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"Innovate UK Artificial Intelligence Champions Frontier AI Phase One Feasibility Studies for UK SMEs" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
AI Champions: Frontier AI Phase One is the SME-only sibling of Innovate UK's Frontier AI Discovery competition, and the difference in who may apply is the whole point of the programme.
Where Frontier AI Discovery is open to businesses of any size plus universities, RTOs, charities and public bodies, this competition restricts lead applicants to UK registered micro, small and medium-sized enterprises - it is a deliberate carve-out to stop small AI companies from being crowded out by large incumbents and university consortia in the same funding round.
Up to 3,000,000 pounds is available for feasibility studies in frontier AI and machine learning technologies, and the selection criterion that distinguishes this call from generic innovation funding is the requirement for a clear route to defensible scale-up: Innovate UK is looking for technologies where the applicant can articulate why they, specifically, could grow a business around the result rather than simply publishing it.
The competition is single-applicant only, so there is no route for a small company to partner with a university as co-lead, though subcontracting arrangements are available.
The competition opened 17 March 2026 at 9:00am UK time and closed 29 April 2026 at 11:00am UK time, a notably short six-week window that is characteristic of Innovate UK's faster-moving AI calls and a reason for interested SMEs to monitor the Innovation Funding Service continuously rather than waiting for announcements. Applications are made through apply-for-innovation-funding. service.
gov.uk, where the full competition brief, scope definition and cost eligibility rules are published.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Lead applicants must be UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprises - large businesses, universities, research organisations, charities and public sector bodies are not eligible to lead this competition, which is the defining eligibility restriction and the reason the call exists separately from Frontier AI Discovery. The competition is open to single applicants only; collaborative and consortium applications are not accepted, although subcontracting is normally permitted subject to the limits set out in the competition brief. Projects must deliver feasibility studies for frontier AI and machine learning technologies and must demonstrate a clear route to defensible scale-up, meaning applicants need a credible commercialisation and intellectual property position rather than only a research result. Project work must be carried out in the UK with UK exploitation. Grant is paid as a proportion of eligible project costs, with standard Innovate UK SME rates of up to 70 percent for micro and small enterprises and up to 60 percent for medium enterprises, so applicants must be able to fund the balance. The competition opened 17 March 2026 and closed 29 April 2026 at 11:00am UK time and is recorded as closed, so this entry is preparation material for a future round. Per-project award sizes, project duration limits, detailed scope and full eligibility conditions are published only in the competition brief on the Innovation Funding Service and must be confirmed with Innovate UK directly before preparing an application. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows innovate UK publishes a total competition fund of 3,000,000 British pounds (approximately 3,960,000 US dollars at 1.32 dollars to the pound) shared across all successful Phase One projects, but does not publish a per-project minimum or maximum on the opportunity page. amount_min of 66,000 US dollars (about 50,000 pounds) and amount_max of 396,000 US dollars (about 300,000 pounds) are INFERRED placeholders based on the size of the pool and the typical scale of Innovate UK single-applicant feasibility study awards - they are not Innovate UK figures and must not be used for budgeting. Anyone sizing a bid should read the competition brief on the Innovation Funding Service for the actual project cost ceiling, and note that grant is paid as a percentage of eligible costs rather than a flat sum, with SME funding rates typically 70 percent for micro and small and 60 percent for medium enterprises. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was April 29, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Innovate UK Artificial Intelligence Champions Frontier AI Phase One Feasibility Studies for UK SMEs is funded by Innovate UK (UK Research and Innovation). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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