Supporting innovation

UKRI provides funding and support to encourage the development of new products, processes and practices.

We provide support for innovation by:

funding new and ambitious innovation-led projects
enabling collaboration across the system to catalyse and enable innovation, its adoption and diffusion
funding a wide range of training, mentoring and skills development for innovators.

How our councils support innovation

Our councils provide a wide range of support for innovators and companies:

AHRC programmes, partnerships and funding schemes underpinning innovation

Research and innovation campuses, impact acceleration accounts and other innovation support

Research resources for business, funding for impact, the Business Engagement Forum

Programmes, partnerships, mentoring and expertise supporting global innovation

Support for researchers in commercialising research innovation

Business incubation centres, guidance for intellectual property, access to equipment