Currently accepting applications with a fixed or stated closing date.
11 opportunities
Institutional Funding
Upcoming funding to provide high-performance compute resources for engineering and physical sciences research communities.
Institutional Funding
Funding for Createch infrastructure and commercialisation through the CoSTAR Showcase Labs programme.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
UK MRC-eligible researcher based at eligible organisation; collaboration with industrial partner through UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative. Published 20 Jul 2026.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Funding to expose and overcome bottlenecks in implementing quantum computing within classical computational workflows.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
MRC Proof of Concept stage two. Stage-two opportunity for applicants invited after successful stage-one process; UK eligible research organisation rules apply. Published/opened 9 Jul 2026.
Institutional Funding
Capital-equipment funding to enable and enhance research across MRC scientific areas.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
UKRI grant call for speculative high-risk, high-reward research to deliver step changes in sustainable future AI systems.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
MRC-eligible UK research organisation; single-step support to de-risk development of medicines, diagnostics, devices or other medical products. Published and opened 16 Jul 2026.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
MRC Proof of Concept: stage one. Supports development/testing of therapeutics, devices, diagnostics and interventions. UK eligible research organisation lead; international research organisations generally cannot lead except designated MRC units. Published…
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Pre-announcement. Official status: Upcoming at verification. UK-based research organisation eligible for MRC funding; director-led institute on mechanistic biomedical drivers of obesity and targeted interventions. Published 30 Jun 2026; opens 30…
Research Grant
Upcoming funding to unlock advanced research capabilities in conservation and heritage science.
Opportunities without one fixed closing date, ordered by most recently confirmed information.
4 opportunities
Research Grant · Early Career Researcher
NEW/material update in window: updated 7 May. Applicant-led responsive funding for new investigators in MRC remit; UK eligible host required; international partners/co-leads possible only under MRC/UKRI rules.
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher
Supports early independence in mathematical sciences. UKRI eligibility applies; no fixed closing date shown in earlier UKRI listing.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
UK eligible research organisation lead; overseas organisations are not eligible to lead, but overseas collaborators may be project partners.
Research Grant · Early Career Researcher
For newly employed lecturers/researchers/fellows at eligible UK research organisations seeking first major research-support funding; UKRI eligibility applies.
Expired, archived or otherwise closed records retained for programme history and future-cycle intelligence.
75 opportunities
Research Grant
Research on how ecosystem change affects resilience, security and prosperity.
Fellowship · Postdoctoral
Early-independence fellowship supporting researchers to establish their own research niche and independence.
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher
Fellowship enabling movement of knowledge and skills across academic and policy sectors.
Training / Summer-Winter School
Four-week ICURe Engage programme for projects previously funded by NERC, focused on impact, commercialisation and entrepreneurship.
Research Internship / Traineeship · PhD / Doctoral
Three-month policy internships for UKRI-funded doctoral students with selected policy organisations.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Research on aviation non-CO2 climate impacts and mitigation options.
Fellowship
MRC early-independence fellowship for researchers establishing their own research niche.
Research Grant
Joint UK-Japan research programme supporting nuclear science and decommissioning research relevant to Fukushima and Sellafield.
Research Grant
UK-Japan collaborative research in Advanced Connectivity Technologies.
Fellowship
Early independence fellowship for registered healthcare professionals moving towards research independence.
Fellowship
MRC fellowship to help registered healthcare professionals reacquire research skills and return to a clinical academic research career.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Upcoming capital funding to renew, replace and enhance capabilities for environmental science facilities and national capabilities.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
UK knowledge bases can lead Knowledge Transfer Partnership projects with UK businesses; Round 3 is open with up to GBP 12.5 million allocated.
Institutional Funding · Institution / Research Team
Doctoral Focal Award Plus: innovating in data-driven research. One doctoral focal award plus for social scientists and doctoral training capacity. UK eligible organisation or consortium lead. Published 6 Jul; opened…
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Grant. Official status: Upcoming at verification. Invite-only call to purchase strategic infrastructure improving UK scientific capability and high-priority EPSRC research. Published 30 Jun 2026; opens 7 Jul 2026.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Researcher based at eligible UK organisation; project must investigate causes, progression or treatment of human disease and include a human intervention/challenge.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Japan-UK joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies. Requires eligible UK and Japanese partners under EPSRC/NICT rules; EOI and NICT application requirements apply. Opened 10 Jul 2026.
