Grants

Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) invites applicants to propose research projects that demonstrate the policy-impact potential of ADR England flagship datasets. Awarded grants will commence in Autumn 2026.
Researchers can apply for a fellowship:
up to 18 months in duration up to a maximum of £200,000 for the entire fellowship We advise on the following time commitments which needs to be reflected in the grant costings and within the maximum sum available:
a maximum of 0.4 full-time equivalent during the ‘initial’ stage (first three months) a minimum of 0.6 full-time equivalent for the ‘core’ research phase (remaining 15 months) This is a pre-announcement and subject to change. The funding opportunity will open on 13 November 2025. More information will be available on this page by then.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.8million for feasibility projects. This funding is from the industry led R&D Partnerships Fund, part of the Farming Innovation Programme.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to collaborations only.
To lead a project your organisation must:
be a UK registered business of any size, including sole traders and partnerships collaborate with other UK organisations

Apply for funding to support research into sustainable production and utilisation of biomass.
BBSRC will support international collaborations in biotechnological applications to improve the utilisation of biomass (Topic B). Proposals must involve teams from the UK and at least two eligible partners requesting funding from at least two different member countries who contribute funds to the call.
Participating research organisations will receive funding from their national agencies under applicable legal terms and conditions. Projects can cost up to a maximum of £812,500 FEC, with BBSRC funding 80%.
Project durations can range from 24 to 36 months.

Apply for funding to use artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in new ways to address complex environmental challenges. We’re seeking bold, innovative ideas with the potential to shape the future of environmental science.
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 between £200,000 and £400,000. We will fund 80% of the FEC.
Projects must start on 1 July 2026 and last for eighteen months. This is the first of a two-phased programme.

Apply for funding to develop a Network Plus with academic, business, and policy partners to investigate how antifungal resistance emerges and spreads in the environment through healthcare, agriculture, and household mould-preventative product use.
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 network can be up to £4,762,000 (£2,857,200 for network and £1,904,800 for flexible fund). We will fund 80% of the FEC.
Your network must start by 1 May 2026 and last for up to 36 months.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30 million exclusive of VAT, for collaborative discovery phase projects that meet the round five challenges.
This funding is from the Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to collaborative applications only.
To lead a discovery phase project, you must:
be an Ofgem licensed gas distribution network, gas transmission, electricity transmission, electricity distribution, or electricity system operator work with at least one other organisation as a project partner not act in any way to gain selective commercial or economic advantage from the outputs of this project

Apply for funding to support excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. Standard research grants are available for researchers at eligible research organisations.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2 million. Funding is available for up to five years. BBSRC will fund 80% of the FEC.

Apply for funding to support excellent new investigator-led research across the breadth of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
This scheme is designed primarily to assist newly employed university lecturers, researchers (at a level equivalent to lecturer) in research council institutes, and fellows (at a level equivalent to lecturer) to secure their first major element of research support funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2 million. Funding is available for up to five years. BBSRC 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 £1.1 million for innovative feasibility studies (FS) in novel, sustainable, low carbon materials and manufacturing.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To lead your organisation must be a UK business.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.5 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop use cases and business cases.
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.

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.
To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered:
public sector research establishment, UKRI wholly owned institute or
other public sector bodies that meet GOTT standard eligibility criteria, for example, arms length bodies, that undertake research as a primary function

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants and collaborations.
To lead a project your organisation must be a UK registered business.
Non-UK registered businesses may apply but must set up a UK registered business before any grant can be awarded.
The UK registered business must deliver the project. You will not be able to start the project until the business is set up with UK staff in place.

Apply for funding to pursue early-stage bioscience discovery research.
Applications should open novel adventurous research avenues with the potential to transform our fundamental understanding of living systems.
Your project must:
be early-stage fundamental bioscience lacking preliminary data explore visionary and untested ideas have the potential to open new research paradigms in the longer-term You must be eligible for BBSRC funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £350,000. BBSRC will fund 80% of the FEC (that is, £280,000). Projects can last up to two years (three in exceptional circumstances).
Mandatory registrations must have been submitted by 19 November 2025, when the full application stage will open.

