Innovate UK – Women in Innovation Awards
Closing Date: 04/02/2026
Women founders or co-founders with UK registered micro, small and medium-sized enterprises at the late stage start-up phase can apply for a grant and bespoke business support to further their ambitious growth plans.
Innovate UK is offering up to 60 Women in Innovation Awards to women entrepreneurs within SMEs across the UK.
The aims of this competition are to support Women in Innovation Award winners:
- Whose innovation is aligned to one of the following three high growth sectors defined in the Government’s Industrial Strategy: Advanced Manufacturing, Digital and Technologies and Life Sciences.
- Who have a late stage start-up with ambitions to grow a scalable business which will involve raising considerable investment in the next 12 to 24 months.
| Funding body | Innovate UK (IUK) |
|---|---|
| Maximum value | £75,000 |
| Reference ID | S54817 |
| Category | Business Support Research & Development |
| Fund or call | Fund |