Lantern Grants

Knowledge Transfer Partnership: 2026 to 2027 round 4

Funder
Innovate UK
Award amount
Up to £12,500,000
Deadline
January 27, 2027
Eligible countries
United Kingdom

Summary

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Other. Closes 2027-01-27. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/knowledge-transfer-partnership-2026-to-2027-round-4/

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.

UK registered academic institutions, research and technology organisations (RTO) or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million to fund innovation projects with businesses.

Eligibility summary

To lead a project your organisation must:

- be a UK registered higher education or further education institution, RTO or Catapult

- collaborate with a UK registered business of any size with two or more full time employees

The business must contribute to the project’s costs.

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