Scottish Enterprise Capital Grant

What it is

Discretionary Scottish Enterprise grant towards large capital-expenditure projects in Scotland focused on the energy transition, scaling innovation or boosting capital investment — minimum grant £250,000 against at least £1 million of company project spend, adviser-led.

⚠️ ingest normalisation 2026-08-22: capture set to fixed £250,000 = the funder's stated MINIMUM grant (no maximum published); real awards are larger — treat the figure as a floor, not a ceiling. Verified 2026-08-21 on scottish-enterprise.com (grants listing + capital-grant page): listed under 'Our current grants', enquiry/adviser-led with no deadline (submit an enquiry, a specialist then guides the formal application). Project must take place in Scotland though the business can be based anywhere — the nation rule reflects project location. Minimum project spend at least £1 million of company spend; intervention rates up to 40% of eligible costs for small enterprises, 30% medium, 20% large (capture pct 40 = small-firm ceiling); minimum grant £250,000 with no published maximum — the rescue's £15m maximum was NOT confirmed on the funder page, so no valueMax. Conditions include Fair Work First (real living wage, worker voice, limited zero-hours, no fire-and-rehire, etc.) and a net-zero-by-2045 plan; projects typically 6–36 months. The £1m minimum-spend and Fair Work/net-zero conditions are not expressible in engine fields and are recorded here.