Northforge helps R&D-led businesses identify, shape and secure grant and other non-dilutive funding through Innovate UK, UKRI and Horizon Europe associated programmes.
Funding strategy, project shaping and grant application delivery for serious innovation projects.
Northforge brings together a senior network of scientists, chartered engineers and former founders, many at PhD level. Between them they hold decades of experience in research and development, in building and selling their own technology companies, and in writing successful grant applications.
Where your project fits within the UK and European innovation funding landscape, now and over the next 12 to 24 months.
Translating complex technology into a clear, credible, reviewer-ready story written by people who have lived the science.
Work packages, costs, partners, risks and exploitation, structured for fundability from day one.
End-to-end writing, costing and submission of competitive applications, or a senior expert review of bids your team has already drafted.
Calibrated to how Innovate UK, UKRI and Horizon Europe assessors actually read applications.
Sharpening unsuccessful bids and giving honest senior feedback on second-time submissions where the project warrants it.
Northforge works with founders, CEOs, CTOs and innovation leads in deeptech, advanced engineering, climate, life sciences, robotics and other R&D-intensive sectors.
We focus on the funding routes most likely to support genuinely novel technology projects, including Innovate UK, UKRI and Horizon Europe. We do not claim that any specific competition is currently open unless it is reflected in our curated tracker.
Language used: open and anticipated funding routes; potentially relevant opportunities. Eligibility and scope vary by competition and may change. Northforge reviews official sources before making recommendations.
A guided questionnaire to help you understand whether your project may be a fit for UK innovation funding. Indicative only, and not a formal funding decision.
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Steps one and two are our investment in you. Advice is always free at Northforge, because we would rather work with the right projects than chase every brief.
We assess whether your company, technology and project are likely to align with UK and European innovation funding. No charge, no obligation.
We help structure the innovation step, work packages, risks, costs, partners and exploitation case so that the project is genuinely fundable.
We either write a clear, funder-ready application end to end, or carry out a senior expert review of a bid your team has already drafted.
We support refinement, submission, clarification, resubmission or next-step funding strategy where needed.
Northforge brings together a senior network of PhD scientists, chartered engineers and former founders who have collectively raised over £1 billion in non-dilutive incentives for some of the UK's most ambitious technology companies.
Their work spans artificial intelligence, clean energy and decarbonisation, advanced manufacturing, robotics, life sciences, agritech, semiconductors and advanced materials. Every engagement is led by people who have done the science, built the businesses, and written the bids that won.
Use the Northforge eligibility check to understand whether your project may be a fit for UK innovation funding.