DASA / UKDI Themed Competitions
Status not published
A rolling stream of individual themed challenges with fixed closing dates, published in the GOV.UK collection.
Each themed competition publishes its own budget and per-proposal cap; commonly GBP 100,000-500,000 for Phase 1.
You must co-fund 0%.
Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) / UK Defence Innovation
public · national
Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — A rolling stream of individual themed challenges with fixed closing dates, published in the GOV.UK collection.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech, ai, space, health
- Stage: pre-seed, seed and Series A
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Themes are set by MOD and Home Office customers; read each competition document for scope.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The Companies House number, explained
Source. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-and-security-accelerator-funding-competitions · not human-checked
"Defence and Security Accelerator Themed Competitions"
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: www.gov.uk
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