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Department for Business & Trade & Regional Growth Hubs
Made Smarter: Manufacturing Robotics, Digital Twins & Automation Grant
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50% matched grant funding up to £20,000 for UK manufacturing SMEs adopting cobots, automated vision inspection, integrated ERP/MES, or IoT shop-floor sensors.
Recorded funding details
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- Award range
- £5k – £20k
- Deadline
- 15 December 2026
- Coverage
- England, Wales
- Applicant types
- sme, manufacturing_business
- Match funding
- Not specified; confirm the contribution required
- Funding focus
- manufacturing robotics and automation grants
Eligibility & preparation
Manufacturing businesses with 5–250 employees in participating growth hub regions with 50% matched funding confirmed.
Before you commit application time
- Confirm the current opening status, exact deadline and eligible applicant types in the official guidance.
- Check your legal form, location and project costs against the scheme rules.
- Confirm the grant intervention rate, required cash contribution and any subsidy declarations.
- Prepare the quotes, accounts, consents and delivery evidence requested for this competition.
These general preparation prompts do not replace the funder’s application checklist.
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