Contracts for Innovation: Cyber scale in critical sectors

About the opportunity

This Contracts for Innovation call supports cybersecurity solutions that can be developed, demonstrated, and commercialised in real end-user environments within critical sector organisations.

Innovate UK lists this opportunity for Organizations, AI, Data & Digital, United Kingdom.

This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for AI, Data & Digital grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in United Kingdom contexts.

Eligibility

To lead, applicants can be organisations of any size.

Applicants may work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors.

Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.

Funding and benefits

Organisations can apply for a share of up to GBP 3.5 million inclusive of VAT.

Themes and supported activities

Cybersecurity solutions for critical sectors, with emphasis on development, demonstration, scale, and commercialisation in real operational environments.

Projects should show a credible route to adoption by critical sector organisations.

Deadline and timeline

Application deadline: Jun 10, 2026.

Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.

How to apply

Use the official UKRI/Innovate UK page and Innovation Funding Service route by 10 June 2026 at 11:00 am UK time.

Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.