Government Dept✓ Open to applications
Innovate UK
Swindon, UK
Innovate UK funds Renewables, Energy Storage, Hydrogen. 6 open opportunities for 2026, including the DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund drawdown five (Total fund £150,000,000), closes 4 Nov 2026 and 5 more.
Open opportunities (6)
DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund drawdown five
Total fund £150MCloses 4 Nov 2026E-Mobility · Industry DecarbCfI: Battery innovation for dual use and defence phase 1
Total fund £2MCloses 4 Nov 2026Energy StorageExpression of interest: First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) builder: programme entry
Total fund £770KCloses 5 Nov 2026Climate DataADOPT Facilitator support grant: round 12
Closes 11 Nov 2026Regen Ag · ForestryBattery Innovation Programme: investor partnerships
Total fund £5MCloses 25 Nov 2026Energy StorageGrowth Cohorts: next-gen low carbon concrete cohort entry round 2
Total fund £11.5MCloses 2 Dec 2026Low-C Materials · Industry Decarb
Notes
The UK's national innovation agency, part of UKRI. Runs Smart Grants (year-round) plus a rolling pipeline of sector-specific competitions covering net zero, manufacturing, mobility, agri-food, and digital. Cheque sizes typically £25k to £2m for single and collaborative R&D projects. Decisions in roughly three months from competition close.