK Wide17 Sept 2026
TechnologyGrants & Funding
open
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration: CHERI IKC

Apply for funding to establish an Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) focused on driving adoption of the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) security by design technology. The aim is to build critical mass towards commercialisation of CHERI technologies.

Up to £7,700,000UK Wide17 Sept 2026
TechnologyGrants & Funding
open
Innovate UK

Scaling performance of quantum computing hardware: CR&D

Innovate UK will invest up to £33 million to support the development and production readiness of quantum computing hardware device technologies, solving critical system development challenges in hardware and associated software required for universal fault tolerant quantum computing platforms.

Between £1,000,000 and £3,500,000UK Wide18 Sept 2026
TechnologyGrants & Funding
open
Innovate UK

Funding opportunity: Scaling performance of quantum computing hardware: CR&D

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £33 million to develop device level hardware and associated software to meet the scale, programmability, and runtime performance needs of universal fault tolerant quantum computers.

Up to £33,000,000UK Wide18 Sept 2026
TechnologyGrants & Funding
open
Help the Homeless

Help the Homeless Grant Scheme

Grants for small UK charities working wholly or mostly with homeless people to fund capital projects.

Up to £5,000UK Wide20 Sept 2026
Grants & Funding
open
Innovate UK

Full ADOPT Grant: Round 9

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

Up to £5,000,000UK Wide23 Sept 2026
Agriculture & FoodGrants & Funding
open
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

Early independence: BBSRC fellowships: full stage

Apply for this Early Independence Fellowship to support you to establish your own research niche, and conduct independent research within a host laboratory. Your fellowship will last three years.

Up to 80% of FEC (Total fund £9,000,000)UK Wide23 Sept 2026
Life Sciences & HealthGrants & Funding
open
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Canada-G7-Nordic call for proposals on quantum technologies

Apply for funding to establish world-leading research partnerships with collaborators in Canada, the US, Germany, Japan, and the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway). Proposals must include researchers from both the UK and Canada and may also involve researchers from other eligible countries participating in this funding opportunity.

Up to £400,000UK Wide24 Sept 2026
TechnologyGrants & Funding
open
Unlimited, Arts Council England, Arts Council of Wales, Creative Scotland

Partner Awards 2026/27

Funding provided by Unlimited in partnership with regional organisations to support disabled artists in creating ambitious new work.

Between £15,000 and £40,000UK Wide28 Sept 2026
Creative & HeritageGrants & Funding
open
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

Design Generators round two

Apply for funding to combine design-led interventions with arts and humanities methodologies to make positive contributions to the green transition.

Between £150,000 and £200,000UK Wide29 Sept 2026
EnvironmentGrants & Funding

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