Innovate UK United Kingdom

Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1

Open Posted 1 Oct 2026

Award range £150,000 - £250,000

Deadline 11 Nov 2026, 11:00 36 days left

Total funding £3,100,000

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Funding agency: Innovate UK
Reference: frontier-ai-sme-champions-phase-1-1
Funding instrument: Grant
Region: United Kingdom
Applicants based in: United Kingdom
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Funder: Innovate UK Government, United Kingdom
Grants in 2025: 2,761 Typical grant £106k
Applications: Takes applications through open calls
Open calls: 24 open calls Giving history, how to apply, and Follow on the funder page

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Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £3.1 million on Frontier AI. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. The aim of this competition is to is to advance the development of state of the art artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the UK. We will support UK SMEs to validate the technical feasibility…

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