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Grants

Innovate UK Launchpads

Status

Status not published

Individual Launchpad competitions open and close on their own timetables; several run each year.

Open now
Amount
£1,000,000

Place-based clusters (for example South Wales net zero, Liverpool City Region health tech, Tees Valley, Glasgow City Region, Northern Ireland). Grants commonly GBP 50k-500k with 35-70% intervention.

You must co-fund 30%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Innovate UK (UKRI)

public · regional

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Individual Launchpad competitions open and close on their own timetables; several run each 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.

You fund 30% yourself.

Who can apply

Applicant must be based in, or commit to activity in, the named Launchpad geography and cluster theme.

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

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support/innovate-uk-launchpad/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.ukri.org

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