UKI2S invests in the most high-impact innovations

Are you eligible for UKI2S funding?

To receive UKI2S funding you must fulfil one of the following:

• Either you are based at one of our research campuses,
• Or you are working in a strategic priority area,
• Or your innovation is based on intellectual property (IP) associated with one of our partners.

We invest in innovations emerging from the UK’s publicly funded science and knowledge base. We specialise in engineering biology, defence & security, fusion energy, and space to facilitate sustainable growth, enhance the health and security of society, improve productivity, and deliver economic gains emerging from UK’s public funding portfolio.

  • Engineering Biology

    Synthetic biology, or engineering biology, is the design and construction of entirely novel biological systems, or the re-engineering…

  • Defence & Security

    The UK’s future security and resilience will be in part defined by our ability to harness and adapt…

  • Fusion

    Fusion could be the ultimate clean power solution, representing a low carbon, safe, continuous, and effectively unlimited source…

  • Knowledge Assets

    By identifying and investing in the knowledge assets of the public sector  – giving them the attention and…

  • Space

    We back all relevant space sector domains that feed into the delivery of the National Space Strategy and…