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Accelerators

CyberASAP (Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator Programme)

Status

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.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
£90,000

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.

Funder

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology / Innovate UK Business Connect

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Annual cohort, historically opening in the spring/summer with the programme running across the academic year.

Your odds
Not published

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.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Only UK academics with cyber security research can apply; the aim is to form a spinout.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The Companies House number, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/programme/cyberasap/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: iuk-business-connect.org.uk

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