CyberASAP (Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator Programme)
Usually opens in April and May and June and July
Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.
Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.
Phased funding across value proposition, proof of concept and demonstrator phases; total funding across phases has historically been up to around GBP 90,000 per team, paid to the university.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology / Innovate UK Business Connect
public · national
Deadline: annual_call — Annual cohort, historically opening in the spring/summer with the programme running across the academic year.
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
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
- Locally registered entity required
Only UK academics with cyber security research can apply; the aim is to form a spinout.
Source. https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/programme/cyberasap/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked