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Short DescirptionInnovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £2 million in innovation projects as part of the BridgeAI programme.
The aim of this competition is to develop responsible and ethical AI personalised learning solutions, to support AI competency development in the key sectors of:
• construction
• transport and logistics
• creative industries
• agriculture and food processing
Criteria(Please refer to the website for eligibility criteria)



Your project must:
• have a grant funding request of between £50,000 and £100,000
• last between 6 and 10 months
• carry out all of its project work in the UK
• intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
• start by 1 June 2025
• end by 31 March 2026

Projects must always start on the first of the month, even if this is a non-working day. You must not start your project until your Grant Offer Letter has been approved by Innovate UK. Any delays within Project Setup may mean we need to delay your project start date.

You must only include eligible project costs in your application. See our overview of eligible project costs. For specific guidance, see the eligibility section in this competition.

If your project’s total duration falls outside of our eligibility criteria, you must provide justification by email to support@iuk.ukri.org at least 10 working days before the competition closes. We will decide whether to approve your request.

If you have not requested approval or your application has not been approved by us, you will be made ineligible. Your application will then not be sent for assessment.

Lead organisation
To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
• be a UK registered business of any size
• be or involve at least one UK registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
More information on the different types of organisation can be found in our Funding rules.

Project team
To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered:
• business of any size
• academic institution
• charity
• not for profit
• public sector organisation
• research and technology organisation (RTO)
Each partner organisation must be invited into the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) by the lead to collaborate on a project. Once partners have accepted the invitation, they will be asked to login or to create an account in IFS. They are responsible for entering their own project costs and completing their Project Impact questions in the application.
To be an eligible collaboration, the lead and at least one other organisation must apply for funding when entering their costs into the application.
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