Fellowship · PhD / Doctoral
Professional doctorate: clinical research training fellowship. Registered healthcare professionals at appropriate point to undertake PhD and pursue research career.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
UK-based AHRC-eligible research organisation lead; postdoctoral-standing project lead; design-led arts/humanities interventions with non-academic co-lead. Published and opened 21 Jul 2026.
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher
Early Independence BBSRC Fellowships full stage. For shortlisted outline applicants establishing independent research; PhD/equivalent required; any nationality if based at eligible UK research organisation. Opened 8 Jul 2026. Duplicate rows…
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Closed UKRI challenge call that sought organisations to develop interventions, technologies or frameworks improving outcomes for children experiencing homelessness.
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher
MRC fellowship supporting researchers establishing an independent research career within MRC remit.
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher
MRC early-independence fellowship for registered healthcare professionals with a PhD/equivalent who are consolidating an independent clinical academic research career.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Innovate UK collaborative R&D competition for device-level quantum-computing hardware and associated software.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
In-kind allocation of DiRAC high-performance computing and storage resources for eligible STFC theory-community research.
Training / Summer-Winter School · Institution / Research Team
Institutional funding for organisers of five specified STFC core summer schools taking place in 2027.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Mandatory EOI stage for MRC funding to investigate why biomedical prevention interventions work differently across people.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
EPSRC/DSIT funding to establish an Innovation and Knowledge Centre accelerating commercial adoption of CHERI security-by-design technology.
Institutional Funding · Institution / Research Team
Institutional doctoral-training grants for data-intensive sciences, supporting cohorts of doctoral students with academic and industry engagement.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Outline-stage funding for ambitious, transformative arts and humanities research led by eligible UK research organisations.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
EPSRC funding to establish a UK optical wireless communications research and testing facility.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Innovate UK/Defra collaborative feasibility grants for UK farming innovation projects.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Invite-only follow-on proof-of-concept funding for applicants invited after the EPSRC ACT Exploring and Building Realities stage.
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher
MRC fellowship for registered healthcare professionals with a PhD who have spent substantial time outside research and need to reacquire research skills.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Invite-only STFC/Innovate UK Proof of Concept funding for eligible PPAN projects progressing technology or science towards commercialisation.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Innovate UK grant competition for pre-commercialisation projects developing consumer-led flexibility solutions for the UK energy system.
Award / Prize · Institution / Research Team
STFC Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026A support UK-based organisations to engage the public with STFC-supported science, with awards from GBP 5,000 to GBP 20,000.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Hybrid Algorithms for Quantum Advantage. Lead must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Grant. Official status: Open. UK-registered organisations; scale-up manufacturing facilities for zero-emission vehicle technologies. Published 29 Jun 2026; opened 17 Jun 2026.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
ADOPT facilitator support grant round 10. England-based farming, growing or forestry businesses may apply for £2,500 to engage an external facilitator for a full ADOPT application. Published/opened 9 Jul 2026.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Next Wave: Breakthrough Wave 1. UK registered organisations; innovation projects responding to programme scope.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
UK-registered micro or small business lead; single-applicant competition for affordable, adoptable advanced-connectivity technologies. Published 17 Jul 2026; opened 7 Jul.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
URGENT: Full ADOPT grant round eight. England-based farming, growing or forestry businesses; on-farm trial and demonstration projects.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
URGENT: ACTASAP pilot phase 1. UK registered academic institutions can apply to support accelerator-style activity.
