Grants

Important: DSIT spend profiles require that this funding opportunity is only open for four weeks. It closes on 31 July 2025. Awards have a fixed end date of 31 March 2026.
Apply for funding to initiate collaborative projects with either the US or Germany in the field of semiconductor security. Applicants may request up to £100,000 for short term visits or short-term projects, to be completed by 31 March 2026.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding.
Applications from early career researchers or including postdoctoral researchers are particularly welcome.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £100,000. EPSRC will fund 80% of the FEC.
Projects can start on or after 1 October 2025 and must be completed by 31 March 2026.

Apply for funding for a UK-US project to develop new representations of key processes regulating ocean carbon storage for use in global models.
For project lead and other UK researchers, 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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be providing support. US researchers must be affiliated with a US institution at the time of application submission.
The full economic cost (FEC) of the UK component can be up to £312,500, we will fund 80% of the FEC.
This is a pre-announcement. Information may change. The funding opportunity will open in February 2026. More information will be available then.

Apply for funding to coordinate and facilitate activity in the field of gambling harms research as part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s Research Programme on Gambling (RPG).
You must be based at a UK research organisation, IRO, or UK registered business eligible for UKRI funding.
The Centre will identify gaps in gambling research, lead and manage a multidisciplinary research programme, collaborate with stakeholders to boost high-quality independent studies, explore how UKRI and other data assets can support the evidence base, and coordinate Gambling Harms Research and Innovation Partnerships (GHRIPs).
The full economic cost of your project can be up to £10 million. UKRI will fund 80% of the full economic cost.

Apply for funding to develop Gambling Harms Research and Innovation Partnerships (GHRIP). The GHRIPs will be commissioned through a two-phase competitive process. The full programme will make up to £50m available over five years. This is the GHRIP phase one opportunity.
During phase one you must provide resource and support capacity across stakeholders to undertake partnership development and landscape evidence analysis required to design the phase two work programme.
The full economic cost of your phase one project can be up to £100,000. UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) will fund 80% of the full economic cost. UKRI will fund up to 20 phase one awards for nine months.

Apply for funding for a UK-US project to incorporate new representations of key processes regulating ocean carbon storage in contrasting global models.
For project lead and other UK researchers, 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 NASA will be providing support. US researchers must be affiliated with a US institution at the time of application submission.
The full economic cost (FEC) of the UK component can be up to £625,000, we will fund 80% of the FEC.
This is a pre-announcement. Information may change. The funding opportunity will open in February 2026. More information will be available on this page then.

Apply for funding to undertake ambitious transdisciplinary research to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
You must be based by a research organisation eligible to apply for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.
Your team and research project will bring new perspectives crossing Councils’ remits to understand and provide solutions to tackle AMR.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £3,000,000, funded at 80% of the FEC and 100% of permitted exceptions, including project co-leads (international).
You must have submitted a notification of intent at pre-application stage to be eligible to make a full application.

Apply for funding to build a Canada-UK academic NetworkPlus in semiconductor research, share expertise in areas of joint interest and seed future projects. Focus on joint research and development strengths in compound semiconductors, photonics, NEMS/MEMS, advanced packaging and chip design.
Funding for this activity is unilateral. It will develop a roadmap and vision for a longer-term larger scale Canada-UK initiative in semiconductors.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £1,125,000. EPSRC will fund £900,000 (80% FEC).
The project should last 36 months and start on 1 January 2026.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK registered academic institutions, research and technology organisations (RTO) or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profit organisations.
Eligibility summary
To lead a project your organisation must be:
a UK registered higher education institution a further education institution an RTO a Catapult Your organisation must collaborate with:
a UK registered business an eligible public sector organisation a charity or charitable business with two or more full time employees The business must contribute to the project’s costs.

Apply for funding to undertake research associated with an IODP3 expedition or SPARC project.
Applications are by invitation only.
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 a member of science teams for IODP3 drilling expeditions or SPARC projects Funding is dependent on career stage and must be for an expedition or SPARC research.
Funding duration for up to 24 months.

Apply for funding to spend time in a different research or user environment to build new connections applicable to health technologies. Novel engineering and physical sciences (EPS) research contributing to the delivery of the health technologies strategy must comprise a proportion of the placement.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding.
In this scheme, researchers will develop new skills and collaborations to progress their research in health technologies.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £500,000. EPSRC will fund 80% of the FEC.

Apply for funding to lead engaging the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science, technology or facilities.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.
Leadership fellows are expected to:
act as academic leaders for public engagement in your organisation raise the profile of public engagement in your institution and professional communities encourage and develop capacity and networks for public engagement activities in your organisation The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £225,000. STFC will fund 80% of the FEC.
Project duration is 24 to 36 months.

