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Apply for funding to work with US-based researchers on an environmental science application. Collaborative work is governed by a lead agency agreement between NERC and NSF. The UK-based applicant must be: based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding employed at lecturer (or equivalent) level or above

Apply for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) standard research grant funding to support well-defined collaborative projects across the arts and humanities, in areas covered by our remit. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

Apply for funding to support your transition to research independence. This funding will enable you to develop your own research vision and lead a team. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding and it must be your first application to EPSRC as a project lead.

UKRI and Research Council of Norway have signed a Money Follows Cooperation agreement to enable collaborative applications between researchers in the UK and Norway. UKRI funding will be provided for project co-leads based in Norway in successful applications. Applications must be submitted through existing council programmes.

You can apply for an overseas travel grant in any area within the remit of EPSRC. You must be based at an eligible UK research organisation.

Individuals and research teams can apply for funding to support high-impact, policy- and practitioner-relevant research through deeper exploitation of existing data resources from any disciplines and on any topics in ESRC’s remit. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

Apply for time on Europe’s supercomputers through EuroHPC. Access modes suit every stage, from testing code to large-scale research. UK researchers are eligible as EuroHPC members.

Apply for funding to research myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME/CFS.

UKRI and FNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable and support applications between researchers in the UK and Luxembourg. UKRI will fund the UK component and FNR will fund the Luxembourg component of the application. Conditions will differ depending on the funding opportunity.

This opportunity allows UK-based researchers and researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil to submit a collaborative application under existing NERC funding opportunities. This will go through a single review process.

Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in Luxembourg. Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

You can apply for a research grant in any area within the remit of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). You must be based at an eligible UK research organisation.

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.

Apply for funding to support exciting and ambitious research within the remit of the Medical Research Council, to transform our understanding of human health and disease You must be employed by an eligible research organisation. You can involve more than one research group or organisation in the project.

Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within EPSRC Mathematical Sciences remit. You must have: a PhD evidence of career consolidation and past productivity plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence

UK-registered micro, small and medium businesses can apply for 20,000 graphics processing unit hours on the Isambard-AI and Dawn AI Research Resource (AIRR) supercomputers for early-stage artificial intelligence product research and development.

Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the Unites States (US). Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of AHRC and US National Science Foundation, Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences Directorate (NSF-SBE). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

Flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas.

You can apply for this bursary if you are a researcher looking to return to an academic research career after a break of two or more years. You can get funding of up to £2,500 for no more than six months to support you in developing a proposal suitable for submission to the STFC fellowship scheme.

This is an opportunity for information and communications technology (ICT) researchers to use their expertise in other disciplines, or for other researchers to apply their expertise to ICT. You must be based at an eligible UK research organisation.