Welcome to the Foundation's grant portal
Connecting safety, science and society
We support work which helps us deliver our charitable mission and objectives, through addressing relevant challenges and making a distinctive difference. Find out how some of our larger grants are making an impact in society
In order to access any of these funding calls, please log into your account or register for an account using the link at the bottom of this page, then use the Application portal tab above to access the relevant link.
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Applying for funding - and our LinkedIn Ideas Page
At Lloyd’s Register Foundation our approach to grant making is that we direct most of our funding. This means that we search for and select the most appropriate partner and route to impact, in consultation with our community and based on evidence and insight of what the challenges are, where our focus should be, and what are the most effective solutions.
We know that we must also retain the flexibility to fund unexpected and new ideas that help to fulfil our mission. If you have an idea you would like to put to us, we invite you to join our
LinkedIn ideas group. If, after discussion, we think it is an area we’d like to explore further, we may invite you to apply. Join the group now to get involved in the conversation.
We continue to invite applications through specific open, competitive calls and our small grants scheme, below.
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Lloyd's Register Maritime Connected Funding Opportunity - Now Open
Lloyds Register Foundation launched its new strategy for 2024 – 2029 focusing resources across three interconnected priority areas: Safer Maritime Systems; Skilled People for Safer Engineering; and Safer, Sustainable Infrastructure. The Foundation has been working globally to engineer a safer world for many years, building on the legacy of Lloyds Register, dating back to 1760 as a maritime classification society.
Our experience of supporting diverse projects to improve safety at sea suggests a growing need to connect and strengthen the various industries and organisations, including voices from emerging economies that work across the maritime system. We see a gap which, if not addressed, could lead to unintended and potentially catastrophic consequences. For example, if two different projects in different parts of the world are looking at similar aspects of maritime safety, it would make sense for them to work together, to make sure that they are neither duplicating work nor missing some vital issue. In addressing this gap, the Foundation invites applications that will contribute to ocean stakeholders and partners working together to share safety challenges and co-create interventions that improve safety and reduce risk to people and infrastructure across the whole of maritime.
The Maritime Connected initiative looks to support organisations in the maritime community to connect parts of the maritime system in relation to current or future safety challenges, with preference given to safety challenges relating to decarbonisation, digitalisation, the impacts of climate and safety at sea. It will enable us to understand better, current and future maritime challenges while providing insights and interventions that keep people safer.
We are looking for proposals that align with the principles underpinning LRF’s approach to the safety of maritime systems
- Inclusion. Improving ocean safety and sustainability requires multiple perspectives (beyond shipping and engineering), especially from underrepresented voices and people who are not always involved in decision making in developing countries. All voices have equal importance.
- Visibility. For ocean activities to comprise a safe and sustainable system, we need better visibility and understanding of different ocean activities and how they interact and intersect and where the gaps may be.
- Collaboration and co-operation. We strive to bring a diverse mix of stakeholders from across the ocean community together to share work and solve collective challenges. Deep and decisive thinking, planning, and action is key.
- Local perspectives on global challenges. We draw on and respond to local insight, especially from the Foundation’s emerging hubs in key maritime-focussed states in emerging economies where the 7 ocean centres are located.
- Evidence-based. We are led by the best available evidence and generate new evidence where needed. We seek advice widely, not only from within the shipping industry.
- Long-view. Effective solutions to safety challenges require an understanding of broader context. We seek to enable the ocean community to better understand significant global trends and how they impact on safety, both now and in the future.
- Lasting change. We strive to identify and address underpinning causes of safety challenges, to achieve lasting change.
- Outward focussed. We draw on and share ideas and learning from across the ocean space. The ocean is not just about shipping but the wider economy and the supply chains that serves it.
- Reflection and learning. We also make sure there is always opportunity to feedback to us with points for reflection and learning into our work, to continuously improve.
Funding support
- Funding from £2,000 to support activities such as meetings and convenings to build skills and knowledge or up to £60,000 for bigger projects that bring parts of the maritime sector together.
Upcoming Maritime Connected Rounds
- Tuesday, 18th August 2025 – 6th February 2026
Webinar for Applicants – 3rd September 2025
We encourage all potential applicants to attend an informational webinar on 3rd September 2025 where we will provide an overview of the call, eligibility criteria, and application process, followed by a Q&A session. Details on how to register will be available on our website.
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Lloyd's Register Foundation Small Grants scheme - for grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations - Closed.
The ethos of the Lloyd's Register Foundation small grants scheme is "a little can go a long way". Through this scheme the Foundation is making funds available to projects which can:
- Initiate, build, or consolidate partnerships with organisations in the relevant sectors.
- Test out ideas through pilot studies, proof of concept projects or activities targeting the heritage, maritime and public sectors.
We will only consider applications related to the charitable mission of Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
Upcoming Small Grant Rounds
- Monday 2nd February 2026 - Monday 13th April 2026
In order to access any of these funding calls, please log into your account or register for an account using the link at the bottom of this page, then use the Application portal tab above to access the relevant link.
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