Apply for computing resources on the STFC DiRAC High Performance Computing (HPC) facility: Resource Allocation Committee (RAC) 18th opportunity.
DiRAC offers computing resources on the following systems:
Data Intensive Service at Cambridge Data Intensive Service at Leicester Extreme Scaling Service at Edinburgh Memory Intensive Service at Durham You must be based at a UK research organisation to be eligible to apply.
Successful awards will begin on 1 April 2026.
Short proposals can be for up to one year.
Thematic proposals can be for up to three years.
You may apply for up to 80% of the available resources, including storage.

Apply for funding to investigate the causes, progression and treatment of human disease.
Your project must:
focus on a mechanistic hypothesis include an experimental intervention or challenge in humans You must be based at an eligible research organisation. If you are taking the next step towards becoming an independent researcher, you may be eligible to apply as a ‘new investigator’.
There is no limit to the amount of funding you can apply for or the length of your project.
We will fund 80% of your project’s full economic cost.
This is an ongoing funding opportunity. You must be invited to apply for stage two of this funding opportunity.

Apply for funding to become the programme coordinator for the Aviation’s non- CO2 Impacts on the Climate programme.
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 £478,750.
We will fund £80% of the FEC.
Your role will start from no later than December 2025 and last until 31 March 2028.

Apply for funding to establish a large-scale multidisciplinary research hub, drawing on expertise across the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and health research community, to support people to live healthier lives and prevent ill health. Proposals should address long term research challenges in the priority areas of prevention, early diagnosis and self-management of health.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.
The total funding available will be between £37.5 and £62.5 million full economic cost (FEC). Your project can be up to £12.5 million FEC. EPSRC will fund 80% of the FEC.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.7 million for business led projects that grow their innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in mid and north Wales.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to collaborations only.
To lead a collaborative research and development (CRD) project your organisation must be a UK registered business.
The consortium must contain at least one UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise claiming grant funding on this application.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.
Eligibility summary
To lead a project, you can:
be an organisation of any size, 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. The majority of the project work must be carried out in the UK.

Apply for funding to establish a Digitisation Hub for Natural Science Collections as part of the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) UK programme.
The project lead must be based at a UK organisation eligible for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding. Your project must include organisations that hold significant botanical and entomological collections. The participation of non-eligible organisations is strongly encouraged.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be from £200,000 to £2,500,000. AHRC will fund 100% of the FEC.
The funding is for up to two years and must complete by 31 March 2028.

This is a pre-announcement, more information will be available on this page in due course.
This programme earmarks at least £30 million for each of ten regions across the UK, including one in each of the devolved nations.
A competition will run for all other parts of the UK to bid for support to grow their innovation ecosystems. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will work with regional partnerships between civic authorities, businesses and research organisations to co-create a portfolio of investment in each region.
The intention is to attract a further £1 billion additional investment, including from the private sector, and £700 million of additional value to local economies.

Apply for funding to generate critical data that builds confidence in developing a new or repurposed medicine, medical device, diagnostic test, or other medical intervention.
The concept for the product should be backed by prior funding. Projects should focus on one high-risk step, not multiple, to ensure efficient management. This step must address the crucial missing evidence needed to rapidly de-risk onward development or determine failure.
To apply you must be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding.
The Gap Fund bridges the smaller Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) and the larger Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme (DPFS).

Apply for funding under the STFC Funding Support for Core Summer Schools scheme for events taking place in 2026.
You must be from an STFC-accredited UK university or research organisation eligible for STFC funding.
Your summer school must:
be aimed primarily at STFC-funded PhD students align with the STFC core science programme

Apply for a fellowship to undertake innovative, impact-focused research using smart data. Projects should address a significant real-world challenge which is relevant to the UK.
Projects must be clearly aligned to at least one of Smart Data Research UK’s four thematic pillars:
Productivity and prosperity for all Health and wellbeing Digital society Sustainability The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £200,000. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) will fund 80% of the FEC.
Projects may run for up to 18 months and must start on 01 February 2026.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Since 1 April 2025 some independent research organisations have experienced changes in funding eligibility rules. The purpose of this opportunity is to provide strategic research infrastructure base funding, supporting independent research organisations to deliver Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) strategic priorities.
This invite only opportunity will provide funding at 100% FEC to these invited institutions following a quality assessment. Funding will enable them to continue to provide organisational support to researchers successful in obtaining ESRC funding. You must be based at an eligible organisation in order to apply.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.
Eligibility summary
To lead a project, you can:
be an organisation, including those based in the EU, European economic area or internationally work alone or with other organisations as subcontractors Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only.
The majority of the project work must be carried out in the UK.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late stage demonstration research and development projects. Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single and collaborations.
To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business of any size.