Innovate UK running projects

BIMIS (Bio-Integrated Manufacturing Intelligence System) is a collaborative feasibility study between Natural Negative Ltd and Batch.Works Ltd that explores whether artificial intelligence can make bio-based 3D printing reliable enough for everyday commercial production.

**Bio-based plastics such as PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) offer a genuine alternative to petroleum-derived materials.** They can be produced from ...

To embed a scalable, data-driven digital-platform capability within a private health care provider, developing an innovative software-platform to automate workflows, integrate patient and provider data, and apply AI to support care-worker's decision-making, increasing assessment capacity, reducing risk, and positioning the company as a national leader in digital community care coordination.

The GreenNest On‑Farm Trials is a farmer‑led, two‑site programme to develop and validate a next‑generation poultry bedding made from ultra‑dry maize residues blended with certified UK biochar and formed into a consistent pellet. The project will run commercial broiler‑house trials on two English farms across contrasting seasons, benchmarking GreenNest against standard wood‑shaving bedding. We will continuously mon...

To develop an AI and IoT enabled digital twin platform that automates tendering, cost estimation, and real-time monitoring for micro-tunnelling and stormwater projects. The system connects design, construction, and operational data to improve bid accuracy, project delivery, asset insight, sustainability, and environmental performance across the full infrastructure lifecycle.

To develop advanced AI capabilities that will unlock the next level of market insights in the Kids, Parents and Family sector.

To develop and embed advanced digital technologies to enhance the customer proposition, streamline operations, to build a resilient, future-ready business model. To protect against digital disruption and ensure continued value creation across the building materials supply chain.

To develop technology for predicting the potency and safety of novel cancer medicines ahead of clinical trials, using a new microfluidic platform.

To develop advanced, real-time atmospheric turbulence correction algorithms to enhance the long-range imaging quality of optical sighting systems.

To embed expertise in evidencing the impact of creative placemaking as a methodology for community led initiatives, to deliver on community wealth building outcomes (health and wellbeing, place planning, circular economics, net zero, active travel), subsequently driving inclusive community wealth generation through creative and active grassroots engagement.

Fibe's patent-pending technology enables fibres (suitable for the clothing industry) to be made from over 1 billion tonnes of agricultural residue; giving growers an additional income stream (for otherwise valueless waste) and enabling both the agricultural and textile industries to meet their sustainability goals.

This project will see Fibe grow from lab scale to market entry, supporting late-stage optimisatio...

TraceGuard is a research and development project focused on strengthening security and resilience in modern software supply chains. As organisations increasingly rely on interconnected services, APIs and third-party components, it has become harder to understand how access permissions are used across systems after deployment. This can lead to unintended data access, over-privileged services and increased risk of c...

**TrustAttest** is a continuous, AI-driven compliance monitoring and automated remediation platform designed to help SME software vendors adhere to the UK Government's **Software Security Code of Practice (SSCoP)**. By providing real-time, verifiable intelligence, it allows procurement organizations to maintain persistent oversight of the security posture within their software supply chains, replacing static snaps...

IOMI is developing an AI-enabled laboratory platform to support faster and more efficient biological research. The system integrates artificial intelligence with automated experimentation to design, test, and refine biological systems through iterative cycles.

A key challenge in life sciences is the gap between computational prediction and experimental validation. While AI can generate candidate designs, testing ...

PRISM represents a vital step toward UK diagnostic independence, strengthening national capability in applied AI and supporting efforts to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). By developing UK capability in automated microbial image analysis, the project aims to support faster, more consistent interpretation of important microbiology workflows across research and applied settings.

Growing microorganisms on agar...

This farmer-led project will trial a new way of monitoring the health of pullets during the rearing phase, the first 16 weeks, before birds move to commercial egg-producing farms. The aim is to detect changes in flock health earlier, particularly outbreaks of coccidiosis and the risk of necrotic enteritis, so that action can be taken before welfare and performance are compromised.

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This project responds directly to the Innovate UK iX Challenge to develop modular hydrogen separation technologies suitable for decentralised, small-scale applications. It addresses a key barrier in the hydrogen value chain: the ability to efficiently recover high-purity hydrogen from mixed gas streams generated in waste processing and resource recovery systems.

The proposed solution builds on Teesside University...

**The Challenge**

In Southwest Wales, there are multiple sites emitting waste carbon dioxide alongside other sites with a distinct demand for it. Currently, the data connecting these two sides is fragmented and lacks a coherent, integrated planning model. Because transport drives supply costs, facilitating local reuse is critical to overcoming economic barriers. Establishing a successful deployment of a carbon ca...

This 3-month project brings together Choose2Reuse, a Wales-based not-for-profit organisation focused on reuse and recycling, and Swansea University (ASTUTE Centre of Excellence) to develop a practical circular solution for non-reusable textile waste.

Across the UK, large volumes of textiles that cannot be reused are currently sent to landfill or incineration, representing both an environmental challenge and a los...

Sero is using an Innovate UK Innovation Loan to scale up an innovative way of reducing bills for households and paying for the decarbonisation of UK social housing --- one that doesn't rely on government grant alone.

The UK has around 5.4 million social housing homes that need to reach EPC C by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050\. The cost of that work is estimated at around £162 billion. Even at today's high levels, gove...

Every day, people face difficult questions about housing, benefits, debt, family life and employment. Increasingly, they turn to AI tools such as ChatGPT or Gemini for help. While these systems can sound convincing, they are not designed to give reliable advice in areas where mistakes can have serious consequences. Despite these risks, demand for digital support continues to grow.

This project will create and tes...