UK startup grants and accelerators closing in November 2026

Short answer. 13 programs for founders in the United Kingdom close in November 2026: 11 grants and 2 accelerators. The first closes on 3 Nov 2026 (Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3) and the last on 25 Nov 2026 (Battery Innovation Programme: investor partnerships).

That is 13 of the 28 United Kingdom programs in my base that have a written closing date, more than any other month. The other 10 of the 38 that are not closed have no written date (3 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 November 2026 (13)

2 of these calls are published on two official pages, a listing and an application portal; each is counted once, as one row with both links. 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
Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	up to £8.5 m · cash · UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £8.5 million to develop and scale Engineering Biology platforms, products and services.	3 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
CfI: Battery innovation for dual use & defence, Phase 1 (Innovate UK)United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	cash · Contracts will be between £20,000 and £50,000, inclusive of VAT, for each project for up to 3 months.	4 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11: business and non-academic (UKRI)United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	cash · have a grant funding request of between £100,000 and £3 million	4 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
FOAK Builder: Programme Entry Expression of Interest (Innovate UK)United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	up to £315,000 · cash · worth up to £315,000 (Innovate UK funding, GBP)	5 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
Innovation Exchange challenge: accelerating digital engineering through MBSE simulationUnited Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	up to GBP 60,000 · cash · up to GBP 60,000 grant via Innovation Funding Service if selected	6 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
Innovation Exchange challenge: Edge AI with low size, weight, power and costUnited Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	up to GBP 60,000 · cash · up to GBP 60,000 grant via Innovation Funding Service if selected	6 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
Innovation Exchange challenge: next-generation electronics for UK bathymetric sonarUnited Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	up to GBP 60,000 · cash · up to GBP 60,000 grant via Innovation Funding Service if selected	6 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1United Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	cash · Your project's total eligible costs must be between £150,000 and £250,000. Up to 70% of costs can be covered, depending on business size. up to £3.1 m · cash · share of up to £3.1 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP)	11 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗The application portal ↗
Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI SystemsUnited Kingdom	Grant, non-dilutive	cash · Your project must have total costs of between £50,000 and £150,000. Up to 70% of costs can be covered, depending on business size. up to £1.66 m · cash · share of up to £1.66 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP)	18 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗The application portal ↗
High Growth Spinout Programme (Scottish Enterprise)Scotland	Grant, non-dilutive	up to £75,000 · cash · Projects can receive up to £75,000 for a six to 12 month project.	18 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
Techstars London AcceleratorLondon	Accelerator	not found on the page	18 Nov 2026	2 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗What the form asks →
Founder Labs (Invest NI accelerator)Northern Ireland	Accelerator	GBP 25,000 · cash · GBP 25,000 funding plus six-month program, fully funded by Invest NI	20 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗
Battery Innovation Programme: investor partnershipsUnited Kingdom	Grant	not found on the page	25 Nov 2026	10 Oct 2026	The program's page ↗

Questions founders ask

Which UK startup grants close in November 2026?

11 in my base: Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3 (3 Nov 2026); CfI: Battery innovation for dual use & defence, Phase 1 (Innovate UK) (4 Nov 2026); Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11: business and non-academic (UKRI) (4 Nov 2026); FOAK Builder: Programme Entry Expression of Interest (Innovate UK) (5 Nov 2026); Innovation Exchange challenge: accelerating digital engineering through MBSE simulation (6 Nov 2026); Innovation Exchange challenge: Edge AI with low size, weight, power and cost (6 Nov 2026); Innovation Exchange challenge: next-generation electronics for UK bathymetric sonar (6 Nov 2026); Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1 (11 Nov 2026); Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems (18 Nov 2026); High Growth Spinout Programme (Scottish Enterprise) (18 Nov 2026); Battery Innovation Programme: investor partnerships (25 Nov 2026).

Which UK accelerators have a deadline in November 2026?

2 in my base: Techstars London Accelerator (18 Nov 2026); Founder Labs (Invest NI accelerator) (20 Nov 2026).

How current is this list?

Each row says the day its program's page was last read; the rows here were read 2 Oct to 10 Oct 2026. On 26 Oct 2026 I opened the 15 official pages of these 13 programs again and the closing date on each 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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