Mobility / Exchange · Institution / Research Team
Partnership to transform university knowledge exchange metrics. Lead must be organisation eligible for Research England funding.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Creative Industries Clusters round 2. Invite-only. UK research organisations eligible for AHRC funding; regional R&D cluster delivery.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Expression-of-interest stage for interdisciplinary gambling harms grants. UKRI-eligible organisation leads; international collaborators may be possible under rules.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
AI open access compute opportunity. Open to UK-based researchers and AI developers from academia, industry, public sector and other organisations.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Future Data Services sandpit. Applicants apply to attend a sandpit to develop ESRC data discovery/access projects; UKRI eligibility applies.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
UK eligible research organisation lead; at least one new international partner required; Brazil/Taiwan partners may be eligible for FAPESP/NSTC co-funding.
PhD Position · PhD / Doctoral
Doctoral focal award in environmental evidence synthesis. Lead organisation must be UKRI-eligible; co-funded with FAPESP and NSTC Taiwan; notification of intent has passed, so only include if still relevant to…
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Accelerated Knowledge Transfer 6. UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults working with eligible businesses.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
AKT 6; UK registered HE/FE institution, RTO or Catapult must lead and collaborate with a UK business. Publication/opening within this window.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Robotics Adoption Central Convening Body. UK-registered organisations; sector coordination and adoption support.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Scaling Supply Chains for Quantum Enabled Sensing and PNT. UK registered organisations; supply-chain development and collaboration focus.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
ADOPT facilitator support grant round 9. England-based farming, growing or forestry businesses; facilitator support to develop full ADOPT applications.
Mobility / Exchange · Institution / Research Team
R&D MAP Creative Content Exchange pilot: Early Adopters fund. UK-based eligible organisations; content-provider onboarding for creative/cultural assets.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Strategic Innovation Fund Round 5 Discovery C6. Collaborative discovery-phase projects responding to Ofgem/energy-system innovation challenges; UK eligibility applies.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
KTP Round 2. UK registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults working with UK businesses; applicant rules are UK-specific, but international collaborators may be relevant through partner networks.
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher
NEW/material update in window: last updated 11 May. Future Leaders Fellowships round 11 for researchers/innovators establishing or transitioning to independence; UK host organisation required, including universities, businesses or institutes.
Award / Prize · Researcher
NEW/material update in window: “How to apply” updated 11 May. UKRI-eligible UK research organisation required; supports engagement, network-building and community connection activities; non-UK partners may participate where justified by UKRI…
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Invite-only grant route following the Montreal sandpit; project leads must be at eligible UK, Canadian or US research organisations; international co-leads allowed per rules.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
UK-registered businesses may apply alone or in collaboration for feasibility studies under the National Materials Innovation Programme; verify partner rules on the official page.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
NEW/material update in window: “To apply” section updated 11 May. UK-based eligible host; academic lead role for Data First (MoJ); social science and justice data expertise required; international co-investigators only…
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Single UK-based project lead at an ESRC-eligible organisation; UK entity required for each UK co-lead; non‑UK co‑leads may be included (must add value and follow UKRI rules).
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Business–academic partnerships aligned to National Materials Innovation Strategy; UK host eligibility applies; collaborative research programme.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding; supports early to mid-stage commercialisation of research.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Project lead must be at an eligible UK research organisation; consortium must include partners from at least two other member countries; meet UKRI eligibility and partnership rules.
Fellowship · Researcher
18‑month research fellowships using linked admin data; UK HEI host; ESRC rules apply.
Fellowship · Researcher
Invite‑only full proposals; established researchers without a core‑AI background; include an AI collaborator; UK host required.
Award / Prize · Institution / Research Team
Open to UK research orgs; invites interdisciplinary teams incl. humanities/creative practice; international co‑Is possible.
Research Grant · Institution / Research Team
Transformative Research Technologies (25TRT). Early‑stage tech; UK host required; international partners allowed.
Fellowship · Researcher
Fellowship proposal using/advancing DAFNI’s national digital research infrastructure; eligibility and hosting requirements per UKRI call (see call).
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher, PhD / Doctoral
PhD/equivalent researchers showing productivity and plans for independent research leadership within MRC remit.
Fellowship · Early Career Researcher, PhD / Doctoral
Early independence clinician scientist fellowship. Registered healthcare professionals with PhD/equivalent, career consolidation and independence plan.