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Who can apply for Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1?

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.

  • Funder: Innovate UK.
  • Who the source lists: Private Sector.
  • Where: National.
  • The published range is £150,000 to £250,000.
  • Opens 2026-10-01. Closes 2026-11-11.

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