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Grants

Sustainable Innovation Fund

Status

Closed for now

Permanently closed as a named programme - it was a time-limited COVID-19 recovery fund. Its role has been taken over by Innovate UK's net zero and sustainability themed competitions.

Closed

Amount

£500,000

COVID-19 recovery fund; single-company awards typically GBP 50k-175k and collaborative awards up to ~GBP 500k.

Funder

Innovate UK (UKRI)

public · national

Deadline: closed — One-off COVID-19 recovery programme delivered in 2020 with several rapid rounds.

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

Sectors: climate, energy, any
Stage: seed, series_a
R&D activity required
Locally registered entity required

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.ukri.org/councils/innovate-uk/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked