Only for Cumbria 3
- Sellafield Game Changers: feasibility grants up to £10,000 for nuclear challengesmax award £10,000 · closes 3 Nov 2026 · with Sellafield Game Changers (nuclear innovation challenges)
- Walney Extension Skills Fund: £10k-£100k for STEM and skills projects on the Cumbria and Lancashire coastaward £10,000–£100,000 · closes 24 Mar 2027 · with Walney Extension Community Fund: The Skills Fund (STEM and skills projects, £10k-£100k)
- Westmorland and Furness Greening Businesses Scheme round 3: free carbon footprint assessment for SMEs (closes 25 Oct 2026)non-cash support · closes 25 Oct 2026 · Westmorland and Furness · with Westmorland and Furness Council: Greening Businesses Scheme round 3 (free carbon footprint assessment)
Open across the North West 26
- BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund: £3k-£5k for debut feature writers in the Northaward £3,000–£5,000 · closes 11 Nov 2026 · with BFI NETWORK
- GBE Community Fund: up to £40k feasibility, £100k development or £3m capital for community energy projects (closes 12 Nov)max award £3,000,000 · closes 12 Nov 2026 · with Great British Energy: GBE Community Fund (feasibility, development and capital grants for community energy)
- IBIC biotech knowledge exchange grants: up to £60k for north-west business-university projects (next deadline 10 Dec)max award £60,000 · closes 10 Dec 2026 · with IBIC: knowledge exchange grants with north-west biotech businesses
- EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Innovation call: up to €2m for cross-border mobility projectscloses 28 Jan 2027 · with EIT Urban Mobility - Strategic Innovation Open Call
- Baltic Ventures Angelsaward from £10,000 · open all year · with Baltic Ventures
- DSW Ventures Seed Investmentaward £100,000–£1,000,000 · open all year · with DSW Ventures (Daresbury-linked seed VC)
- Eco-I NWopen all year · with Eco-I NW (Lancaster University low-carbon R&D support)
- Angel investment and free investor-readiness coaching for tech start-ups in the Northwith NorthInvest: angel investment and free investor-readiness coaching for tech start-ups in the North
- Apply for angel investmentaward £50,000–£220,000 · with Manchester Angels: apply for angel investment (B2B software and deep tech, the North)
- ESA Phi-Lab UK — STFC Deep Tech Catalystnon-cash support · with STFC Deep Tech Catalyst (Daresbury)
- Funding & opportunities for manufacturersnon-cash support · with Made Smarter (North West adoption programme)
- Investment enquirieswith Northern Gritstone: investment enquiries (university spinouts and northern deep tech)
- Eco-I North West - Low carbon R&D and innovation supportnon-cash support · open all year · with Eco-I NW (Lancaster University low-carbon R&D support)
- Made Smarter Adoption (North West)up to 50% matched grant funding · open all year · with Made Smarter Adoption (North West)
- Health Innovation North West Coastnon-cash support · with Health Innovation North West Coast
- DeepTech Catalyst Quantumaward £10,000–£50,000 · with STFC Deep Tech Catalyst (Daresbury)
- Engineering Pre-accelerator Programmenon-cash support · with Boost Business Lancashire: Support Directory
- Exchange tech scale-up programmenon-cash support · with Enterprise City: Exchange tech scale-up programme (Manchester)
- Fully funded cyber security services for SMEs and charitiesnon-cash support · with Cyber Resilience Centre for the North West: fully funded cyber security services for SMEs and charities
- Higgs BIC — STFC Deep Tech Catalystwith STFC Deep Tech Catalyst (Daresbury)
- Microbiome — CPI - Active projects and programmesnon-cash support · with CPI - Active projects and programmes
- NG Studios pre-seed programme for academic foundersAccess to a community of like-minded peers, a global network of experts and entrepreneurs, and ongoing community connection after completing the programme. · with Northern Gritstone: NG Studios pre-seed programme for academic founders
- AI Adoption Readinessnon-cash support · with Edge Hill AI Adoption Readiness (PIC SME Hub)
- AI Workforce Model for SMEsnon-cash support · with Manchester Digital: AIMS - AI Workforce Model for SMEs (free AI and automation upskilling)
- Data Technician Skills Bootcampnon-cash support · with Leep - Skills Bootcamps (Data, Cyber, IT, green trades)
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UK-wide 214
- Contracts for Innovation Cymru: Reducing Missed Appointments and Improving Access to Planned Careaward £200,000–£9,600,000 · closes 20 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
- Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AImax award £602,500 · closes 20 Oct 2026 · with Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- Water Efficiency Lab 2: £150,000 to £1.5m for water-saving innovationmax award £150,000 · closes 20 Oct 2026 · with Ofwat Innovation Fund - Water Efficiency Lab 2
- Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomyaward £300,000–£1,000,000 · total pot £4m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
- Funding competition Engineering Biology Access to Infrastructure Pilotaward £200,000–£750,000 · total pot £5m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
- Funding competition Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Discovery C7award £200,000 · total pot £30m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
- Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund: Innovation Challenges - Discovery, autumn 2026award £200,000 · total pot £30m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
- Sustainable Darkroom Futures Residency: £3,400 grant and six-month mentored residency for UK artistsaward £3,400 · closes 23 Oct 2026 · with Sustainable Darkroom Futures Residency
- Funding opportunity: High performance compute resources for EPSRC communitiesaward £5,000,000–£20,000,000 · total pot £26.25m · closes 27 Oct 2026 · with Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- iX Challenge: Alternative leak repair materials and methods for canal leakage and seepage repairscloses 27 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
- iX Challenge: Identifying leaks and seepage in canal infrastructurecloses 27 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
- Trust and confidence in policing: Research & Innovation Consortiummax award £2,000,000 · closes 27 Oct 2026 · with Arts and Humanities Research Council
- Armed Forces Covenant Fundcloses 28 Oct 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
- CfI: counter UAS demonstrations in prison environmentsaward £40,000–£80,000 · total pot £900,000 · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
- European Innovation Council: Pathfinder, Transition, and Accelerator 2026non-cash support · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Robotics & AI)
- Funding competition Advancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosisaward £1,500,000–£4,000,000 · total pot £25.4m · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
- Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) - Researcher-ledmax award £500,000 · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with NIHR (i4i and funding opportunities)
- AI-enhanced x-ray imaging for bomb disposalmax award £60,000 · closes 29 Oct 2026 · with HMGCC Co-Creation
- UK Defence Innovation: Security Open Call 2026 Cycle 2award £150,000–£350,000 · closes 29 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
- Commercial cooking air quality trialaward £7,000–£10,000 · closes 30 Oct 2026 · with Connected Places Catapult - Open Calls
- iX Challenge - Vibration monitoring of offshore wind turbine foundations during construction and commissioningcloses 30 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
- Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice 2027-28closes 1 Nov 2026 · with NIHR (i4i and funding opportunities)
- BRAID Creative Commissions: £8,000 to £12,000 to make work about responsible AIaward £8,000–£12,000 · closes 2 Nov 2026 · with BRAID - Creative Commissions (Responsible AI)
- Education Endowment Foundationcloses 2 Nov 2026 · with Education Endowment Foundation
- MAChallenge 2027closes 2 Nov 2026 · with MarRI-UK
- EPSRC-Defra Reimagining Circularity: full stagemax award £4,328,000 · closes 3 Nov 2026 · with Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- Funding competition Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3award £750,000–£2,500,000 · total pot £8.5m · closes 3 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
- UKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantummax award £3,750,000 · closes 3 Nov 2026 · with Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- CfI: Battery innovation for dual use and defence phase 1award £20,000–£50,000 · total pot £2m · closes 4 Nov 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
- ESRC responsive mode: secondary data analysis round twomax award £300,000 · closes 4 Nov 2026 · with UKRI funding finder: all open and upcoming calls (every research council and Innovate UK)
- Funding opportunity: UKRI translation: MRC proof of concept: stage twocloses 4 Nov 2026 · with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- European Space Agency: The Arctic Region: Safety, Navigation and Operationscloses 5 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