Apply for funding to design novel interventions, Technology Readiness Level (TRL) two to four, for non-compressible haemorrhage (NCH) for use prehospital in both combat and civilian settings.
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is run on behalf of DMS and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Projects will last up to three years, with an expected start date of April 2026.

Apply for funding to deliver doctoral training in any area of Medical Research Council (MRC) remit. This funding opportunity will support the development of a highly skilled workforce equipped to address medical research and innovation challenges across a range of careers.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.
We anticipate supporting up to approximately 200 notional studentships in total per year, initially for three annual intakes. The first cohort will start in October 2027.
We will fund 100% of the full economic cost (FEC).
This is a pre-announcement, and the information may change.
The funding opportunity will open on 13 November 2025. More information will be available on this page then.

Apply for funding to implement, improve or consolidate bioinformatics or biological resources in support of UK bioscience, helping to drive forwards progress in bioscience research and innovation.
Your project must focus on the delivery of a community resource that addresses a significant demand or supports an established user base in the biosciences.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £2 million. BBSRC will fund 80% of the FEC, that is, up to £1.6 million.
Projects can be up to five years in duration.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
Registered businesses in UK and Netherlands, can apply to collaborate on joint projects with application relevant partners and testbed facilities, to advance the development of quantum technologies and enable their commercial use cases.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to Netherlands and UK collaborations only. The project must be jointly led by two companies, one each from Netherlands and the UK.
To lead a project your organisation must:
be a UK registered business partner with a Netherlands based business led consortium

Apply for funding to conduct research at cultural and heritage institutions.
You must:
be an early career researcher hold a doctorate in a relevant subject or equivalent professional experience and skills align with your proposed host’s interests Projects can cost up to £312,500 (Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funds 80%)
An expression of interest form must be completed and successful applications will then be invited to apply.
Fellowships start 1 January 2027 and last one to two years (longer if part-time).

Apply for funding to support doctoral students through a doctoral focal award in the arts and humanities based at a Leverhulme Trust Research Centre.
Only the invited 2025 Leverhulme Trust Research Centres are eligible for funding.
You must demonstrate that you have capacity to support arts and humanities studentships within your research centre.
Each proposal must include:
doctoral training and professional development an approach for addressing equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in both recruitment and the programme of activities Funding is available for up to three cohorts of three studentship per centre.

This opportunity provides an open and flexible route to computational support for high quality projects across the entire UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) remit.
We particularly encourage applications that:
involve early career researchers onboard and train new users significantly push the boundaries in computational research using high performance computing (HPC) in your field This application process is purely for compute resource for up to 12 months. No funding is available to successful applicants.
You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK NHS organisations can apply for a share of up to £85 million for Obesity Pathway Innovations. Funding for this competition is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (£50 million) and Eli Lilly and Company Limited (£35 million).
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To lead a project your organisation must be an eligible UK registered public sector organisation.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK NHS organisations can apply for a share of up to £85 million for Obesity Pathway Innovations. Funding for this competition is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (£50 million) and Eli Lilly and Company Limited (£35 million).
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To lead a project your organisation must be an eligible UK registered public sector organisation.

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.
UK NHS organisations can apply for a share of up to £85 million for Obesity Pathway Innovations. Funding for this competition is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (£50 million) and Eli Lilly and Company Limited (£35 million).
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To lead a project your organisation must be an eligible UK registered public sector organisation.

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.
Eligibility summary
This competition is open to single applicants only.
To lead a project your organisation must:
be an active farming, growing or forestry business of any size based in England be able to evidence that you are an established business, including sole traders and partnerships have a UK bank account

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 have clear links to the STFC funded remit and include a subject matter expert 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 and 36 months in duration.