Industry Opportunities

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Advanced manufacturing supply chain innovation: CRD

Opens: 27/04/2026 Closes: 10/06/2026

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6.5 million for collaborative industrial research to make supply chains more productive, resource efficient and resilient.

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National Roadmap for the UK Photonics Sector 2026

Opens: 23/04/2026

To Express your Interest in participating in developing the National Photonics Roadmap, please complete the on-line expression of interest. Invitations to participate in the in-person workshop will be drawn from those completing the EoI.

Surveys

Advanced Connectivity Technologies Collaborators Hub

Opens: 22/04/2026 Closes: 14/05/2026

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £25 million from the ACT R&D programme to accelerate the development, demonstration, and commercialisation of next generation communications technologies that strengthen the UK’s security, resilience, sustainability, and long-term competitiveness.

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Frontier AI Discovery

Opens: 14/04/2026 Closes: 10/06/2026

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to develop feasibility studies for frontier AI and foundation models. This funding is from Innovate UK.

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Compound Semiconductor Hub Funding Opportunities

Opens: 10/04/2026 Closes: Open ended

SWCS PBIAA Funding available for early stage commercialisation and spinout projects that require support from expertise and facilities available at Cardiff University Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS) or Swansea University Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM), or any other Cluster entity, to set up a company and innovate in South Wales.

Funding Calls

National Epitaxy Facility Community Consultation

Opens: 01/04/2026 Closes: 10/05/2026

The National Epitaxy Facility is undertaking a community consultation to inform its strategic development for the next 5-10 years reflecting the changing R&D landscape in the UK, government-driven strategies in Semiconductors, Quantum, AI, Telecoms, the Modern Industrial Strategy and the changing international climate for critical technologies such as semiconductors. 

Surveys

Workforce and Skills Initiatives Survey

Opens: 01/04/2026 Closes: Open ended

The UK Semiconductor Centre are building a UK-wide directory of workforce and skills initiatives to make it easier for people to navigate opportunities and pathways into the UK semiconductor industry.

Surveys

Survey of Cluster Stakeholders

Opens: 27/03/2026 Closes: 19/06/2026

This survey involves collecting data from stakeholders in three selected geographically focused concentrations of economic activity based on advanced technologies, referred to as ‘hi-tech clusters’. These comprise the South Wales Compound Semiconductor Cluster; the Greater Manchester Advanced Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Cluster; and the Scottish Critical Technologies ‘Supercluster'. 

Surveys

EPSRC Materials Innovation Partnerships

Opens: 03/03/2026 Closes: 14/05/2026

Apply for funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to support ambitious, collaborative research programmes. Total fund: £7,500,000. 

Funding Calls

Global Talent Fund

Opens: 02/03/2026 Closes: 11/05/2026

Cardiff University are to be one of the 12 UK research organisations selected to receive UK government funding of £4.35 million. The Global Talent Fund has been launched to attract and support the relocation of outstanding international researchers and research teams to the UK. Funding will cover research, relocation, and visa costs for international researchers and their families. Grants will start in the 2025/26 financial year and run for five years.

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University of South Wales - Partnership Opportunities

Opens: 28/02/2026 Closes: Open ended

USW are looking for partners to invest in the next generation of experts who will be educated in the new state-of-the-art STEM building, Calon, scheduled to open this autumn. It will be home to a wide range of academic programmes and research, ranging from computing and data science to engineering.

Public Engagement Grant Scheme

Opens: 09/02/2026 Closes: 07/09/2026

The Public Engagement Grant Scheme (PEGS) aims to support the IOP Limit Less initiative by funding projects that meaningfully engage whole family groups (including parents/carers) to improve their relationship with physics. Round 1: Applications received between 9 February and 10 May. Round 2: Applications received between 11 May and 7 September.

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NPL has launched Measurement for Business (M4B)

Opens: 09/02/2026 Closes: Open ended

Are you a UK company that qualifies for M4B funding? M4B can give you access to NPL's specialist measurement science and engineering experts and facilities, at no charge, to help your business grow. 

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X-CITED - GW4

Opens: 02/02/2026 Closes: 31/05/2027

An EPSRC-funded programme that will develop the skills of Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) within the GW4 institutes (Bath, Bristol, Cardiff & Exeter Universities). The programme offers tailored training & development opportunities from February 2026 - Summer 2027

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EPSRC standard research grant, Nov 2023: responsive mode

Opens: 02/02/2026 Closes: Open ended

EPSRC particularly welcomes high quality applications where engineering and physical sciences research can generate new knowledge and addresses challenges associated with the advancement, development, and deployment of these technologies: artificial intelligence, engineering biology, future telecommunications, semiconductors, and quantum technologies. No closing date.

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Semiconductor Packaging Survey

Opens: 02/02/2026 Closes: Open ended

This survey is a vital step in helping the UK Government fully understand the strengths and weaknesses of the UK semiconductor packaging sector and identify critical gaps in the supply chain where targeted intervention may be needed. 