- Expression of interest: First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) builder: programme entrymax award £315,000 · total pot £770,000 · closes 5 Nov 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
- Horizon Europe 2026-27: Civil Security for Society (Cluster 3)closes 5 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Robotics & AI)
- iX Challenge: Accelerating Digital Engineering Through MBSE Simulationaward £60,000 · closes 6 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
- iX Challenge: Distributed Smartphone-Based Detection and Mapping of PNT Signal Interferenceaward £60,000 · closes 6 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
- iX Challenge: Edge AI with Low Size, Weight, Power, and Costaward £60,000 · closes 6 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
- iX Challenge: Next-Generation Electronics for UK Bathymetric Sonaraward £60,000 · closes 6 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
- iX Challenge: Reducing blood-cell loss and measurement variability in field-deployable microfluidic diagnostic cartridgesaward £60,000 · closes 6 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
- iX Challenge: Repeatable Adversarial Evaluation of Physical Tamper Protection for Defence Electronicsaward £60,000 · closes 6 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
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International, open to UK applicants 84
- CELTIC-NEXT call for projects – Autumn 2026closes 26 Oct 2026 · with EUREKA Network (incl. Eurostars)
- Eureka call for disaster resilience, response and recovery projects – 2026non-cash support · closes 26 Oct 2026 · with EUREKA Network (incl. Eurostars)
- EIC STEP Scale Up Defencenon-cash support · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with European Innovation Council (EISMEA)
- STEP Scale Up — European Innovation Councilnon-cash support · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with European Innovation Council (EISMEA)
- Eurogia2030 – Call 31 — EUREKA Networkcloses 29 Oct 2026 · with EUREKA Network (incl. Eurostars)
- NLnet open-source grants (Restack and CodeSupply): €5,000 to €50,000closes 3 Nov 2026 · with NLnet / NGI open calls (Restack and CodeSupply)
- The Arctic Region — ESA Space Solutions — business funding callsnon-cash support · closes 5 Nov 2026 · with ESA Space Solutions — business funding calls
- FIERCE 2nd Open Call: up to €50,000 in services for space-data green innovationnon-cash support · closes 9 Nov 2026 · with FIERCE - Open Call for Financing (space-enabled green innovation)
- EIT Urban Mobility: up to €2.5m for urban mobility startups raising a roundcloses 16 Nov 2026 · with EIT Urban Mobility - Financial Support to Startups
- European Space Agency: co-funding for space-enabled smart grid resilience projects (proof-of-concept and pilots)closes 27 Nov 2026 · with European Space Agency: Smart and Resilient Energy Systems
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Contracts in Cumbria and the North West 5
- Science and Industry Museum Wonderlab Group 2 Interactives Makers 2contract value £155,000 · closes 23 Oct 2026 · with Science Museum Group
- Project Tullie Phase 3: Digital Installation Design - Request for Quotationcloses 29 Oct 2026 · with TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY TRUST
- FHT028 Integrated Housing Management Systemcontract value £1,200,000 · closes 3 Nov 2026 · with ForHousing Ltd
- PRO005084-Services-Framework-DNM Linear Monitor Installs — United Utilities Water Limitedcontract value £25,000,000 · closes 16 Dec 2026 · with United Utilities Water Limited
- PRO005158-Services-Contract-System Integrator : Billing and CRMcontract value £10,000,000 · closes 18 Dec 2026 · with United Utilities Water Limited
Questions
How many opportunities are open for Digital & Technologies in Cumbria?
On 18 October 2026 Bearings lists 327 live opportunities a business based in Cumbria can apply for: 174 grants, loans, investment and prizes, 131 programmes, advice and support, 22 training offers. 3 are only for Cumbria, 26 are open across the North West and 298 are UK-wide or international.
Which funding closes soonest?
- Contracts for Innovation Cymru: Reducing Missed Appointments and Improving Access to Planned Care (closes 20 Oct 2026)
- Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AI (closes 20 Oct 2026)
- Water Efficiency Lab 2: £150,000 to £1.5m for water-saving innovation (closes 20 Oct 2026)
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