Future Offshore Wind Technologies: Feasibility Studies

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million to support feasibility studies in offshore wind across the two strands of the competition.

In Short

Project Duration Project Duration

6 and 18 months

Project Costs Project Costs

£50,000 - £250,000

Application Deadline Application Deadline

3 June 2026

Themes

Your project must focus on one or more of the following:

towers, blades, drive train components and automation of manufacturing process.

  • deep water foundations, floating and hybrid design
  • moorings and anchors
  • improved manufacturing technologies for lower cost and increased durability
  • application of novel materials for lightweighting and lower costs

array and export cables; dynamic cables at 132kV or greater.

  • advanced solutions for autonomous environmental data collection and surveying
  • environmental data analytic solutions integrating Machine Learning and AI

  • technologies for optimisation of operational uptime and lifespan
  • autonomous inspection and condition monitoring solutions

Eligibility

Your project must: have total costs of between £50,000 and £250,000; last between 6 and 18 months; start by 1 October 2026 and  end by 31 March 2028. Any funded organisation needs to carry out their project work in the UK and must intend to exploit the project results from or in the UK. To lead a collaborative project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size. The consortium must contain at least one UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME) claiming grant funding on this application. Subcontractors are allowed in this competition. A business can lead on up to two applications but can be included as a collaborator in any number of applications. You cannot use a previously submitted application to apply for this competition.

Our Approach

The UK team has a strong track record in securing some of the most competitive national and European grants on behalf of its clients, with a full understanding of how a project should be presented to stand the highest chance of success. Each year in the UK alone, we are responsible for the submission of more than 100 funding applications across all sectors and priority areas. Based on this extensive experience, through careful project selection and using key insight into how a project should be best positioned, we consistently achieve success rates that are more than 5 times the typical success rates for UK national schemes and EU programmes.

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