Thread by @oliphantly

There's a bunch of grants surfacing for Scottish and UK companies, so I thought I'd collate some of them here:

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Made Smarter - £20k for prototype/£100k for MVP to work with big manufacturers. madesmartertech.uk

Deadline: 7th February

cc @DigiCatapult

[Edinburgh] Freelance creatives practice support fund - £500 for freelancers creative-edinburgh.com/articles/epad-…

Deadlines: 25th Jan, 22nd Feb, 22nd March

cc @EPADedinburgh @CreativeEdin

AI Post Covid Accelerator Programme - £7.5k and accelerator for AI companies connectingideas.typeform.com/to/NSarIYrQ

Deadline 21st January

cc @BayesCentre

Innovate UK Smart Grants - £25k - £2 million for just about anything 🤷🏻.

Deadline 26th May [opens soon]

…for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/81…

Black Girl Fest Creative Fund - £250 for black women or non-binary creatives, aged 18-30.

Deadline: 7th February

blackgirlfest.com/fund

cc @BlackGirlFest

[University of Edinburgh staff] Build Back Better - £10k - £50k.

Deadline: 15th January (gogogo!)

(thanks @jlarmstrong_pro!)

ddi.ac.uk/building-back-…

.@UnLtd - £500 - £15k for social entrepreneurs, keen to support founders with disabilities, from BAME communities & with lived experience of social issues.

No deadline, open call!

cc (and thank you!) @carolstewart19

unltd.org.uk/award-opportun…

Mobility as a Service Invesment fund - £20k for projects via Transport Scotland.

No deadline.

transport.gov.scot/our-approach/m…

[Scotland] Pivotal Event Businesses Fund £25,000 - £150,000 for events businesses - inc. organisers, suppliers, contractors and venues.

Deadline 18th January (!)

visitscotland.org/events/funding…

[Scotland] SIS Growth Challenge for established charities/social enterprises.

£200k - £1.6 million 👉🏻 this is a loan/grant split, maximum 50% of the funds will be a grant. Read those Ts&Cs folks.

Deadline February 1st.

cc @socinvestscot

socialinvestmentscotland.com/learning-hub/s…