11 Nov 2026Link and deadline checked 3 Nov 2026

Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1

Innovate UK

Innovate UK states: "Competition closes: Wednesday 11 November 2026 11:00am". Competitions close at 11am UK time; UK time is read at its standard offset (GMT), so during British Summer Time the real close is an hour before this instant.

UK registered SME’s can apply for a share of up to £3.1 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) technologies with a clear route to defensible scale-up.

Award: Competition pot up to £3.1 million, shared between funded projects.
Region: UK
Eligibility: This competition is open to single applicants only. To work alone your organisation must be a UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME).
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