Digital Dairy Chain

Supporting Social Enterprises across North Lanarkshire

Funder: North Lanarkshire Council and part-funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Inspirent and CEIS are delighted to be delivering an 18-month programme of support to the Social Enterprise sector across North Lanarkshire. This support will include:-

• Accelerators covering a range of key topics with specialist consultants, to guide the development and growth of Social Enterprises
• 1 to 1 support throughout the programme
• Themed events
• Opportunity to build a robust, supportive network with your peers

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DEFRA Farming Innovation Investor Partnership

Funder: DEFRA Farming Innovation Programme

Deadline: Wednesday 2 July 2025 11:00am

UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop innovative farming solutions. This must align with private investment from selected investor partners.

This funding is linked to DEFRA’s Farming Innovation Programme delivered by Innovate UK.

Investor Partnerships: Clean Energy and Climate Technologies

Funder: Innovate UK Growth Catalyst

Deadline: Wednesday 2 July 2025 11:00am

Innovate UK Growth Catalyst is an integrated package of funding and support, designed to help accelerate high-potential start-ups on their journey to becoming scale-ups and beyond.

The aim of this competition is to provide you with support for research and development and access to the capital investment you need to develop and commercialise your innovations.

This round will focus on technology and innovations that aim to deliver government commitment to clean energy for the UK and accelerating to net zero.

Multidisciplinary Food Systems Catalyst

Funder: UKRI
Programme Lead: Zinc

EOI Deadline: 13th June 2025, 4pm

Zinc and UKRI (ESRC & BBSRC) are proud to launch a new initiative: the Multidisciplinary Food Systems Commercialisation Catalyst.

This programme is designed to unite researchers from across the social sciences and biosciences to cross-pollinate skills, ideas, and expertise to build exciting new ventures.

Participants will come together to address a shared challenge: How to build healthy, sustainable, and resilient food systems