Cybersecurity grants
Dstl, UK Defence Innovation and Innovate UK funding for security innovation
Security is funded everywhere because every organisation is a target. The bar is operational: assessors want evidence your approach survives a real adversary, and increasingly want to see it tested against an actual environment during the feasibility stage.
£190m+ won by our team
PhD-level specialists, never a template or an AI tool.
Funders funding cybersecurity
- Dstl
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Programmes that fit cybersecurity companies
UKDI Open Call (formerly DASA)
Rolling submissions mapped to defence and security operational needs.
Innovate UK CR&D competitions
Zero trust, cyber resilience and secure infrastructure topics.
Horizon Europe SecureAI
Cryptography, privacy and foundational security research at EU scale.
What assessors actually score
- A concrete threat model rather than a generic risk narrative
- Evaluation against real adversarial conditions
- Deployment story inside an existing security stack
Where we work in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity grants in our directory
Live programmes from the UK grant directory that suit cybersecurity projects. Deadlines move between rounds, so each listing links through to the current detail.
Horizon Europe
[HORIZON - Agriculture] African Union – European Union Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FN…
Due to the scope of this topic, legal entities established in all African Union member states* are exceptionally eligible for Union funding. * "African Union member states" includes countries whose membership has been temporarily suspended. International organisations with headquarters in a Member State or Associated Country are exceptionally eligible for funding.
Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe Cluster 4: trustworthy AI
Thematic calls funding research into trustworthy, secure and human-centric artificial intelligence systems.
EIT Urban Mobility
[EIT Urban Mobility] Strategic Innovation Open Call - Mobility data management
Data-driven solutions that enhance the performance, efficiency and responsiveness of urban mobility systems through e.g. the use of advanced analytics, AI, quantum technology or real time data – in alignment with EU level interoperability and data governance efforts (e.g. common data spaces, European data standards, open digital infrastructures). Solutions that enable cities and public authorities to make data-informed decisions – particularly for the design and implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs), inclusive/participatory planning and citizen engagement, resilience and…
Horizon Europe
[HORIZON - Energy] Renewable Energy Valleys in Africa to increase energy security and energy access in Africa HORIZON-CL5-2027-02…
Due to the scope of this topic, legal entities established in all African Union member states are exceptionally eligible for Union funding. If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used). The following additional eligibility criteria apply: At least two legal entities established in at least two different African Union member states must be part of the consortium as beneficiaries.
Other funders
[DASA] Innovation Support to Operations Cycle 8 – Phase 3
Expected to open. Based on previous cycles, suitable applicants could include: UK SMEs and start-ups. Larger defence and technology businesses. Universities and research organisations with mature technology. Organisations entering defence from adjacent commercial markets. Single applicants or teams using specialist subcontractors. Previous DASA and UKDI competitions have often accepted applicants outside the UK, but practical delivery, security and exploitation requirements can vary by challenge. Cycle 8 eligibility must therefore be checked when the full document appears.
DASA / UK Defence Innovation
[DASA] UKDI Open Call for Innovation
Expected to open. The opportunity should be particularly relevant to: Defence and dual-use technology SMEs University spin-outs and research organisations Businesses with technology developed for another market that can be adapted for defence Companies with a working prototype requiring operational validation Innovators that cannot find a suitable themed UKDI competition
Relevant client wins
Grants our team has won for companies solving comparable technical problems.
£596,670
Awarded for AI risk management
Holistic AI
AI / software: AI assurance
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£333,000
£333K secured for LLM-driven data platform
OdinFuse
AI / fintech: financial data
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£199,297
For real-time eligibility assessor
RDvault
AI / fintech: R&D tax assessment
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