UK-Singapore CRD 2026

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Singapore. You must collaborate with at least one Singapore business applying under the equivalent Enterprise Singapore programme. Total funding: £3 million Minimum award: £100,000 Maximum award: £900,000 Location: National Who can apply: Private Sector Closing date: 2026-12-16 11:00 (UK time) Eligibility Your project Your project must: - have a grant funding request of between £100,000 and £900,000 - last between 24 and 36 months - not start before 1 May 2027 - end by 30 April 2030 The majority of the project work must be undertaken in the UK and Singapore. UK project partners must carry out the majority of their project work in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK, and spend most of the funding within the UK. The consortium must include at least one business registered in Singapore that is a separate legal entity and not linked to the UK partners. This is to ensure that projects encourage genuine international collaboration, not internal company research. Linked companies are considered a single entity under the parent company. Your project must demonstrate a balanced technological contribution by the participants from both countries and must be equally significant to all participants. No one country or project partner can represent more than 70% of the total project cost. Your proposal must demonstrate a clear intention to commercially exploit the results of the project domestically or globally. You must only include eligible project costs in your application. See our overview of eligible project costs. If your project does not meet our criteria and you have not requested justification approval, your application will be made ineligible and it will not be sent for assessment. UK lead organisation To start an application on the Innovation Funding Service (IFS), your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size. You must collaborate with at Summary Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £3 million. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received. The aim of this competition is to fund business-led collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. Your proposal must focus on one of the following sectors: - Advanced Manufacturing - Clean Energy - Life Sciences - Digital and Technologies, specifically the frontier technologies including: Semiconductors, Quantum, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Advanced Connectivity Technologies and Engineering Biology UK registered businesses must collaborate with at least one Singapore non-linked registered business applying under the equivalent Enterprise Singapore programme. UK registered organisations must apply through the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) portal to Innovate UK. Your Singapore partner will not receive any funding from Innovate UK. Singapore partners must apply to and will be funded by Enterprise Singapore for the Singapore component of the project set out in this application. In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This com Objectives The aim of this competition is to fund business-led collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. Your project must focus on one of the following sectors - Advanced Manufacturing - Clean Energy - Life Sciences - Digital and Technologies, specifically the frontier technologies including Semiconductors, Quantum, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Advanced Connectivity Technologies and Engineering Biology Portfolio approach We want to fund a variety of Dates 27 August 2026 Online briefing event: watch the recording Briefing slides are available to download from Supporting Information 26 February 2027 Applicants notified 1 May 2027 Project start by How to apply Before you start You must read