Wax is a successful grant writing consultancy, with 15 years experience securing funding for innovative research and development projects. Our streamlined process takes the pain out of application writing and can help you write a winning grant application.
Wax was founded by Casper and Damien, both highly-experienced and successful grant-writers. Casper has a background and expertise in sustainable innovation, business productivity and impact analysis. Damien is a digital innovation specialist with design, project management and engineering expertise.
Innovate UK has a £450m annual budget and offers R&D grants (for projects up £10m) via a competitive process, to encourage innovation in the UK. Innovate UK funding can be used for innovative R&D to help your business grow. Depending on the competition and your innovation, IUK can provide funding for activities such as research, prototyping and testing.
As well as offering Innovate UK grant writing services we can also help you apply to other funds including EU H2020, European Space Agency, SBRI and NESTA. Get in touch to find out how we can help you secure innovation funding.
Scope: This competition aims to develop impactful local initiatives that enable tech talent to secure entry-level tech jobs by bridging the gap between training and employment. Your proposal must: be collaborative be delivered and demonstrate impact in one or more of the specified geographic areas, addressing a local need or leveraging a local strength demonstrate clear impact in one or more frontier technologies by enabling local talent into entry level tech jobs and helping SMEs adopt these technologies through skilled workforces alignment with national and local economic growth plans and skills strategies, such as DWP Jobcentres, the Growth and Skills Levy, LSIPs and local defence plans demonstrate contribution to the overall TechLocal target of 1,000 new tech jobs
Funding: Grant funding request up to £225,000 (up to 70% funded) and last between 6 and 9 months
Closes: 18th March 2026
Scope: Your project must focus on: the application of digital, MedTech or pharmaceutical solutions improving healthcare outcomes for individuals with illicit drug or alcohol addictions, or both improving treatment, recovery, or prevention of harm and death for individuals with these addictions solutions which plan to gain regulatory approval, necessary assessment and certification where appropriate developing plans for UK adoption and roll-out
Funding: Total eligible costs up to £1.5 million inclusive of VAT
Closes: 6th May 2026
Scope: This competition aims to demonstrate a zero-emission, commercially capable flight in the UK. Your proposal must progress the development of one or more of the following: flight operations for zero-emission aircraft ground handling and infrastructure technologies needed to handle zero-emission aircraft standards and a regulatory environment for zero-emission commercial flights The evidence is based on the feasibility of zero-emission aircraft for commercial aviation
Funding: For feasibility studies, your project must have total costs of up to £250,000 (up to 70% funded) and last between 12 and 24 months. For industrial research projects, your project must have total costs of up to £5 million (up to 70% funded), have at least 40% of your project costs in the financial year 2026 to 2027, 50% of your costs in the financial year 2026 to 2027 and last between 12 and 24 months
Closes: 1st April 2026
Scope: UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
Funding: You can get a loan of up to 100% of your eligible project costs between £100,000 and £5 million.
Closes: 4th March 2026
It all starts with a great idea
Identify suitable funds here
Carefully read the guidance
Develop consortium if required
Write application & appendices
Submit application to funder
We understand that every business is different, so we offer a range of services, to suit your needs, timescales and budget:
We write the entire application and submit to the funder. We work with you to extract and clearly present your innovations and business strategy.
2 reviews of an application written by you based on the templates we provide. We provide detailed feedback to improve your application and chance of success.
The review service and additional support on key sections you want detailed input on.
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