Advanced Manufacturing grants and funding in Greater Manchester

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Only for Greater Manchester 6

Oldham Council Innovation Grant: up to £10,000 towards capital projects that create jobsmax award £10,000 · open all year · Oldham · with Oldham Council: Innovation Grant (up to £10,000 capital grant)
Advanced Manufacturing supportnon-cash support · with GM Business Growth Hub: Advanced Manufacturing support (manufacturing advisers, supply chain, workshops)
Innovation support to adopt sustainable materialsAccess to advanced materials expertise, cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art R&D facilities at world-class institutions; support with sourcing, manufacturing and testing sustainable materials to meet certification standards; help integrating new materials into existing manufacturing processes and products; connections to new market opportunities and a community of advanced materials businesses and manufacturers; enquiries about funding opportunities for RD&I projects and connections to other funding sources. · with CEAMS (Centre of Expertise in Advanced Materials and Sustainability), Atom Valley Rochdale: innovation support to adopt sustainable materials
Innovation service and Innovation NavigatorsConnection to sector-specific expertise, university research, technical specialists, labs and facilities. Help to identify the most appropriate research and development grant funding route, with support for application ideation, reviews and comments. · with GM Business Growth Hub: Innovation service and Innovation Navigators
Manchester Met AMMIC Innovation PathwayFully funded by the Greater Manchester Investment Zone. Upskilling, specialist knowledge, university expertise, research and facilities access, and peer networking. · with Manchester Met AMMIC Innovation Pathway (fully funded, advanced materials and manufacturing)
Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Centre, Atom Valley RochdaleAccess to machinery, facilities and technical expertise · Rochdale · with Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Centre (SMMC), Atom Valley Rochdale

Open across the North West 11

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
Get Fishing Fundaward £750–£1,000 · closes 31 Dec 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
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)
Made Smarter Adoption (North West)up to 50% matched grant funding · open all year · with Made Smarter Adoption (North West)
Engineering Pre-accelerator Programmenon-cash support · with Boost Business Lancashire: Support Directory
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
Leading Digital Transformation Programme — Made Smarternon-cash support · with Made Smarter (North West adoption programme)

UK-wide 87

Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomyaward £300,000–£1,000,000 · total pot £4m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
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)
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 National Materials Innovation Programme: CR&D Rd1award £500,000–£1,000,000 · total pot £12m · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
UK Defence Innovation: Security Open Call 2026 Cycle 2award £150,000–£350,000 · closes 29 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
iX Challenge - Vibration monitoring of offshore wind turbine foundations during construction and commissioningcloses 30 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
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)
Funding competition DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5award £2,500,000–£20,000,000 · total pot £150m · closes 4 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
European Space Agency: The Arctic Region: Safety, Navigation and Operationscloses 5 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
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: Extending protection to personnel travelling in armoured vehicles under drone attackaward £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)
iX Challenge: Resilient High-Altitude Communications, Navigation and Mission Connectivity for Persistent Autonomous Aircraftaward £60,000 · closes 6 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
Funding competition ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 12max award £2,500 · total pot £100,000 · closes 11 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Multi-Terrain Micro Robotic Systemsmax award £60,000 · closes 12 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
HMGCC Co-Creation Challenge: Smart glasses for mappingmax award £60,000 · closes 12 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
Green Future Fellowships: up to £3m over 10 years for climate-tech researchers and innovatorsmax award £3,000,000 · closes 17 Nov 2026 · with Royal Academy of Engineering: Green Future Fellowships (UK route)
Funding competition MDI Programme Innovation and Scale-up Hubaward £3,800,000–£4,000,000 · closes 18 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
N-CODE Innovation Challenge: the future of neurological healthcareaward £12,000–£30,000 · closes 18 Nov 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
Elemental Business Interaction Vouchers Round 3: up to £50,000 for business-academic engineering biology projectsmax award £50,000 · closes 27 Nov 2026 · with Elemental Metal Hub - Business Interaction Vouchers
NHS Cancer Programme - Innovation Open Call 4award £3,000,000–£5,000,000 · closes 1 Dec 2026 · with SBRI Healthcare
Robot Dexterity — ARIAcloses 1 Dec 2026 · with ARIA
ARIA: Forecasting Tipping Points Phase 2 – Concept papersaward £5,800,000–£18,500,000 · closes 2 Dec 2026 · with ARIA
Funding competition Battery Innovation: Concept Development Rd 3award £500,000–£4,000,000 · total pot £25m · closes 2 Dec 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
Funding competition Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies Rd 3award £70,000–£500,000 · total pot £25m · closes 2 Dec 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
Funding competition Engineering Biology Investor Partnerships Round 1award £250,000–£2,000,000 · total pot £8m · closes 2 Dec 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
Funding competition Full ADOPT Grant: Round 10award £50,000–£200,000 · total pot £5m · closes 2 Dec 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
Funding competition Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D Round 2award £500,000–£1,000,000 · total pot £7m · closes 2 Dec 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
Funding opportunity: Doctoral focal award: chip design and verificationmax award £6,000,000 · closes 2 Dec 2026 · with Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding opportunity: Manufacturing Scale-up Research and Innovation: Automotive and Aerospaceaward £600,000–£5,800,000 · total pot £17.6m · closes 9 Dec 2026 · with UKRI cross-council funding opportunities
Manufacturing Scale-up Network Plus — UK Research and Innovation funding findermax award £5,625,000 · closes 9 Dec 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
Great British Energy Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networkscloses 10 Dec 2026 · with Great British Energy
Funding competition UK-Singapore CRD 2026award £100,000–£900,000 · total pot £3m · closes 16 Dec 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)

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International, open to UK applicants 19

Eureka call for disaster resilience, response and recovery projects – 2026non-cash support · closes 26 Oct 2026 · with EUREKA Network (incl. Eurostars)
STEP Scale Up — European Innovation Councilnon-cash support · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with European Innovation Council (EISMEA)
EIT Food Proof-of-Concept co-financing: up to €60,000 for a pilot with a corporate clientnon-cash support · closes 30 Oct 2026 · with EIT Food - Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing Instrument
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)
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
NOSTRADAMUS Open Call #1: up to €50,000 for digital agriculture appscloses 2 Dec 2026 · with NOSTRADAMUS - Open Call #1 (digital agriculture)
WoodStock Grants Open Call 1: up to €50,000 for underused wood in constructioncloses 15 Dec 2026 · with WoodStock Grants (New European Bauhaus, wood construction)
BMW Startup Garage: a paid pilot with BMW as your first customernon-cash support · open all year · with BMW Group Startup Garage (venture client programme)
Boost VC Fellowship - Pre-Seed Investmentaward £150,000–£500,000 · open all year · with Boost VC Fellowship

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Questions

How many opportunities are open for Advanced Manufacturing in Greater Manchester?

On 18 October 2026 Bearings lists 123 live opportunities a business based in Greater Manchester can apply for: 82 grants, loans, investment and prizes, 39 programmes, advice and support, 2 training offers. 6 are only for Greater Manchester, 11 are open across the North West and 106 are UK-wide or international.

Which funding closes soonest?

Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomy (closes 21 Oct 2026)
iX Challenge: Alternative leak repair materials and methods for canal leakage and seepage repairs (closes 27 Oct 2026)
iX Challenge: Identifying leaks and seepage in canal infrastructure (closes 27 Oct 2026)

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Advanced Manufacturing funding and support in Greater Manchester