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: Projects must develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) driven proof of concepts that address a business challenge or opportunity within one challenge holder organisations: The Bicycle Association - Small to medium businesses in the UK cycling industry struggle to access and interpret market intelligence from the Market Data Service (MDS), limiting their ability to make informed decisions. Current dashboard tools are complex, and only larger businesses with analyst resources fully utilise them. United Living - Manual site reinstatement processes across United Living’s telecoms, oil and gas, and property services projects lead to inefficiencies, delays, and compliance risks. Site assessments, hazard identification, and quality control are labour intensive and prone to human error, increasing project costs and environmental impact. Sustrans - Encouraging people to shift from car use to active travel (walking, cycling, and public transport) is resource intensive and difficult to scale. Identifying the right individuals at key moments of life transition, when they are most open to change, is currently a manual and inefficient process. Lichfields - England’s planning system is struggling to process the high volume of applications needed to meet government targets of 1.5 million new homes by 2029. A lack of automation, reliance on manual data entry, and fragmented policy frameworks create bottlenecks, increasing legal risks and delays.
Funding: Projects must last 3-5months and project costs must be between £25k and £50k (100% funded).
Closes: 23rd April 2025
Scope: UK registered organisations can apply for funding to create new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions.
Funding: Projects must last 6-19months and project costs must be between £50,000 and £1.5 million (up to 70% funded).
Closes: 30th April 2025
Scope: UK registered organisations can apply for funding for ambitious research and innovation projects in any sector, and tailored support to develop careers for future leaders.
Funding: Projects must last a minimum of 4 years and project costs must be between £100,000 and £3 million (up to 70% funded).
Closes: 5th November 2025
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 £2 million.
Closes: 7th May 2025
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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Contact us to discuss your technology and how we can help you secure funding to develop it