UK startup grants and accelerators closing in January 2027

Funding / United Kingdom / Closing in January 2027

Not closed · checked 3 Nov 2026

Short answer. 5 programs for founders in the United Kingdom close in January 2027: 5 grants. The first closes on 13 Jan 2027 (Testing and validating underground hydrogen storage components (Innovate UK)) and the last on 28 Jan 2027 (Healthy Soils and Water for a Sustainable Environment (Innovate UK)).

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That is 5 of the 25 United Kingdom programs in my base that have a written closing date. The other 12 of the 37 that are not closed have no written date (5 rolling, 7 with no deadline found) and are not in this count. Every row below is read from the same list as open funding in the United Kingdom, so a program that closes or whose link dies leaves this page without anyone editing a line.

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Closing in January 2027 (5)

Soonest first. Amount and closing date are the program's own words; a fact I did not find says not found. A date with a time is in UTC.

Program	Type	Amount	Closes	Checked	Link
Testing and validating underground hydrogen storage components (Innovate UK)United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	£2.5 m to £5 m · cash · share of up to £5 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP); £2.5 million to £5 million per project	13 Jan 2027	3 Nov 2026	The program's page ↗
Underground hydrogen storage demonstrator DEVEX support (Innovate UK)United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	£200k to £750k · cash · share of up to £1.5 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP); £200,000 to £750,000 per project	13 Jan 2027	3 Nov 2026	The program's page ↗
Investor Partnerships - National Materials Innovation Programme 1 (Innovate UK)United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	£5 m · cash · up to £5 million allocated (Innovate UK funding, GBP)	19 Jan 2027	3 Nov 2026	The program's page ↗
Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027 (Innovate UK)United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	£2 m · cash · share of £2 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP)	20 Jan 2027	3 Nov 2026	The program's page ↗
Healthy Soils and Water for a Sustainable Environment (Innovate UK)United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	£28 m · cash · up to £28 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP)	28 Jan 2027	3 Nov 2026	The program's page ↗

Questions founders ask

Which UK startup grants close in January 2027?

5 in my base: Testing and validating underground hydrogen storage components (Innovate UK) (13 Jan 2027); Underground hydrogen storage demonstrator DEVEX support (Innovate UK) (13 Jan 2027); Investor Partnerships - National Materials Innovation Programme 1 (Innovate UK) (19 Jan 2027); Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027 (Innovate UK) (20 Jan 2027); Healthy Soils and Water for a Sustainable Environment (Innovate UK) (28 Jan 2027).

Which UK accelerators have a deadline in January 2027?

0 in my base: none.

How current is this list?

Each row says the day its program's page was last read; the rows here were read 3 Nov 2026. On 3 Nov 2026 I opened each of these 5 program pages again and the closing date on it matched the one in the table. Open the program's page before you apply: dates and terms change.

What this list does not tell you

It does not say whether you are eligible: many rows are limited to a place, a field or who the founder is, and the program's page is the rule. It does not include programs with no written closing date, and it never converts or rounds an amount. It is information, not advice or an offer. A program is not listed once its deadline has passed or when its link was found dead on two checks in a row.

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