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Innovate UK (UKRI)

Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1

Amount

Share of up to £3.1 million total

Deadline

11/11/2026

Industry

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Location

National

About this grant

UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £3.1 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies with a clear route to defensible scale-up. Single applicants only.

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