Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: Collaborative R&D Round 2 (Innovate UK)
Innovate UK (UKRI) with the Department of Health and Social Care
Worth
£500,000 to £1,000,000
Deadline
Closes 2 December 2026
Type of funding
Grant
Where
UK-wide
What it is
A collaborative R&D grant for greener medicines manufacturing (green chemistry, circularity, productivity and resource efficiency), led by a UK registered business or research organisation with at least one other organisation that also claims funding, including a UK SME. The whole project team can request £500,000 to £1 million.
Checked 9 Nov 2026 on the Innovation Funding Service: open until 11am on 2 December 2026, with interviews in late January. £500,000 to £1 million is for the whole project team, which must include a UK SME; no single organisation can take more than 70% of the costs.
Official sourceWho can apply
A summary of the main rules, not the full list. Innovate UK (UKRI) with the Department of Health and Social Care decides who is eligible, so read their guidance before you apply. The free scan checks these against your own business.
- UK registered organisation doing the project work in the UK
- A UK business registered at Companies House
- You have an R&D or innovation project
- A life sciences or manufacturing business
- You make medicines or develop technology for manufacturing them, and will apply with at least one other organisation that also claims funding
Common questions
- Is Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: Collaborative R&D Round 2 (Innovate UK) open for applications?
- Yes, but it is closing soon: the deadline is 2 December 2026.
- How much is Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: Collaborative R&D Round 2 (Innovate UK) worth?
- £500,000 to £1,000,000. It is a grant, and the funder decides what each applicant receives.
- Who runs Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: Collaborative R&D Round 2 (Innovate UK), and where is it available?
- Innovate UK (UKRI) with the Department of Health and Social Care runs it. It is available across the UK.
Does your business qualify?
Eligibility rules are where schemes get fiddly. Gov Owed checks your business against Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: Collaborative R&D Round 2 (Innovate UK) — and every other UK scheme we track — in about two minutes, free. The £19.95 report then explains exactly why you qualify, drafts your answers and walks you through the real application step by step.
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