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Grant Advisory

 

Empowering the growth of your R&D and innovation strategies.

 

We support companies throughout their innovation journey, helping identify suitable grant opportunities, prepare compelling applications, and strengthen their chances of securing funding

 

What types of grants do we support?

 

We work with companies on their Innovation Roadmap and assist them to identify and apply for UK and European Innovation grants.
European Grants

 

Horizon Europe, Eurostars, EIC Accelerator

 

 

Innovate UK

 

Sector-specific calls, KTPs, Collaborative R&D

 

 

Regional Grants

 

Local authority & devolved nation schemes

 

 

Are you eligible for innovation grant funding?

 

Innovation grant funding supports projects that demonstrate a clear advance in science or technology.

 

An innovation project is:
‘A project going beyond the state of the art, demonstrating a real breakthrough, but not going off into science fiction’

 

Projects should move forward along the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale — typically advancing 1 TRL level per year.

 

Not Eligible

 

X  Projects that apply existing, widely accessible knowledge or technology in standard ways — such as adapting off-the-shelf solutions or repeating well-known processes.

 

X  Projects that may lead to significant market impact but don’t involve a technological advance. Market potential alone isn’t enough.

 

X  Costs that fall outside the eligible window — for example, anything incurred before the project starts (like baseline research or feasibility studies), or after the technical work is complete (such as marketing, sales, or commercialisation activities)

Eligible

 

✓  Projects that involve your technical or R&D team doing something genuinely new — creating a game-changing product, process, or service that advances the current state of the art.

 

✓  Activities carried out during the core phase of the project, where technological uncertainties are being resolved. This includes direct R&D and certain indirect support functions.

 

✓  In short:Funding is aimed at the technical problem-solving stage — where innovation is happening — not the preparatory or promotional stages.

Types of Innovation:

Product Innovation

Process Innovation

Business Model Innovation

Service Innovation

 Computing Innovation

Technology Innovation

Digital Innovation

 Incremental Innovation

Disruptive Innovation

Sustainable Innovation

Social Innovation

Open Innovation

Here to help… every step of the way

 

The key to a successful grant application is through a clear and concise description of your project, the technical advancements it will make, and how it meets a market or sector demand.

 

To help you achieve this, we first need to understand the facts of your project. That’s why we start with a discussion about your innovation R&D plans with one of our Grant Funding Managers.

 

✓  Following this meeting and signing an agreement, ABGi will work with you to prepare the various elements of the application:

 

✓  Detailed responses to core questions from the grant provider

 

✓  Financial projection of project costs, justifying value for money

 

✓  Realistic project plan to guide you from start to finish

Supporting appendix documents where required

 

Click below to find out how we work with you from concept to submission.

 

Let’s get started

 

For a free consultation and analysis of the potential returns you might expect from your projects, contact the ABGi UK Grants Advisory Team.