Frontier AI: SME Champions, phase 1
- Funder
- Innovate UK
- Award amount
- Up to £3,100,000
- Deadline
- November 11, 2026
- Eligible countries
- United Kingdom
Summary
Open UKRI funding opportunity · Grant. Closes 2026-11-11. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/frontier-ai-sme-champions-phase-1/
See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £3.1 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies with a clear route to defensible scale-up.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To work alone your organisation must be a UK registered SME.
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