01/10/2025
Closing Date: 16 December 2025
DASA’s Defence Rapid Impact (DRI) competition funds disruptive innovations that address UK Defence challenges and deliver near-term impact for end users.
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15/09/2025
Closing Date: 28 October 2025
Loans of up to £1 million with a below-market interest rate of 7.4% per annum to help convert your mature defence innovation into a strong business proposition for defence procurement.
09/07/2025
Closing Date: 23 September 2025
The Open Call for Innovation allows innovative, disruptive ideas to be proposed to defence and security stakeholders, even where a specific requirement has not been stipulated.
09/07/2025
Closing Date: CLOSED
Innovation loans supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with solutions to defence-themed problems.
20/05/2025
CLOSED
Organisations can apply for up to £1.5 million to advance quantum sensors and quantum product development and adoption.
30/04/2025
Loans of up to £1 million with a below-market interest rate to help convert your mature defence innovation into a strong business proposition.
03/04/2025
CLOSED
The DASA Open Call is seeking innovative concepts, technologies, or services to improve the defence and security of the UK.
19/02/2025
Closing Date: Not specified
The ESA Business Applications’ Open Call for Proposals – Feasibility Studies and Demonstration Projects is always open.
17/12/2024
CLOSED
DASA has launched a new themed competition called Future-Proofing Biosecurity by Strengthening the UK’s Microbial Forensic Capability.
19/11/2024
CLOSED
Innovate UK is investing up to £15 million in the best game-changing and world-leading ideas, designed for swift, successful commercialisation.
14/11/2024
Closing Date: CLOSED
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator is a funding programme under Horizon Europe that offers support to start-ups and SMEs.
12/08/2024
CLOSED
Loans of up to £1 million with a below-market interest rate to help convert your mature defence innovation into a strong business proposition.
12/08/2024
CLOSED
This DASA competition is seeking proposals that can make a real-world difference, fast and at scale.
07/08/2024
CLOSED
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy.
07/08/2024
CLOSED
Innovate UK is offering up to £25 million in loans to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).