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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

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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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Networking Academic Grant - Currently Open

 

Lloyd’s Register Foundation recently launched its 2024–2029 strategy , reaffirming our commitment to addressing the most pressing global safety challenges through collective action and innovation. As part of this vision, we are introducing two new Networking Grants to help address critical global engineering and scientific issues that align with our mission to engineer a safer world. 

These grants are intended to convene interdisciplinary experts and should be led by at least one from a High-Income Country (HIC) and one from a Lower-Middle-Income Country (LMIC), fostering collaboration across diverse sectors such as engineering, science, economics, business, and policy. The focus will be on key priority areas defined in our strategy: decarbonisation, digital transformation in maritime, and sustainability. Each Networking Grant will fund the creation of expert networks, a series of targeted workshops, and a large-scale dissemination conference to identify research gaps, promote partnerships, and deliver actionable roadmaps for impactful solutions. 

The closing date for all applications is Noon on 14th March 2025

 

We will only consider applications related to the charitable mission of Lloyd’s Register Foundation.


We will not consider applications for:

  • Work which is not within the Foundation's mission
  • For individuals, where activities only directly benefit the applicant
  • Conservation of historic vessels  
  • Projects focused solely on naval history 
  • Capital works
  • School, college or university fees
  • Retrospective funding
  • Lobbying and campaigning
  • Business / first-class travel
  • Core equipment, however specialist equipment would be considered on a case by case basis.
  • Funding for a component of an already-funded project (such as journal publication costs, additional travel, sub-projects)

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Small Grants Scheme - Currently Open

 

Lloyd's Register Foundation Small Grants scheme - for grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations.

 

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:

  1. Initiate, build, or consolidate partnerships with organisations in the relevant sectors.
  2. 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. 

  • Projects or activities should demonstrate the potential to lead to future collaborations, clear knowledge exchange, or create/accelerate impact.
  • We are additionally interested in receiving applications related to our Heritage Centre.
  • Please note grants are not normally awarded consecutively and can be no more than 12 months long.


We will not consider applications for:

  • Work which is not within the Foundation's mission
  • For individuals, where activities only directly benefit the applicant
  • Conservation of historic vessels  
  • Projects focused solely on naval history 
  • Capital works
  • School, college or university fees
  • Retrospective funding
  • Lobbying and campaigning
  • Business / first-class travel
  • Core equipment, however specialist equipment would be considered on a case-by-case basis.
  • Funding for a component of an already-funded project (such as journal publication costs, additional travel, sub-projects)


Upcoming Small Grant Rounds

  • Monday 1st September 2025 - Monday 24th November 2025

 

Please apply via the Lloyds Register Foundation flexigrant portal.

Subscribe to the Foundation's newsletter and follow us on Linkedin and BlueSky to keep up to date with our small grants funding rounds.

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