Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: Collaborative R&D Round 2

Innovate UK, with the Department of Health and Social Care, funds technical development and commercial readiness of sustainable medicines manufacturing technologies, with up to GBP 7M available and grant requests of GBP 500K-GBP 1M for 9-12 month projects. The technology must already sit at TRL 6 or above and advance at least two levels during the project. Eligibility is UK-only and collaborative: the lead must be a UK-registered business, RTO, Catapult, not-for-profit, public body or charity (academics cannot lead), the consortium must include at least one UK-registered SME claiming grant, and no single organisation may claim more than 70% of costs. Projects must address green chemistry, circularity, or productivity and resource efficiency, plus two mandatory enablers; the round opened 5 October 2026 and closes 2 December 2026.