Surveys

Flexible Skills Programme

Opens: 02/02/2026 Closes: Open ended

The Flexible Skills Programme (FSP) is a Welsh Government funded initiative that helps businesses across Wales build a stronger, more skilled workforce. Employers can apply for funding to cover up to 50% of the accredited training costs, with a maximum value of £50,000 per application.

Funding Calls

Made Smarter Innovation Network: Digital & AI in Manufacturing

Opens: 02/02/2026

Made Smarter Innovation has identified AI as a keystone industrial digital technology, strategic to all sectors, and other digital technologies are critical to making AI useful. By filling out this short survey, you will directly contribute to shaping the future of AI and digital technologies within industry.

Surveys

Academic-Industry Partnerships In Cardiff Capital Region

Opens: 02/02/2026 Closes: Open ended

Jointly funded by the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund and Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) the Academic-Industry Partnerships programme, part of the Cluster Development and Growth Programme, aims to bring together industry and academia to identify innovative solutions to enterprise challenges, particularly amongst micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Open ended

Training Opportunities - Photonic Integrated Circuits Bootcamp

Opens: 15/01/2026 Closes: 19/05/2026

The PIC Bootcamp is an immersive training initiative providing participants with hands-on experience in the design, fabrication, and testing of PICs. This programme is tailored to equip individuals with the technical know-how and practical skills required to excel in the exciting field of Silicon Photonics. Module dates range from 15 January - 19 May 2026

Courses

The Innovate UK Scaleup Programme: for high potential scaleup businesses

Opens: 05/01/2026 Closes: Open ended

Innovate UK Business Growth’s highly regarded Scaleup Programme provides one-to-one, bespoke and funded support centred around innovative scaleups’ specific needs. It is available to those scaleup companies achieving, or with the potential for, 50% compound annual growth rates (CAGR) and over.

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Horizon Europe 2026-27: European Innovation Ecosystems

Opens: 01/12/2025 Closes: 15/09/2027

Up to €20m per project to connect people and organisations working towards the goal of innovation and supporting the scaling of companies. Closing dates 22 Sep 2026 or 15 Sep 2027 depending on call.

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EIC Transition

Opens: 20/11/2025 Closes: 16/09/2026

The EIC Transition is a funding programme under Horizon Europe targeting innovation activities that goes beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory. It supports both the maturation and validation of novel technologies from the lab to the relevant application environments.

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EIC Accelerator

Opens: 11/11/2025 Closes: Open ended

The EIC Accelerator is a funding programme under Horizon Europe that offers support to start-ups and SMEs that are looking for substantial funding, have the ambition and commitment to scale up, and have an innovative, game changing product.

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SMART Flexible Innovation Support (FIS) | Business Wales

Opens: 03/11/2025 Closes: Open ended

The Welsh Government is building a stronger, fairer, greener country, with an economy based on fair work, sustainability and the sectors of the future. SMART Flexible Innovation Support (FIS) is open to any organisation wishing to engage in Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I), including the third sector, local authorities and health boards. Open ended

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Advanced materials: highlight notice

Opens: 25/08/2025 Closes: Open ended

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is seeking to support applications through their standard research grant scheme in the following two areas:

  • advanced materials solutions for critical minerals
  • in-situ and in-operando materials metrology and characterisation
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UK Quantum Skills Taskforce report

Opens: 24/06/2025 Closes: Open ended

The Quantum Skills Taskforce is a sector-wide coalition, including representatives from industry, academia, professional societies, national labs, and government departments and agencies. The Taskforce has considered the current and future skills needs of the sector, and how these needs could be met.

Strategic Innovation Fund: Round 5 Challenges

Opens: 24/03/2025 Closes: Open ended

Innovation Challenge 1: Advanced Energy Transmission and Networks: How can we leverage breakthroughs in semiconductor, superconductor, and wireless power transmission technologies to enhance grid performance? Projects applying to this challenge should align with and build upon existing UK and international initiatives in advanced energy transmission. Applicants should consider how their innovations complement prior research and industry developments.

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The pro² Residency Scheme

Opens: 19/09/2024 Closes: Open ended

pro² is pleased to announce an open funding call for international and industrial residencies (The pro² Residency Scheme). Applications must propose ideas which align with pro² objectives, and awardees can apply for funding under one of three categories.

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Agile Cymru

Opens: 20/02/2023 Closes: Open ended

Agile Cymru is a scaleable programme of coordinated action, an agile tool to deliver greater economic co-operation at speed, guided by the International Strategy and our economic policies. This includes a flexible grant mechanism to support cross-border and international activity that maximises shared opportunities across themes, sectors, and geographies. Agile Cymru funding can support a wide range of activity; the focus is on the outcome and benefit for Wales.

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