Funding and grants
Business grants
Grants to grow your business
We're changing the way we support businesses with a new funding model that’s simpler and more inclusive. Our new funds are aimed at helping businesses create jobs and contribute to a greener economy. Find our available grants and other sources of support.
Changes to our grants
Our new funding model is simpler and more inclusive. It’s changing the way we support businesses, and will help create jobs and promote a greener economy.
The majority of our new grants will be delivered as funding calls – these are a series of funding rounds that open and close for fixed amounts of time. They focus on helping businesses with specific projects or to achieve specific outcomes. See our funding calls programme below.
Outside of our calls and grants, we’re keen to continue talking to you about your projects. We'll do our best to provide a wide range of non-financial support as well as helping you access other funding across the public sector.
Use our contact form to get in touch.
As we're changing our grants process, the following grant schemes are no longer accepting new applications: Research and Development, Regional Selective Assistance and Environmental Aid.
Funding Database
Take a look at our database that contains funding opportunities from UK and international organisations. It's for Scottish businesses who are working on innovative or R&D projects.
Funding calls programme 2021-22
Search new funding calls operated by Scottish Enterprise and other public sector organisations. This list is updated regularly and subject to change. Last updated January 2022.
Value: £ variable
Funded by: European Space Agency (ESA)
Operated by: ESA
This call is open.
Businesses from any sector can apply throughout the year, and the amount of funding may vary according to the project.
The goal of this activity is for the business to develop a new commercial service that uses one or more space asset, such as:
- Satellite communications
- Earth observation
- Satellite navigation
- Human spaceflight technologies
- Other space assets
Value: £ variable
Funded by: Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)
Operated by: UKRI
This call is open.
Businesses can apply to work with an academic partner to address a particular innovation challenge.
Project costs vary greatly, but typically a small or medium sized business might expect to contribute £35,000 a year and a large company in excess of £50,000.
Value: £ variable
Funded by: Defence & Security Accelerator (DASA)
Operated by: DASA
This call is open.
Closing dates:
11 August 2021
13 September 2021
20 October 2021
5 January 2022
2 March 2022
DASA open call is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and/or security of the UK.
Value: £ variable
Funded by: Transport Scotland
Operated by: Scottish Enterprise
This call is open.
A call for any business that is developing solutions to decarbonise transport.
This funding is for expert support from Cenex - specialists in low emission transport and energy infrastructure technologies. Cenex's consultants can help eligible companies improve their understanding of the low carbon transport market and review the technical aspects of their project.
Closed funding calls
ERA-Net Heating and Cooling funding call is now closed to new applications. Applications closed 4 October 2021. Read guidance for applicants
European Innovation Council Accelerator funding call is now closed to new applications. Applications closed 6 October 2021. Read guidance for applicants
Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (SIETF) is now closed to new applications. Applications closed 17 December 2021. Read guidance for applicants
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Funding for businesses affected by coronavirus
If your business is affected by the coronavirus outbreak, you can find up-to-date information on grants and sources of finance on the Find Business Support website.
Find Business Support
Search for alternative sources of funding for your business on the Find Business Support website.
European funding
We support Scottish companies to find project partners and apply for European funding.
Digital Development Loan
If you want to improve your digital capabilities and processes in areas such as cyber security, data analytics, software engineering and digital skills development, the Scottish Government provides interest free loans to help.
UK Research and Innovation
You can search and apply for funding opportunities from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), covering all academic disciplines and industry sectors.
Innovate UK
We support Scottish companies through our Funding Information & Support Service to apply for Innovate UK funding.