OpenInnovate UK (part of UKRI)

Battery innovation concept development round 2

Ref: GRT-RCEA0ENO

Funding Available

Between £500,000 and £4,000,000

Match funding required
Location

UK Wide

Industry

All Sectors

Deadline

27 May 2026

Type

Grants & Funding

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About This Grant

Funding for collaborative R&D projects focused on battery grade material technologies, aiming to strengthen UK manufacturing capability, supply chain security, and material circularity for electrification.

What Can It Fund?

  • Collaborative R&D in critical battery value chain areas
  • material processing
  • extraction
  • refining
  • recycling
  • supply chain localisation
  • and scaling laboratory innovations to pilot manufacturing.

Eligible Costs

  • -R&D costs
  • -material extraction
  • -mining and refining costs
  • -recycling and recovery of critical materials
  • -pre-commercial manufacturing scale-up.

Funding Source

Department for Business and Trade

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Closes 27 May 2026
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Grant Source

Innovate UK (part of UKRI)

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Last verified: 29/04/2026