Search the open competitions below to find funding for your next telecoms R&D project.
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Horizon Europe is an EU research and innovation programme. It has a budget of €95.5 billion and runs until 2027.
The UK agreed a deal to associate to Horizon Europe on 7 September 2023.
UK researchers can now apply for Horizon Europe funding, certain that all successful UK applicants will be covered through the UK’s association (or through the guarantee) for the remainder of the programme.
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation and Innosuisse, The Swiss Innovation Authority, will invest up to £4 million from Innovate UK and a minimum of 3 million CHF from Innosuisse in innovation projects.
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. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.
UK registered organisations, collaborating with at least one German SME applying under the equivalent German ZIM programme, can apply for a share of up to £4 million for collaborative projects resulting in innovative solutions in emerging technologies.
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is proud to announce the publication of its new Research and Innovation Work Programme for 2024, earmarking a substantial €129 million public funding for collaborative projects to advance 6G systems and prepare for standardisation activities.
The Thematic Call for proposals aims at supporting new space-based services for the digital transformation and sustainability of the sport sector, specifically in the organisation, management, and further exploitation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Open RAN Energy Efficiency Challenge - SONIC Labs Technology Access Programme (TAP) is an 8-month structured programme developed by Digital Catapult in collaboration with Ofcom, running from June 2024 to January 2025.
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £6 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with South Korea. You must collaborate with at least one South Korean business applying under the equivalent KIAT or KETEP programme.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop quantum technologies with organisations from Eureka partner countries.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £110 million for ambitious research and innovation projects in any sector, and tailored support to develop careers for future leaders. This funding is from UKRI.
Secure up to £120,000 to develop data processing systems that can sift large volumes of complex information, recognise patterns of interest and draw insights that could help to improve the passenger experience and increase people’s security.
Connected Places Catapult is working alongside His Majesty’s Government Communications Centre (HMGCC) to deliver solutions to a co-creation challenge, to demonstrate how AI can assist with processing data more efficiently and effectively in the context of transport and cities.
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Taiwan. You must collaborate with at least one Taiwan business applying under the equivalent DoIT programme.
This funding opportunity is part of AHRC’s Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme.
Apply for funding to undertake BRAID Responsible AI (RAI) demonstrator projects that will seek to address real-world challenges facing sectors, businesses, communities and publics in the responsible development and application of AI technologies.
Each demonstrator will be an intervention designed to advance RAI in a specific context. AHRC expects these projects to be co-designed and delivered in partnership with stakeholders outside of academia.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.
This opportunity provides an open and flexible route to computational support for high quality projects across the entire UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) remit.
We particularly encourage applications that:
- involve early career researchers
- onboard and train new users
- significantly push the boundaries in computational research using High Performance Computing (HPC) in your field
This application process is purely for compute resource for up to 12 months for ARCHER2 projects and for up to nine months for Tier2 projects. No funding is available to successful applicants.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
Apply for funding to deliver Smart Data Research UK data services. Data services will acquire, steward and enable safe access to smart data. They will build long term partnerships with data owners, demonstrate the potential of smart data, and provide technical infrastructure, governance and user support to a broad research community.
Data services will support impactful, cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and innovation within one or more of the SDR UK thematic pillars.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be between £3 million and £7 million.
Services will be funded for a period of four and a half years, with a view towards establishing long-term service.
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million in grant funding to deliver feasibility studies. These studies will be to develop innovative solutions using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address business challenges and opportunities.