Topic: Industrial research

This collaborative industrial-research competition supports strategically important parts of the UK battery value chain, including battery-cell and pack manufacturing, high-performance cells, automated manufacturing, non-destructive testing, AI-supported design and simulation, supply-chain resilience and UK scale-up from laboratory to pilot or pre-commercial manufacture. Concept-development projects must request between £500,000 and £4 million, run for 12 to 36 months, start no earlier than 1 May 2027 and finish by 31 March 2031. The competition is open and closes on 2 December 2026 at 11:00am

Support for collaborative industrial research that moves advanced-materials innovations toward practical use. The competition covers three priority growth themes and one strategic opportunity theme. Eligible project grant requests range from £500,000 to £1 million. Applications close at 16:00 UK time on 28 October 2026.