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Innovate UK
AI Champions: Frontier AI Phase 1
Amount
Up to £3 million
Share of funding
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
Not published
Effort
1 to 2 hrs
Can you get this?
✓Must be UK registered to lead a project
✓Some competitions require collaboration
✓Some competitions open to single applicants only
✓Some grants require England-based farming businesses
Your real odds
Multiple applicants compete for a single £3 million pot, so the odds are genuinely tight.
Phase 1 programmes tend to draw high application volumes relative to available funding, and acceptance rates are not published.
What it takes
Check eligibility as a UK small business in AI1 to 2 hrs
Prepare and submit application via portal1 to 3 wks
Await outcome from Innovate UK
Worth knowing
A Phase 2 round likely follows for successful applicants, so framing your application around scalability from the start gives you a leg up on the next stage.
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