GrantUp

Our approach

The Grant Success System

A structured method behind every application we write: identify, frame, build, assure, advance. Our specialist team has won Innovate UK and Horizon Europe competitions and helped secure £190m+ in grant funding. Here is exactly how the work runs.

£190m+

Grant funding won by our team

100's

Grant applications won

>25x

Average ROI for our clients

The Grant Success System

A proven method, built for results

01

Research & identify

Assess
Readiness & eligibility
Map
Best-fit UK or EU programme
Frame
Narrative & scoring angle

You: 3 to 5 hrs briefing

02

Build & write

Structure
Application outline
Produce
Full application content
Optimise
Finance forms & appendices

£190m+ winning content database

03

Assure & submit

QA review
Independent expert check
Enhance
Compliance & final checks
Submit
Outcome & next steps

Reviewed by people who have sat on assessment panels

Awarded. You build, we help you win the next one.

Improvement engine

Learn
Winning content and patterns from every award we write
Analyse
Funder trends, topic drift and shifting competition priorities
Refine
Scoring intelligence and assessor feedback fed back into the next bid

The institutional advantage behind every application we write.

What happens at each stage

Identify

We map the Innovate UK, UKRI and Horizon Europe landscape against your project, sector, stage and budget, then recommend the single best-fit opportunity. We are direct about competitions where your chances are low.

Frame

Before a word is written we agree the scoring angle: how the innovation claim, technical risk and commercial case will be positioned against the published criteria.

Build

Our team writes the narrative, builds the finance forms and justification, and prepares every supporting document, from the commercialisation plan to letters of support.

Assure

Every submission goes through compliance, budget consistency, scoring alignment and editorial review. A single error can cost an entire submission window.

Advance

After submission we support every outcome: award management, reporting, assessor feedback analysis, follow-on funding strategy and resubmission.

3 to 5 hrs

Typical founder time across the whole engagement. Writing it in-house usually costs 80 to 200 hours.

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What we handle

  • Programme selection and eligibility screening
  • Scoring strategy and narrative framing
  • Full application drafting and rewriting
  • Finance forms, justification and supporting documents
  • Multi-round internal review against the criteria
  • Submission mechanics and post-award follow-up

What we need from you

  • A briefing call on the science and the company
  • Answers to targeted technical questions
  • Review and sign-off on the final draft
  • Registrations we cannot complete on your behalf

No template library, no AI drafting tool, no homework pack. Specialists do the work.

Nothing is submitted until it clears every gate

A large share of grant submissions are returned or scored down for reasons that have nothing to do with the science: a missing form, a budget that does not reconcile, a section that answers the wrong criterion. Our review process exists to make those failures impossible.

See why applications fail
  1. 01Eligibility and registration checks before any writing begins
  2. 02Competition brief compliance: sections, page limits, formatting, required forms
  3. 03Finance forms cross-checked line by line against the narrative
  4. 04Scored internally against the published assessment criteria
  5. 05Editorial pass for clarity, and a final read by a second specialist

How we think about your application

We only pitch what can win

If we don't think your project fits the competition, we say so. Honest go/no-go advice saves you months.

Written by specialists, not generalists

Your writer is matched to your technical domain. Life sciences, semiconductors, quantum, energy or software.

Reviewed the way assessors review

Every draft is scored internally against the published criteria before it goes anywhere near submission.

Built for the next round too

A first grant award is a stepping stone. We write with follow-on and collaborative funding already in view.

Ready to get started?

Talk to us about your grant funding plans and we'll help you make it happen through effective, results-driven grant writing.