Finance & Funding

GX Grants Scheme

The GX Project builds on the fantastic platform created by the Great Exhibition Of The North to promote the region and boost innovation-led economic growth.

Great Exhibition of the North

Heritage Lottery Funds & Grant

The Heritage Lottery Fund provides grants to heritage sites to help protect UK heritage and tourism

Heritage Lottery Fund

Ignite

Ignite features 6 months’ mentoring and support, £25,000 investment and sees our cohort working alongside a range of startups from around the UK.

Ignite Accelerator

Mentor

Immersive Technology Investment Accelerator: phase 2, SME projects

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will award up to £2 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund’s Audience of the Future programme. This is for immersive technology research and development (R&

Gov.uk

Innovate Durham

The Innovate Durham programme provides support to SMEs who are looking to develop innovative new products or introduce new processes or services into their business.

The Forge

Innovate UK Funding

Innovate UK runs funding competitions, which can help firms to develop their ideas and make them successful.

Innovate UK

Innovate:Grow

Do you have an innovative business idea that could disrupt the market? Are you looking to scale your business, but don’t know how? You could access £15,000 as part of the Innovate:Grow programme delivered by Gene

Generation NE

Innovation Fund

The Innovation Fund looks for strong teams with scalable opportunities, and will invest up to £500,000 by way of loans or equity.

North East Fund

Scaleup

Innovation Funding

There are many innovation funding competitions available for UK-based businesses and research organisations. Find them all here.

Gov.uk

Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme

This project is an intensive support programme for SMEs in the North East and Tees Valley area. The programme will directly connect with SMEs from the smart specialisation sectors with the region’s University research expert

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Internship Funding: Northumbria Santander Universities SME Internships

Northumbria University in partnership with Santander Universities is offering financial support to eligible SMEs who employ a Northumbria student or recent graduate on a paid internship. We are looking for companies which can

Northumbria University

SME

Key Fund

Are you buying premises? Looking to grow? Wanting to launch a great business idea? The Key Fund has £4.5million to invest.

Key Fund