Grants

Apply for funding to commercialise your technology or science developed from the STFC particle physics, astronomy and nuclear (PPAN ) community.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.
This is an invite only opportunity.
The UKRI Translation: STFC Proof of Concept funding opportunity aims to support the PPAN community to develop technology and science towards commercialisation. Projects must currently be between technology readiness level (TRL) 5 to 7.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £600,000. STFC will fund 80% of the FEC.
Funding is £240,000 per year for a 24 month duration.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for creating a central convening body to coordinate the robotics adoption hubs. Funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.
To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business, research and technology organisation (RTO), public sector organisation or an academic institution.

Apply for funding to accelerate the translation of metascience research outputs into policy-relevant insights, tools, and practices that inform real-world research and development decision-making.
This opportunity is open to current and past recipients of UKRI metascience funding awarded through the ‘UKRI Data for Metascience’ and ‘Metascience research grants’ opportunities.
You must have received an invitation to apply.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £100,000. UKRI will fund 80% of the FEC.
Projects must begin by 1 October 2026 and must end by 31 March 2027.

Apply for a UKRI impact acceleration account (IAA) for institutional-level, flexible, early-stage funding that helps organisations accelerate the impact of their research into real world benefits, by supporting a wide range of strategic impact activities.
This funding opportunity harmonises IAA programmes across the following research councils:
AHRC EPSRC MRC STFC You must:
be applying on behalf of your whole organisation, who will decide where to invest the funding be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding Awards will last for three years and must start on 1 April 2027. Each participating UKRI council will fund 100% of the full economic cost (FEC).

Apply for funding for research into accelerating and advancing nuclear science including decommissioning relevant to Fukushima and Sellafield. This programme aims to support one to two projects.
Projects can be up to £593,750 at 100% full economic cost (FEC). Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) will fund 80% of the FEC to £475,000.
Projects must start on 1 January 2027 and will have a duration of up to 36 months.
EPSRC will only fund the UK component of the research.
You must:
be a UK-based researcher employed by an eligible research organisation collaborate with Japanese researchers

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £32.8 million for collaborations developing the supply chain for quantum enabled sensing. This funding is from Innovate UK.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to collaborations only.
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 claiming grant funding on this application.

Apply for funding to form world‑leading partnerships with collaborators in Japan in the field of Advanced Connectivity Technologies.
Your application must involve researchers from both Japan and UK.
UK applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Japanese applicants must be eligible for NICT funding.
You may request up to £897,000 (80% full economic cost (FEC)) for the UK component and up to ¥200 million for Japan components.
The duration of the award can be up to a maximum of three years.
Submit an Expression of interest if you intend to submit a joint UK-Japan proposal to this funding opportunity.
The full funding opportunity is expected to open in July 2026 and the information may change. More information will be available on this page then.

Apply for funding to advance the theoretical capabilities required for the design and implementation of hybrid quantum algorithms, strengthening the UK capability to scale from the Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum computing (NISQ) era towards achieving quantum advantage.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your application can be up to £2,856,250. EPSRC will fund 80% of the cost.
Projects must be no more than 3 years in duration with latest start date of 1 February 2027.

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UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for pre-commercialisation projects. This funding is from the UKRI R&D Missions Accelerator Programme through the Clean Energy Superpower Mission.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.
To work as a sole applicant or lead a collaborative project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size, a research and technology organisation, charity, not for profit, public sector organisation, or academic institution.

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UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises can submit an Expression of Interest for loans for close to market innovative projects with strong commercial potential. They must significantly improve the UK economy and drive societal benefit.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applications from UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) only.

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UK registered academic institutions can apply for a share of up to £800,000 to take part in the Advanced Connectivity Technologies Academic Startup Accelerator Programme (ACTASAP). This funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and delivered by Innovate UK, part of UKRI.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to both single applicants and collaborations.
To work alone or lead a collaborative project your organisation must be a UK registered academic institution.

Apply to attend a sandpit to develop projects to transform discovery and access to data provided by ESRC’s social science data service infrastructures. Projects will make a step change in how researchers can discover, access and use social science data and advance the transition to technology-enabled data pipelines that support this.
You must complete an expression of interest to apply for the sandpit.
The sandpit will take place on 12 (in-person), 14, 19 and 23 October (virtual).
It is expected that around five to 10 projects will be funded, sharing up to £21.6 million of total funding at 100% full economic cost (FEC). ESRC will fund 80% FEC.

Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research which focuses on the underpinning science of aviation’s non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) impacts to identify benefits, mitigation options, informing industry and government policy decisions.
You must be:
based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £385,425. We will fund 80% of the FEC (meaning, £308,340).
Projects must begin by no later than 1 February 2027 and last for no more than 14 months.

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Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
This is an Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) grant.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to collaborations only.
To lead a collaborative project your organisation must:
be an active farming, growing or forestry business based in England be able to evidence that you are an established business, including sole traders and partnerships collaborate with at least one other farming business based in the UK

Apply for this sector transition fellowship to transfer knowledge and skills across academic and policy sectors and increase sector porosity. You will spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, a Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or a What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national and global challenges.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to:
£180,000 for Core Policy fellowships £220,000 for What Works Innovation fellowships £280,000 for Natural Hazards and Resilience fellowships UKRI will fund 80% of the FEC.

STFC invite applications for funding under the STFC funding support for core summer schools scheme for events taking place in 2027.
Funding is available for the following five core summer schools:
Introductory Course in Astronomy British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics (BUSSTEPP) Introductory Course in Solar and Solar-terrestrial Physics Nuclear Physics Summer School (every two years) High Energy Physics (HEP) Summer School Applications for other summer schools or online training events will not be considered under this funding opportunity.

This opportunity is open to UK-based researchers and artificial intelligence (AI) developers from academia, industry, public sector or other organisations.
This funding opportunity offers compute resource aligned with AI for Science priority areas, including:
material science nuclear fusion medical research engineering biology quantum technologies AI-driven research and scientific discovery Each project can apply for between 50,000 and 1,400,000 graphics processing unit (GPU) hours on the Isambard-AI supercomputer, to be used over a six or 12-month project. No funding is provided.

STFC offers up to 10 Ernest Rutherford Fellowships (ERFs) to applicants on an upward trajectory to pursuing working independently and developing research leadership are encouraged to apply if your research focus is within the remit of STFC core science programme.
You must:
hold a PhD or have relevant experience be hosted by a research organisation with an STFC ERF quota show clear plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence We will fund your application at 80% of its full economic cost for up to five years. The host research organisation must agree to fund the rest.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external project facilitator to support the development of a full ADOPT grant application.
This is an Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) grant.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To apply for this grant your organisation must:
be an active farming, growing or forestry business based in England be able to evidence that you are an established business, including sole traders and partnerships have a UK bank account

An opportunity for UKRI-funded doctoral students to undertake a three-month internship at one of a selected group of influential policy organisations, as part of the existing doctoral studentship.
This opportunity is only open to existing doctoral students funded by the research councils of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC and STFC).
The funding details will depend on the student’s research council, and which host partner is chosen. Some research councils provide additional funding to cover internships costs while students of other research councils should access funds from their existing training grant.

Apply for Large Grants funding to deliver novel, ambitious and transformative arts and humanities research projects at scale.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding.
AHRC Large Grants will use team convening approaches to deliver world-leading excellent research that significantly advances knowledge and builds capability in their chosen area.
This is the outline stage of this funding opportunity.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £3 million. AHRC will fund 80% of the FEC.
Projects must be between three and five years in duration.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK registered government research organisations can apply for grants from £50,000 up to £250,000 to move viable public sector knowledge assets towards commercial readiness. This funding is provided by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT).
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants. Grants shall be awarded to, and administered by, the applicant organisation.
To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered:
Public Sector Research Establishment (PRSE), UKRI wholly owned institute
or; other public sector bodies that meet GOTT standard eligibility criteria, for example, arms length bodies (ALBs), that undertake research as a primary function

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
Organisations can apply for a share of £2 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop. innovative interventions, technologies, and frameworks that are designed to support children and families experiencing homelessness.
Eligibility summary
To lead a project, you can:
be an organisation, including those based in the EU, EEA or internationally work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.

Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science.
You must work for an organisation that:
is based in the UK produces annual accounts that are certified by an accountant It is essential that proposals evidence clear links to the STFC funded remit and include a subject matter expert (SME) in an STFC funded remit area.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £20,000. STFC will fund 100% of the FEC.
Projects must be between 12 months and 36 months in duration.

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Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative Discovery Phase Projects that meet the Innovation Challenges. This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to collaborations only.
To lead a Discovery Phase Project, you must be an Ofgem licensed electricity or gas distribution network, transmission operator, or National Electricity System Operator.