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Secure the funding you need to innovate and grow your business with our round-up of the best grant opportunities coming up this month. Our curated selection of the latest funding schemes includes grant opportunities for health sciences, sustainability, and digital innovation.
Social Impact and Sustainability:
Environmental Sciences Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund 2025
Funding to develop international partnerships in environmental sciences.
What is it? This fund aims to support the establishment of new global partnerships that address pressing environmental challenges. It encourages innovative collaborations between UK researchers and international counterparts to foster impactful research and knowledge exchange.
Who is it for? Open to UK-based organisations and researchers working in environmental sciences who seek to collaborate with international partners.
Deadline: 3rd April 2025
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition: Round Six Feasibility Studies
Funding for feasibility studies focused on innovative clean maritime solutions.
What is it? This competition supports projects that aim to demonstrate innovative solutions to reduce emissions in the maritime sector. It encourages the development of sustainable technologies and practices to contribute to a cleaner maritime industry.
Who is it for? Open to UK-based businesses and organisations involved in maritime technology or related sectors, including academia and research institutions.
Deadline: 16th April 2025
Rhododendron Trust Grant Opportunities
Funding for humanitarian, cultural, and wildlife projects.
What is it? The Rhododendron Trust provides grants ranging from £1,000 to £2,000 to UK-registered charities focused on welfare projects in the UK and developing countries, as well as cultural and wildlife initiatives.
Who is it for? Open to registered charities in the UK engaged in humanitarian, cultural, or wildlife projects.
Deadline: Open (Funding decisions made annually in March)
Emerging Technology:
NCSC Funded Cyber Essentials Programme
Enhancing cyber security for small organisations in high-risk sectors.
What is it? A UK Government initiative offering practical support to help small organisations implement baseline security controls and achieve Cyber Essentials Plus certification, aiming to prevent common types of cyber attacks.
Who is it for? UK-registered micro or small businesses (1 to 49 employees) operating in sectors such as quantum technologies, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, engineering biology, synthetic biology, advanced materials, advanced robotics, fusion energy, and space/satellites.
Deadline: Open
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S)
Investing in early-stage innovations from the UK’s science and knowledge base.
What is it? An early-stage venture capital fund supporting innovations in engineering biology, defence and security, fusion energy, and space. The fund helps turn scientific discoveries into high-growth businesses, driving economic and societal impact.
Who is it for? UK-based early-stage innovators linked to UKI2S research campuses or partner institutions. Investments range from £100,000 to £500,000, with potential follow-on funding up to £1.5 million.
Deadline: Open
Health and Wellbeing:
Transdisciplinary Approaches to Mobility and Global Health
Exploring the impact of mobility on health through interdisciplinary research.
What is it? A funding initiative supporting research on how mobility influences health, well-being, and broader health determinants. The program encourages interdisciplinary collaboration across geographical and sectoral boundaries.
Who is it for? Researchers from HICs and LMICs are eligible to apply. Projects should involve close collaboration with local communities, non-academic stakeholders, and other relevant actors to ensure comprehensive and impactful research outcomes. Every applicant must at least hold a PhD (or have equivalent academic experience).
Deadline: 25th March 2025.
Worldwide Cancer Research: 2025 Grant Round
Funding bold ideas to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.
What is it? Worldwide Cancer Research is offering project grants to support discovery research that could lead to breakthroughs in cancer prevention, diagnosis, or treatment.
Who is it for? Open to visionary scientists worldwide, regardless of location or cancer type, who have innovative ideas that align with the charity’s research strategy and funding criteria.
Deadline: 31st March 2025
Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF)
Supporting major investments in UK life sciences manufacturing.
What is it? The LSIMF provides capital grants to support the manufacture of human medicines, medical diagnostics, and MedTech products. The government has committed up to £520 million for life sciences manufacturing, to help deliver on the government’s missions to kickstart economic growth and to enhance UK health resilience.
Who is it for? Open to UK-registered private sector businesses, including product developers, contract development and manufacturing organisations, and generics manufacturers. Projects must be based in the UK, primarily involve capital investment, and require the grant to proceed.
Deadline: Open
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